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Author Shook, Robert L., 1938-

Title Miracle medicines : seven lifesaving drugs and the people who created them / Robert L. Shook
Published New York, N.Y. ; London : Portfolio, 2007

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Description 390 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Abbott -- The fight against AIDS -- 2. AstraZeneca -- A new lease on life -- 3. Eli Lilly -- The better-than-nature insulin -- 4. GlaxoSmithKline -- Clearing the airways -- 5. Johnson & Johnson -- A miracle biotech medicine -- 6. Novartis -- A designer medicine that targets cancer cells -- 7. Pfizer -- How the world's bestselling drug nearly didn't happen
Summary "Miracle Medicines goes behind the scenes of the pharmaceutical industry and into its high-security laboratories to tell the stories of the men and women - chemists, physiologists, medical and clinical researchers, and engineers - who work hard to transform scientific theories into new life-saving medicines." "Miracle Medicines reveals what really happens during the long and uncertain journey that each new drug and its creators must endure - from theory and research to testing and, finally, to FDA approval and delivery to the public. It's a very human story within even the most complex scientific innovation."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Pharmacy -- History.
Drug development -- History.
Pharmacognosy -- History.
LC no. 2006052482
ISBN 9781591841579 cased