Innovation in the pharmaceutical industry the process of drug discovery and development
1. Introduction -- 2. Technological change and the pharmaceutical industry -- 3. Cardiovascular drugs -- 4. Anti-asthmatic drugs -- 5. Histamine H2 antagonists -- 6. LHRH analogues -- 7. Three case studies of pharmaceutical innovation in Japan -- 8. The process of drug discovery and development -- 9...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
E. Elgar
c2003
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Technological change and the pharmaceutical industry -- 3. Cardiovascular drugs -- 4. Anti-asthmatic drugs -- 5. Histamine H2 antagonists -- 6. LHRH analogues -- 7. Three case studies of pharmaceutical innovation in Japan -- 8. The process of drug discovery and development -- 9. Conclusion Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry traces the discovery and development of drugs in Japan and the UK both historically and sociologically. It includes sixteen case studies of major pharmaceutical developments in the twentieth century, encompassing, amongst others, beta-blockers, beta-stimulants, inhaled steroids and histamine H2-antagonists |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 271 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781843765660 9781843760504 1843760509 |