investigational new drug

in·ves·ti·ga·tion·al new drug

(IND) (in-ves'ti-gā'shŭn-ăl nū drŭg)

A pharmacotherapeutic agent that has not been approved for general use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but is in the course of being tested on humans.

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