Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs is a monthly peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 medical journal

Medical journal

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 covering developments in pharmaceutical research

Pharmaceutical sciences

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, from animal studies through to early clinical investigation. The journal's scope includes therapeutics

Therapy

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 in many areas: pulmonary

Lung

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-allergy

Allergy

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, dermatology

Dermatology

Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases, a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist takes care of diseases, in the widest sense, and some cosmetic problems of the skin, scalp, hair, and nails....

, gastrointestinal, arthritis

Arthritis

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, infectious disorders

Infection

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, endocrine

Endocrine system

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 and metabolic

Metabolism

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, central

Central nervous system

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 and peripheral

Peripheral

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 nervous system

Nervous system

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, cardiovascular

Circulatory system

The circulatory system is an organ system that passes nutrients , gases, hormones, blood cells, etc...

 and renal

Kidney

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, and oncology

Oncology

Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...

. The journal is published by Informa and edited by Dimitri P Mikhailidis (Royal Free Hospital

Royal Free Hospital

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 and University College London

University College London

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 Medical School). Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs was established in 1992 and according to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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 has a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

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 of 4.218. It is also indexed in MEDLINE

MEDLINE

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. The journal is available online and in paper format.

Article categories

The journal publishes articles in the following categories:

• Reviews
  Review journal
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• Original Research Papers
• Drug Evaluations
• Meeting Highlights
• Editorial
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