Question

The principle of prodrug design is known as chemical formulation.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question in a job interview.

My doubt is from Prodrugs in division Prodrugs & Excretion of Drugs of Drug Biotechnology

Answer 1

Right option is (a) True

To explain I would say: In the creation of prodrug, insufficiencies of a drug are corrected through chemical conversion or multiple chemical changes. Due to these chemical conversions which are done to make the drug to become an acceptable form prodrug designing is also known as chemical formulation.