A Prescription for Change The Looming Crisis in Drug Development / Michael S. Kinch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinch, Michael, 1966- author.

Series:

Luther H. Hodges, Jr. and Luther H. Hodges, Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy.

The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmaceutical industry.

Drugs--Research--Economic aspects.

Drugs.

Drug development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

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:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: How Did We Reach This Point?

Chapter One: Why Regulate Medicines?

Chapter Two: Trials and Tribulations

Chapter Three: Dreams of Greatness: The Birth of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Chapter Four: Triumph and Tragedy

Chapter Five: Ivory Tower of Power

Chapter Six: The DNA of Biotechnology

Chapter Seven: Blockbusters and Bombs: Pressures on the Pharmaceutical Industry

Chapter Eight: Sea Monsters, Immunauts, and Death Panels

Chapter Nine: Drama on the I-270 Tech Corridor

Chapter Ten: Autophagy

Chapter Eleven: Three Views of a Train Wreck

Chapter Twelve: Bridging the Valley

Notes

Index

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Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908527-3-1

1-4696-3064-8

OCLC:

959609251