Drug Approval

**Definition:** Process that is gone through in order for a drug to receive approval by a government regulatory agency. This includes any required pre-clinical or clinical testing, review, submission, and evaluation of the applications and test results, and post-marketing surveillance of the drug.

**Tree numbers:** - E05.290.250 - E05.337.300 - I01.880.604.605.250.250

**Synonyms:** - Food and Drug Administration Drug Approval