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Author Le Roux, Muriel, author

Title Navelbine® and Taxotère® : histories of sciences / Muriel Le Roux, Françoise Guéritte
Published London : ISTE, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Histories of sciences
Histories of sciences
Summary Among the many forms of cancer treatment, chemotherapy remains an important part of the arsenal in which Navelbine and Taxotere play a major role. These medicines result from molecules discovered by French researchers of the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN) of the CNRS, directed by Pierre Potier. By recounting this history, the authors of this book attempt to illustrate how the work of themselves and others, united in a community, has helped obtain these results. After having explainedïŽ the strategy of the French policy makers to promote the French chemistry of natural substances, the authors explore how the academic efforts in this field have evolved, and the alignment between science and its applications has become increasingly present. The contributions of the CNRS to the industry, and vice versa, offer an alternative image of public research relationships and industrial research, where CNRS researchers are able to extend the limits of freedom and creativity. It is to account for this complexity that the authors here have chosen to write this history together, which is in a sense exemplary. Due to an association between history and chemistry, this book explains these discoveries by placing them in their specificïŽ politic, economic and scientific contexts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 25, 2017)
Subject Drug development -- France
Pharmaceutical industry -- France
Vinorelbine.
Docetaxel.
Drugs -- Design.
1900s
Vinblastine -- history
Vinblastine
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic -- history
Drug Design
Neoplasms -- drug therapy
Taxoids -- history
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Drugs -- Design
Docetaxel
Drug development
Pharmaceutical industry
Vinorelbine
France
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Gueritte, Françoise, author
ISBN 9780081011379
0081011377