Drug Discovery in Japan Investigating the Sources of Innovation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nagaoka, Sadao (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Management.; Industrial management.; Japan-History.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Innovation/Technology Management.; History of Japan.

This book analyzes the drug-discovery process in Japan, based on detailed case studies of 12 groups of 15 innovative drugs. It covers the first statin in the world up to the recent major breakthrough in cancer therapy, the recent immune checkpoint inhibitor, the scientific discovery for which a 2018...