PRELIMINARIES TO TESTING OF DRUGS IN MAN. The Pharmaceutical Background. The Pharmacological Background. The Metabolic Background. The Toxicological Background. Animal Tests as Predictors of Human Response. International Regulatory Requirements. Regulatory Requirements in Japan. ORGANISATION AND DECISION MAKING. The Organisation of New Drug Evaluation in the Pharmaceutical Industry. The Role of Contract Research Units. Decision Points in Human Drug Development. Good Clinical Research Practice and Quality Assurance. ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS. Ethical Aspects of Research in Healthy Volunteers. Ethical Aspects of Research in Patients. Legal Liabilities in Clinical Trials. MEASURING DRUG ACTIVITY IN MAN. The Assessment of Tolerance and Side-Effects in Non-Patient Volunteers. Design of First-Administration Studies in Healthy Man. The Detection and Assessment of Adverse Reactions in Early Phase Patient Trials. The Assessment of Pharmacodynamic Effects. The Assessment of Pharmacokinetics. Radiolabelled Metabolism Studies in Man. ASSESSMENT OF DRUG EFFECTS ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Non-Invasive Measurement of Cardiovascular Response. Anti-Anginal Drugs. Anti-Arrhythmic Agents. Phase I Trials on Anti-Hypertensive Drugs. Drugs for Heart Failure. Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Drugs. Monitoring of Antithrombotic Activity by Platelet Labelling. ASSESSMENT OF DRUG EFFECTS ON THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. Assessment of Respiratory Responses. Anti-Asthmatic Drugs. ASSESSMENT OF DRUG EFFECTS ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Measurement of CNS Effects. Drugs in Epilepsy. Anxiolytics. Hypnotics. Antidepressants. Antipsychotic Agents. ASSESSMENT OF DRUG EFFECTS IN THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYSTEM. Measurement of Gastro-Intestinal Effects. Anti-Ulcer Drugs. ASSESSMENT OF DRUG EFFECTS ON THE KIDNEY. Diuretics. Measurement of Renal Side-Effects. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS USED IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. Abortifacient Drugs. Oxytocic Drugs. ASSESSMENT OF DRUG ACTIVITY IN THE