The Drug Discovery Process
The Drug Discovery Process The discovery of adrenaline came about through a mistaken impression. A certain Dr. Oliver had developed a gadget which he thought measured the diameter of that…
The Drug Development Process
The Drug Development Process The stumbling way in which even the ablest of the scientists in every generation have had to fight through thickets of erroneous observations, misleading generalizations, inadequate…
Golden Rules of Drug Discovery
Golden Rules of Drug Discovery One must learn by doing the thing, for although you think you know it you may have no certainty until you try. –Sophocles The difficulty…
Overview of Factors Affecting Drug Discovery
Overview of Factors Affecting Drug Discovery Laws of Project Management Murphy’s Law: If anything can go wrong, it will. O’Toole’s Commentary on Murphy’s Law: Murphy was an optimist. Nonreciprocal Laws…
Pharma-think, Academic-think, and Government-think
Pharma-think, Academic-think, and Government-think Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought. –Albert Szent-Gyorgyi One of the signs of an approaching…
Pharma Sense versus Common Sense
Pharma Sense versus Common Sense Common sense ain’t common. –Will Rogers Common sense suggests that, although these estimates {an observer trying to estimate the length of England’s coastline from a…
Standards: Types, Uses, and Issues
Standards: Types, Uses, and Issues Health is a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely absence of disease. –World Health Organization, 1947. For the development of…
The Big Picture
The Big Picture To survive and succeed in a hot market, a company must be willing to change everything about itself except its basic beliefs…. Give the individual full consideration,…
Pharmaceutical Industry: Definitions
Pharmaceutical Industry: Definitions Many persons have an idea that one cannot be in business and lead an upright life, whereas the truth is that no one succeeds in business to…
Introduction to Drug Development
Introduction to Drug Development The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not. –Mark…
