Is drug development too slow? NIH to the rescue!

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1119-1122

  Weissmann, Gerald ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; IMATINIB; PENICILLIN G; SALICYLIC ACID; TRASTUZUMAB;

CANCER RESEARCH; CYTOLOGY; DRUG COST; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG RESEARCH; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG INDUSTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954576673     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-0401ufm     Document Type: Review

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