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TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 146-154Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01926230590522121
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hepatotoxicity; drug development; preclinical testing
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Overt hepatotoxicity due to drug administration is a real and present issue in drug development and regulatory circles. Preclinical drug development is intended to identify potential risks and target tissues prior to introduction of new molecular entities into the human population. The standard regimen is testing at various multiples of the intended human therapeutic dose in at least 2 species of animals, one rodent (rats of mice), one non-rodent (dogs, nonhuman primates, minipigs, and rabbits, as examples) for at least two weeks of repeated dosing. Experience has shown that this regimen works most of the tune. However, preclinical models are not infallible and are not always predictive. Whether the lack of predictivity is due to individual human genetic sensitivities, immunologically mediated phenomena, disease mediation or idiosyncratic reactions, the annual models are limited in detecting these characteristics and other low incidence phenomena. While it is uncommon for drug developers to continue development with products that elicit overt hepatic toxicity early in the annual testing, some products have made it through the approval process and then shown significant adverse effects. Some of the drugs (acetaminophen, isoniazid, trovafloxacin, troglitazone, bromfenac, clarithromycin, telithromycin) that have shown this propensity will be discussed in detail front early preclinical development to marketing and, in some instances, to limitations to usage or removal from the U.S. marketplace.
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