Hallelujah Moments: Tales of Drug Discovery

ISBN-13: 9780199337149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 264 str.

Eugene H. Cordes

Opis

Drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry has important consequences for the health and wellbeing of people everywhere. However, the general public knows little about the paths through which basic research findings are translated into products that protect or restore human health: the route from the laboratory bench to the bedside. In Hallelujah Moments, Eugene Cordes reveals how some of the most important and influential drugs have been brought into the practice of clinical medicine through the wit and determination of scientists in academia and industry. He shares his firsthand knowledge of the drug-discovery world, having spent a long and distinguished career in both the academic and industrial settings. These tales are "adventure stories," and they trace the route of important drugs like Januvia, Primaxin, Capoten, and Zocor from concept to the clinic. Cordes shows us the dynamic and critical thinking needed to create a drug that meets important health needs. These are human stories of imagination, risk-taking, problem-solving, and perseverance. Written accessibly for a non-scientist audience, Hallelujah Moments provides insights into the fascinating world of drug discovery like never before.

Recenzje

Gene Cordes gives us an interesting and uncommonly clear insight into the scientifically complex world of drug discovery, using common vocabulary. This is a great read for all who are interested in the pharmaceutical industry.

O autorze

Dr. Eugene Cordes has been a professor at the University of Michigan since 1995. In addition to having served as Vice President at Merck Research Laboratories and as the Vice President of R&D at Eastman Pharmaceuticals, he is the author of The Tao of Chemistry and Life (OUP 2009).