Natural products and drug discovery: A survey of stakeholders in industry and academia

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Amirkia, Vafa ^a   Heinrich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academia industry links; Big Pharma; Drug discovery; HTS; Natural products; Strategy

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG PROGRAM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84947246252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00237     Document Type: Article

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