Blockbuster drugs
Subtitle: the rise and decline of the pharmaceutical industry
By: Jie Jack Li
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780199737680
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Drugs; Drug development; Pharmaceutical industry; Design; History
Description: "This book uses the cases of several landmark drugs to discuss the history of the pharmaceutical industry, and discusses what could be next"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-197) and index.
Table of contents: title: Before the age of blockbuster drugs; title: Beginning of an era : the first blockbuster drug, Tagamet; title: More blockbuster drugs for ulcers : Prilosec, Nexium, and other proton-pump inhibitors; title: Antihistamines as allergy drugs; title: Blood thinners : from Heparin to Plavix; title: Conquest of pain : analgesics : from morphine to Lyrica; title: Reflections.