A Prescription for Change : The Looming Crisis in Drug Development /

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The introduction of new medicines has dramatically improved the quantity and quality of individual and public health while contributing trillions of dollars to the global economy. In spite of these past successes -- and indeed because of them -- our ability to deliver new medicines may be quickly co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kinch, Michael, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pharmaceutical industry.
Drugs > Research > Economic aspects.
Drug development.
Drugs > Design.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Medicaments > Conception.
Industrie pharmaceutique.
Medicaments > Recherche > Aspect economique.
Medicaments > Developpement.
Drug Industry
Drug Design
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: How Did We Reach This Point?
  • Why Regulate Medicines?
  • Trials and Tribulations
  • Dreams of Greatness: The Birth of the Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Triumph and Tragedy
  • Ivory Tower of Power
  • The DNA of Biotechnology
  • Blockbusters and Bombs: Pressures on the Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Sea Monsters, Immunauts, and Death Panels
  • Drama on the I-270 Tech Corridor
  • Autophagy
  • Three Views of a Train Wreck
  • Bridging the Valley.

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