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title: "What are the differences between a hit and a lead in drug discovery?"  
description: "What are the differences between a hit and a lead in drug discovery?"  
author: "simron shukla"  
published: 2018-03-07  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37134/what-are-the-differences-between-a-hit-and-a-lead-in-drug-discovery  
category: "drug"  
tags: ["medication and drugs"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are the differences between a hit and a lead in drug discovery?

What are the [differences](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300750/what-is-the-link-between-resting-metabolic-rate-and-basal-metabolic-rate) between a hit and a lead in [drug discovery](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/341711/the-hardest-scientific-journey-from-molecule-to-medicine)?

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