Authors: Robert A. Maxwell, Shohreh B. Eckhardt
In their novel approach to Drug Discovery,
Maxwell and Eckhardt explore their thesis that the discovery of new drugs-especially of innovative therapeutic agents-is an independent dynamic process that demands the full attention of researchers, rather than a
spontaneous consequence of investigative research. Faced with a dearth of quantitative information on how and where innovative drugs were discovered, the authors have developed considerable quantitative data about this process in order to provide a deeper understanding of its true nature. Drug Discovery: A Casebook and Analysis offers a unique quantitative survey of research since
World War II that led to the development of 32 innovative