Blockbuster drugs : the rise and decline of the pharmaceutical industry /

Blockbuster drugs - each of which generates more than a billion dollars a year in revenue - have revolutionized the industry since the early 1980s, when sales of Tagamet alone transformed a minor Philadelphia-based firm into the world's ninth-largest pharmaceutical company. In this volume, Jie...

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Main Author: Li, Jie Jack (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
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  • Table of Contents Chapter 1 Before the Age of Blockbuster Drugs Chapter 2 The Beginning of an Era
  • The First Blockbuster Drug Tagamet Chapter 3 More Blockbuster Drugs for Ulcer Chapter 4 Antihistamines as Allergy Medicines Chapter 5 Blood Thinners, From Heparin to Plavix Chapter 6 Conquest of Pain
  • Analgesics: from Morphine to Lyrica Chapter 7 Lessons Bibliography Appendix Index.