Drug Discovery Research in India: Current State and Future Prospects
Indian civilization developed a strong system of traditional medicine and was one of the first nations to develop a synthetic drug. In the postindependence era, Indian pharmaceutical industry developed a strong base for production of generic drugs. Challenges for the future are to give its tradition...
Published in: | ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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American Chemical Society
2014
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094254/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25050153 https://doi.org/10.1021/ml500183c |
Summary: | Indian civilization developed a strong system of traditional medicine and was one of the first nations to develop a synthetic drug. In the postindependence era, Indian pharmaceutical industry developed a strong base for production of generic drugs. Challenges for the future are to give its traditional medicine a strong scientific base and develop research and clinical capability to consistently produce new drugs based on advances in modern biological sciences. |
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