Miracle medicines : seven lifesaving drugs and the people who created them / Robert L. Shook.
Miracle medicines : seven lifesaving drugs and the people who created them / Robert L. Shook.
Miracle medicines : seven lifesaving drugs and the people who created them / Robert L. Shook.
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. ; London : Portfolio, 2007.
Date
2007.
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G 2013/4817
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Language
English
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Physical content
390 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Abbott -- The fight against AIDS -- 2. AstraZeneca -- A new lease on life -- 3. Eli Lilly -- The better-than-nature insulin -- 4. GlaxoSmithKline -- Clearing the airways -- 5. Johnson & Johnson -- A miracle biotech medicine -- 6. Novartis -- A designer medicine that targets cancer cells -- 7. Pfi...
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. ; London : Portfolio, 2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"Miracle Medicines goes behind the scenes of the pharmaceutical industry and into its high-security laboratories to tell the stories of the men and women - chemists, physiologists, medical and clinical researchers, and engineers - who work hard to transform scientific theories into new life-saving medicines." "Miracle Medicines reveals what really...
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Miracle medicines : seven lifesaving drugs and the people who created them / Robert L. Shook.
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Includes bibliographical references.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N615.1/176.
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G 2013/4817
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74VKO4bko6Ol
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO4bko6Ol
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ISBN
9781591841579 (cased) :
DDC
615.1
MMS ID
991022624259702626
