Future of Drug Discovery
Subtitle: Who Decides Which Diseases to Treat?
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books; Academic Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780124071803
Subjects: Pharmaceutical industry; Drugs, research; Social responsibility of business
Description: "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. This book carefully exposes the gap between the medicines and therapies we need and the current business path. By analyzing the situation and discussing prospects for the next decade, the The Future of Drug Discovery is a timely book for all those who care about the development needs for drugs for disease." -- Publisher's website.