Pharmacometrics: A New Era of Pharmacotherapy and Drug Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Pharmacotherapy, in many cases, is practiced at a suboptimal level of performance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) although stupendous amounts of data are available regularly. The process of drug development is time-consuming, costly, and is also associated with loads of hurdles related t...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Usman, Sitaram Khadka, Mohammad Saleem, Huma Rasheed, Bimal Kunwar, Moshin Ali
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Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3081422
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Huma Rasheed
Bimal Kunwar
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description Pharmacotherapy, in many cases, is practiced at a suboptimal level of performance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) although stupendous amounts of data are available regularly. The process of drug development is time-consuming, costly, and is also associated with loads of hurdles related to the safety concerns of the compounds. This review was conducted with the objective to emphasize the role of pharmacometrics in pharmacotherapy and the drug development process in LMICs for rational drug therapy. Pharmacometrics is widely applied for the rational clinical pharmacokinetic (PK) practice through the population pharmacokinetic (popPK) modeling and physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approach. The scope of pharmacometrics practice is getting wider day by day with the untiring efforts of pharmacometricians. The basis for pharmacometrics analysis is the computer-based modeling and simulation of pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) data supplemented by characterization of important aspects of drug safety and efficacy. Pharmacometrics can be considered an invaluable tool not only for new drug development with maximum safety and efficacy but also for dose optimization in clinical settings. Due to the convenience of using sparse and routine patient data, a significant advantage exists in this regard for LMICs which would otherwise lag behind in clinical trials.
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spelling doaj-art-1fa623114de14a1aa689613bacbb215c2025-08-20T03:54:34ZengWileyAdvances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences2633-46902023-01-01202310.1155/2023/3081422Pharmacometrics: A New Era of Pharmacotherapy and Drug Development in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesMuhammad Usman0Sitaram Khadka1Mohammad Saleem2Huma Rasheed3Bimal Kunwar4Moshin Ali5Institute of Pharmaceutical SciencesShree Birendra HospitalPunjab University College of PharmacyInstitute of Pharmaceutical SciencesNobel CollegeFaculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesPharmacotherapy, in many cases, is practiced at a suboptimal level of performance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) although stupendous amounts of data are available regularly. The process of drug development is time-consuming, costly, and is also associated with loads of hurdles related to the safety concerns of the compounds. This review was conducted with the objective to emphasize the role of pharmacometrics in pharmacotherapy and the drug development process in LMICs for rational drug therapy. Pharmacometrics is widely applied for the rational clinical pharmacokinetic (PK) practice through the population pharmacokinetic (popPK) modeling and physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approach. The scope of pharmacometrics practice is getting wider day by day with the untiring efforts of pharmacometricians. The basis for pharmacometrics analysis is the computer-based modeling and simulation of pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) data supplemented by characterization of important aspects of drug safety and efficacy. Pharmacometrics can be considered an invaluable tool not only for new drug development with maximum safety and efficacy but also for dose optimization in clinical settings. Due to the convenience of using sparse and routine patient data, a significant advantage exists in this regard for LMICs which would otherwise lag behind in clinical trials.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3081422
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title Pharmacometrics: A New Era of Pharmacotherapy and Drug Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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title_short Pharmacometrics: A New Era of Pharmacotherapy and Drug Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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