The Future of Drug Discovery Who Decides Which Diseases to Treat?
The Future of Drug Discovery: Who decides which diseases to treat? provides a timely and detailed look at the efforts of the pharmaceutical industry and how they relate, or should relate, to societal needs. The authors posit that as a result of increasing risk aversion and accelerated savings in res...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier/Academic Press
2013
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Add Tag | Summary: | The Future of Drug Discovery: Who decides which diseases to treat? provides a timely and detailed look at the efforts of the pharmaceutical industry and how they relate, or should relate, to societal needs. The authors posit that as a result of increasing risk aversion and accelerated savings in research and development, the industry is not developing drugs for increasingly prevalent diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, untreatable pain, antibiotics and more. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | xxx, 346 pages illustrations 23cm |
| ISBN: | 9780124071803 0124071805 |
Textbook of drug design and discovery