Therapeutic index: TI = TD50 / ED50; clinical safety-margin metric

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The therapeutic index (TI) is the canonical quantitative measure of drug safety margin: the ratio of the dose producing toxicity in 50% of subjects (TD50) to the dose producing the desired therapeutic effect in 50% of subjects (ED50). …

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