In Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines
Published on 14. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 272 pages
978-0-387-95542-1 (ISBN)
Description
Jurgen Drews, an acclaimed leader in the pharmaceutical industry, tells the fascinating story of drug discovery and development from his years of successfully leading international research teams at Hoffmann-La Roche. He describes the complexity and innovation involved in discovering, testing and bringing drugs to the marketplace.
Reviews / Votes
"A comprehensive story of drug research with all its glorious successes, its paradigm shifts, its new strategies, and its crisis at the brink of the 21st century, where new players have already moved into areas, which for a long time appeared to be reserved for the pharmaceutical industry. Told as a thrilling story." (Martin Hicklin, Basler Zeitung, Switzerland)
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
35 s/w Abbildungen
VI, 272 p. 35 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
429 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-95542-1 (9780387955421)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-1404-5
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Jürgen Drews
In Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines
Book
05/1999
Springer
€35.26
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Jürgen Drews
In Quest of Tomorrow's Medicines
Book
05/1999
Springer
€35.26
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Content
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 IS BORN - RESEARCH, 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.