General problems in the study of the mutagenic properties of drugs

: The article deals with the results characterizing the state of Russian and foreign elaborations in the study of genotoxic effects of drugs and immunobiological agents. Particular attention is placed on general problems of strategy and tactics in the study of mutagenicity of drugs the solution of which is insufficiently substantiated or insufficiently discussed in the literature. The perspective problems of research into the field of genotoxicity of drugs are discussed.