Pharmaceutical achievers : the human face of pharmaceutical research / by Mary Ellen Bowden, Amy Beth Crow, and Tracy Sullivan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Phialdelphia : Chemical Heritage Press, c2003.Description: xi, 220 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0941901300 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RM301.25 .B69 2003
Contents:
Part I. Beginnings through the 1930s. -- Early pharmaceuticals -- Early pharmaceutical companies and the Pure Food and Drugs Act -- Vitamins -- Enzymes, hormones, and neurotransmitters -- Sulfa drugs -- Part II. World War II to 1960. -- Antibiotics -- Steroids -- Drugs affecting the central nervous system: Antipsychotics and transquilizers -- Newer vaccines -- Clinical testing and reform of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act -- Part III. The 1960s to the 1980s -- Recent cardiovascular and antiulcer drugs -- Recent antihistamines and antidepressants -- Cancer and AIDS drugs -- Biotechnology -- Part IV. Finding tomorrow's medicines. -- New and revised areas for pharmaceutical research -- New methods of drug discovery.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213) and index.

Part I. Beginnings through the 1930s. -- Early pharmaceuticals -- Early pharmaceutical companies and the Pure Food and Drugs Act -- Vitamins -- Enzymes, hormones, and neurotransmitters -- Sulfa drugs -- Part II. World War II to 1960. -- Antibiotics -- Steroids -- Drugs affecting the central nervous system: Antipsychotics and transquilizers -- Newer vaccines -- Clinical testing and reform of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act -- Part III. The 1960s to the 1980s -- Recent cardiovascular and antiulcer drugs -- Recent antihistamines and antidepressants -- Cancer and AIDS drugs -- Biotechnology -- Part IV. Finding tomorrow's medicines. -- New and revised areas for pharmaceutical research -- New methods of drug discovery.

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