Pediatrics is the specialty of medical science concerned with the physical, mental, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Pediatric care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive health care to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases.
Children have the right to access medicines that are appropriate to their unique needs and have adequate assurance of their quality, safety and efficacy. This has been widely acknowledged on a worldwide platform and prompted global initiatives and legislative changes that have transformed this once niche area into an integral part of the drug development process that requires adequate understanding of relationship between medicine pharmaceutical design and how child’s growth affects the medicine’s safety, efficacy and its usability in daily practice.