What are drugs?
This is something people take to feel better when they are sick.
What is medicine?
Medicine can be made into pills by mixing different ingredients
What is drug formulation?
Before people try a new medicine, scientists test it on animals first
What is preclinical testing?
This is the tiny building block that makes up all medicine
What is an atom?
This kind of medicine is made just for one person based on their DNA
What is personalized medicine?
These drugs come from nature, like plants and mushrooms
What are natural drugs?
This is a pill with powder inside a soft cover
What is a capsule?
When a new medicine is tested on a few people, this is the first step
What is phase 1?
In 1804 a specific drug was discovered
When was morphine discovered?
Smart computers help scientists make new medicine faster
What is artificial intelligence or AI?
These drugs are made by scientists in a lab.
What are synthetic drugs?
Doctors give this type of medicine with a shot
What is an injection?
This word means how medicine moves through the body
What is pharmacokinetics?
This is the shape of a medicine, which helps it work in the body
What is chemical structure?
Medicine made for rare diseases is called this
What are orphan drugs?
This was the first medicine made from a plant called opium.
What is morphine?
This kind of pill is small and hard, and you swallow it with water
What is a tablet?
Before selling a medicine, scientists send their results to this kind of group
What is a regulatory agency?
These tiny parts in medicine help it dissolve in water
What are functional groups?
Some medicine tests happen online instead of at hospitals
What are virtual trials?
This group checks if medicine is safe before people can use it.
What is the FDA?
Pills, capsules and injections
What are the three drug delivery methods?
After a medicine is approved, doctors still check if it’s safe
What is post-marketing surveillance?
Doctors study how medicine affects people
What is pharmacodynamics?
Scientists are trying to make medicine in a way that is good for the planet
What is sustainability?