In Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines by J. Drews
The author describes the process by which new drugs are tested and brought to market, including a provocative look at how AIDS activism stimulated the approval process in the USA.
In Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines
Summary
Presents an insiders perspective on research in the pharmaceutical industry. It describes the process of drug discovery and development, and traces the history of modern drug development from the pharmacies, chemical companies, and entrepreneurs to the corporations around the world.
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Table of Contents
Drugs, Patients and the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Role of Drugs in the Practice of Medicine ** The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry in the Medical Use of Drugs ** THE HISTORY OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: The Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry ** Natural Substances as Drugs ** DRUG RESEARCH MERGING EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY: The Origins of Heterocyclic Chemistry ** Dyes as Drugs: The Birth of Chemotherapy ** TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND A PARADIGM SHIFT IN DRUG RESEARCH: Technological Advance--Positive Crises ** The Influence of Molecular Biology on Medicine ** A MEDICINE IN BORN-- RESERACH, DEVELOPMENT AND REGISTRATION: Research Strategies ** What is Development? ** Requirements for Drug Approval and Safety ** Development as Process ** MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION: DIRECTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: Two Cultures ** Management of Research ** THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY ** Strategic Options ** Focus of Innovation: The Biotechnology Industry ** Centers of Innovation in the University ** Future Pharmaceuticals Scenarios ** Connections Between Basic Research and Pharmaceutical Innovation
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CIN0387985476A
9780387985473
0387985476
In Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines by J. Drews
Used - Well Read
Hardback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
1999-05-31
272
N/A
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