Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Drug Discovery From Bedside To

Drug Discovery: From Bedside To Wall Street.







xxsurl.com Drug Discovery: From Bedside To Wall Street. Everyone expects something from the drug industry. Physicians and patients, investors, regulators and administrators all have an active interest. Everyone wants to know what makes drugs work medically and economically. Why are drugs so expensive? Is it the drug companies or investors who demand high profits? What governs the pharmacoeconomics? Why are so few diseases treatable? This book opens the windows and doors of the industry telling the story of drug development by using real stories from inside the process. It is co-written by Graham Lees and Tamas Bartfai who has been involved in the development of drugs taken by more that 20 million people every day. It opens the windows and doors of the most regulated industry in the world, the pharmaceutical industry. It tells the story of drug development by using real examples based on current research and events. It provides an objective, lucid account of the successes and failures, shortcomings and constraints of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. It gives insights into the development of new drugs to combat multiple conditions including cancer and pain. It offers balanced, unbiased account of how better to translate basic science into drug discovery. EAN/ISBN : 9780080919232 Publisher(s): Elsevier Science & Technology, Academic Press Format: ePub/PDF Author(s): Bartfai, Graham Tamas - Lees Everyone expects something from the drug industry. Physicians and ...

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Einstein On: Drug Discovery, Dr. Vern Schramm (1 of 2)







www.einstein.yu.edu - Vern Schramm, Ph.D., professor and chair of biochemistry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses drug development for a wide range of diseases -- including T-cell leukemia, gout, malaria and autoimmune disorders -- based on his research in transition state analogues. Dr. Schramm, who holds the Ruth Mearns Chair in Biochemistry, also talks about his childhood in South Dakota and what influenced him to become interested in chemistry. This edition of Einstein On, a research and medicine podcast, is hosted by Gordon Earle, associate dean for communications and public affairs. (March 20, 2012)

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