new chemical entity
- Guideline or reference source
- WHO Glossary
- Definition
- A pharmaceutical that contains no active moiety, i.e. without any molecule or ion, but including those appended portions of the molecule that cause the drug to be an ester, salt (including a salt with hydrogen or coordination bonds), or other noncovalent derivative (such as a complex, chelate, or clathrate) of the molecule, responsible for the physiological or pharmacological action of the pharmaceutical substance. It is a chemical molecule developed by the innovator company in the early discovery stage, which after undergoing clinical trials could translate into a pharmaceutical that could be a cure for some disease.
- Abbreviation for
- NCE
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