Kinch, Michael,  1966- <br/><br/>
A prescription for change :  the looming crisis in drug development / 
Michael S. Kinch. 
 - Chapel Hill :  The University of North Carolina Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 339 pages) 
 - The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, entrepreneurship, and public policy .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: How Did We Reach This Point? --  Why Regulate Medicines? --  Trials and Tribulations --  Dreams of Greatness: The Birth of the Pharmaceutical Industry --  Triumph and Tragedy --  Ivory Tower of Power --  The DNA of Biotechnology --  Blockbusters and Bombs: Pressures on the Pharmaceutical Industry --  Sea Monsters, Immunauts, and Death Panels --  Drama on the I-270 Tech Corridor --  Autophagy --  Three Views of a Train Wreck --  Bridging the Valley. 
<br/><br/> The introduction of new medicines has dramatically improved the quantity and quality of individual and public health while contributing trillions of dollars to the global economy. In spite of these past successes -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469630649 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drug development.<br/>Drugs--Research--Economic aspects.<br/>Pharmaceutical industry.<br/>Drugs--Design.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RM301  / .P747 2016