drugdiscovery
nounUK /drʌɡ dɪˈskʌvəri/
US /drʌɡ dɪˈskʌvəri/
The work of finding new medicines to help sick people get better.
The scientists spent years on drug discovery before they found a medicine that worked.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The early stage of research where scientists look for brand-new chemical compounds that might treat a disease.
Drug discovery usually comes before the long testing phase.
3. The whole process a company follows to invent and test a new medicine.
Her job in drug discovery involves checking thousands of samples.
4. A field of science that mixes chemistry, biology, and computers to design new treatments.
He studied drug discovery at university.