Genome-Based Therapeutics: Targeted Drug Discovery and Development: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health, et al.

The number of new drug approvals has remained reasonably steady for the past 50 years at around 20 to 30 per year, while at the same time the total spending on health-related research and development has tripled since 1990. There are many suspected causes for this trend, including increases in regulatory barriers, the rising costs of scientific inquiry, a decrease in research and development efficiency, the downstream effects of patient expirations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309260248
• ISBN13: 9780309260244
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"