PHA-Exch> FYI_ Pharma-Report on innovation

["Claudio Schuftan" <cschuftan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Jinani jinani@xxxxxxxxx

 

The following link  carries a medical progress report titled "The TruTh AbouT Drug InnovATIon: Thirty-Five summary Case histories on Private Sector contributions To Pharmaceutical Science":

 

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/mpr_06.pdf

 

It is a new industry friendly report published bi DiMasi et al. questioning the public role in pharmaceutical R & D.The researchers have compiled summary case histories of 35 drugs and drug classes which have been identified as important and/or were among the most prescribed in 2007. Their examination of the literature reveals that the scientific contributions of the private sector were crucial for the discovery and/or development of virtually all the drugs and classes studied.

See also

http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=13808  

 

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