NOUN
- a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects; conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial
How To Use preclinical trial In A Sentence
- The drugs are in clinical and preclinical trials.
- In 2001 and 2002 we completed all of our clinical trials, our preclinical trials, and the animal work and bench work on the product.
- Had preclinical trials involved 50 rhesus monkeys instead of 20, and also involved chimpanzees as well as rats, mice and rabbits, then the potential for a catastrophic event in humans might have been detected.
- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals surged 44 cents, or 12%, to 4.11, after the company announced positive results from a preclinical trial of its potential treatment of hepatitis C. Dow's Tumble Is Worst in 2012
- In preclinical trials, it has been shown to reduce the incidence of diabetes in animals, apparently by down-regulating the immune response.
