Ethnicity in Drug Development and Therapeutics

Foreword; Preface; References; 1. Clinical evidence of ethnic and racial differences in drug pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics; 2. Ethnic and racial differences in pharmacokinetics of drug metabolism; 3. Ethnic and racial differences in the pharmacokinetics of drugs: absorption, distribution, elimination; 4. Non-genetic basis for ethnic and racial differences in pharmacokinetic parameters; 5. The impact of pharmacokinetics on drug development; 6. Pharmacokinetic analysis of ethnic groups using population methods; 7. Ethnic representation in clinical research and foreign market penetration: regulatory aspects; 8. Recruitment and retention of minority study volunteers.