Updated every three months in all formats, CPPharm is constantly evolving to keep pace with the very latest discoveries and developments. A year of these quarterly updates is included in the initial CPPharm purchase price. That's 530 pages of new (64%) and revised (36%) content on average every year since the initial publication of the work in June 1998! Presently three volumes in its looseleaf print version, CPPharm...

• covers the full range of molecular, cellular, physiological, and chemical techniques used for the discovery and development of novel therapeutics.
• presents state-of-the-art techniques for high-throughput screening methods, including FLIPR, receptor-binding assays, enzyme assays, and an array of preclinical models of disease.
• offers topical guideline overviews for assessment of drug efficacy and side effect liability, supported with appropriate protocols used by the industry.

Edited by: S.J. Enna, Editor-in-Chief (University of Kansas Medical Center); Michael Williams, Editor-in-Chief (Cephalon); John W. Ferkany (Surface Logix); Terry Kenakin (GlaxoSmithKline); Paul Moser (Porsolt and Partners Pharmacology); Bruce Ruggeri (Cephalon) ; Past Editors: John F. Barrett, Roger D. Porsolt, James P. Sullivan

Series Editor: Gwen Taylor

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