Pharmaceutical achievers : the human face of pharmaceutical research - Bowden, Mary Ellen; Crow, Amy Beth, 1976-; Sullivan, Tracy (Phialdelphia : Chemical Heritage Press, 2003)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-213) and index.
Keywords: Pharmacologists -- Biography; Drugs -- Research -- History; Pharmacology -- History -- Biography; History, 19th Century -- Biography; History, 20th Century -- Biography