00. Introduction -- 01. Why there will be new drugs despite the ongoing "crisis" of drug development in Big Pharma -- 02. The need for medicines grows -- 03. Medicines are becoming better : some of the breakthrough medicines of the past decades -- 04. Which diseases do we want to treat? -- 05. Therapeutic areas : strategically important diseases of the future -- 06. Blockbuster proprietary drugs versus generic drugs -- 07. Why is pharma a special industry? -- 08. Diagnosing toward personalized medicine -- 09. Personalized medicine -- 10. How much can drugs cost? -- 11. Modeling drug discovery until 2025 -- 12. Drug development models between 2010 & 2025
Summary
This book provides a timely and detailed look at the efforts of the pharmaceutical industry and how they relate, or should relate, to societal needs
