Combined Science GCSE
Clinical trial
What Clinical trial means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Clinical trial
Medical experiments carried out on human volunteers and patients to test the safety, dosage, and efficacy of a new drug.
Topics that use Clinical trial
- Health, disease and the development of medicines (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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Using Clinical trial in the exam
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