The Future of Drug Discovery: Who Decides Which Diseases to Treat?

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. This thought-provoking book is the first to: . provide an in-depth, broad perspective on the crisis in drug industry . expose the disconnect between what society needs and what the drug companies are working on . analyse and project over 10 years into the future . explain what it means for scientists and society . determine what is needed to be done to make sure that the industry responds to society's needs, remains commercially attractive and answers the question as to who decides which diseases to treat INDICE: 00 - Introduction for the non-specialist 01 - Why there will be new drugs despite the ongoing 'crisis' of drug development in big pharma 02 - The need for medicine grows 03 - Medicines are becoming better 04 - Which diseases do we want to treat? 05 - Therapeutic Areas: strategically important diseases for the future 06 - Blockbuster proprietary drugs versus generic drugs 07 - Why is pharma a special industry? 08 - Diagnosing towards personalized medicine 09 - Personalized medicine 10 - How much can drugs cost? 11 - Modeling Drug Discovery until 2025 12 - Drug development models between 2010 and 2025

• ISBN: 978-0-12-407180-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 376
• Fecha Publicación: 03/07/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés