1.

Record Nr.

UNICASVEA0052358

Autore

Cerquiglini-Toulet, Jacqueline

Titolo

La couleur de la mélancolie : la fréquentation des livres au 14. siècle (1300-1415) / Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Hatier, \1993!

ISBN

2218051753

Descrizione fisica

186 p., 16 p. di tav. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Collana

Breves. Litterature

Disciplina

944.025

Soggetti

Letteratura francese - Sec. 14.-15

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911020188803321

Autore

LaMattina John L

Titolo

Drug truths : dispelling the myths about pharma R&D / / John L. LaMattina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2009

ISBN

9786611939304

9781118158968

1118158962

9781281939302

1281939307

9780470434673

0470434678

9780470434659

0470434651

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Disciplina

615/.19

Soggetti

Drug development - United States

Pharmaceutical industry - United States

Drugs - Research - United States



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-132) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cholesterol drugs are unnecessary -- Industry is more interested in 'me-too' drugs than in innovation -- It takes industry too long to discover new drugs -- Drugs are discovered by academia -- New medicines add costs but little benefit -- Big pharma has failed and should learn from biotech success -- The industry invents diseases -- New drugs are less safe than traditional medicines -- Industry spends more on advertising than R&D -- Industry does not care about diseases of the developing world -- Big pharma's day has passed -- Final reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

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