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A prescription for change : the looming crisis in drug development / Michael S. Kinch.

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Material Type
Book
Author
Kinch, Michael, 1966-
Publication Info.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

Details

Description
339 pages ; 25 cm.
Series
The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy
Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
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.
Subject
Drug development.
Drugs -- Research -- Economic aspects.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Drug development.
Drugs -- Research -- Economic aspects.
Pharmaceutical industry.
ISBN
9781469630625 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
1469630621 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
9781469630632 (ebook)