Discovery, innovation and the cyclical nature of the pharmaceutical business

• Published in: Drug Discovery Today Vol. 7; no. 10; pp. 563 - 568
• Main Authors: Schmid, Esther F, Smith, Dennis A
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 15.05.2002; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; blockbuster drugs; Drug Design; Drug Industry - methods; Drug Industry - trends; drug sales; General pharmacology; human genome; innovation; Medical sciences; pharmaceutical R&D; Pharmaceutical technology. Pharmaceutical industry; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Time Factors; innovation; pharmaceutical R&D; blockbuster drugs; Pharmaceutical Science; human genome; Drug Discovery; drug sales; Human; Improvement; Innovation; Psychotropic; Calcium antagonist; Antidepressant agent; Active ingredient; Review; Genome; Pharmaceutical industry; Research and development; Public health

Unlike many recent articles, which paint the future of the pharmaceutical industry in gloomy colours, this article provides an optimistic outlook. It explores the foundations on which the pharmaceutical industry has based its outstanding successes. Case studies of important drug classes underpin the...