Drug truths
Subtitle: dispelling the myths about pharma R & D
By: John L. LaMattina.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780470393185
Subjects: Drug development -- United States; Pharmaceutical industry -- United States; Drugs -- Research -- United States; Drug Industry -- economics -- United States; Drug Design -- United States; Research Design -- United States
Description: This book answers the questions about the process and costs of pharmaceutical R & D in a compelling narrative focused on the discovery and development of important new medicines. It gives an insider's account of the pharmaceutical industry drug discovery process, the very real costs of misperceptions about the industry, the high stakes--both economic and scientific--of developing drugs, the triumphs that come when new compounds reach the market and save lives, and the despair that follows when new compounds fail. In the book, John LaMattina, former president of Pfizer Global Research and Devel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cholesterol drugs are unnecessary; title: Industry is more interested in 'me-too' drugs than innovation; title: It takes industry too long to discover new drugs; title: Drugs are discovered by academia; title: New medicines add costs but little benefit; title: Big pharma has failed and should learn from biotech success; title: The industry invents diseases; title: New drugs are less safe than traditional medicines; title: Industry spends more on advertising than R&D; title: Industry does not care about diseases of the developing world; title: Big pharma's day has passed; title: Final reflections.