A prescription for change : the looming crisis in drug development / Michael S. Kinch.
By: Kinch, Michael S [author.].
Series: Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]Description: 339 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781469630625 .Subject(s): Drug development | Drugs -- Research -- Economic aspects | Pharmaceutical industryGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "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 coming to an end. Moving from the twentieth century to the present, this book reveals how changing business strategies combined with scientific hubris have altered the way new medicines are discovered, with dire implications for both health and the economy"--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 coming to an end. Moving from the twentieth century to the present, this book reveals how changing business strategies combined with scientific hubris have altered the way new medicines are discovered, with dire implications for both health and the economy"--