Chapters on New Areas of Drug Development are contained in each section, describing new directions in drug research and pointing out probable forthcoming molecules; Section on the Fundamentals of Clinical Pharmacology gives the General Practitioner an overview of what drugs are, how they work, how they can be administered, how they interact and what their side effects are; Appendix on Outline of Registration Procedures provides information on the required procedures for the approval of new drugs in the major countries of the world.