Biomarkers in Clinical Drug Development

• Biomarkers in clinical drug development - definitions and disciplines, John C. Bloom; the clinical laboratory and collection of biomarker data, Gordon F. Kapke and Robert A. Dean; using imaging biomarkers to demonstrate efficacy in clinical trials - trends and challenges, Charles G. Peterfy and Barbara Maley; markers for cardiac repolarization and risk assessment, William J. Groh and Gregory D. Sides; development and application of interspecies biomarkers in nonclinical safety evaluations, Frank D. Sistare; validation of assays for the bioanalysis of novel biomarkers - practical recommendations for clinical investigation of new drug entities, Jean W. Lee, Gerald D. Norblom, Wendell C. Smith and Ronald R. Bowsher; validation of biomarkers as surrogates for clinical endpoints, Marc Buyse, Tony Vangeneugden, Luc Bijnens, Didier Renard, Tomasz Burzykowski, Helena Geys and Geert Molenberghs; biomarkers in pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling and clinical trial simulation, Wayne Colburn; pharmacogenomic biomarkers, Richard Hockett and Sandra Kirkwood; quality assurance and regulatory compliance, Linda Knoob, Angela Berns and Jacqueline Hevy; biomarkers strategies in drug development - striking a balance between opportunities and liabilities, Robert A. Dean; partnerships on biomarker research, Gregory Downing; clinical operations - business principles for biomarker applications, John C. Bloom.

"….the book has been written in an extremely functional style. This straightforward book is warmly and proudly recommended and cannot fail to be of great value to everyone concerned with acquiring a proper knowledge of the utility of biomarkers."-Current Engineering Practice