PREFACE
PATENTS
& POTIONS
Entering the Pharmaceutical Century
The era of predictable and safe drugs that we now enjoy did not begin
until the end of the 19th century.
BY MARK S. LESNEY
SALVING
WITH SCIENCE
The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
This era of vitamins and hormones also witnessed
the development of new drugs and vaccines. BY
RICHARD A. PIZZI
ANTIBIOTICS
AND ISOTOPES
Swingtime
Like the music of the Big Bands, Big Pharma zoomed
the antibiotic era into full swing with a host of WWII-stimulated technological
advances. BY
JENNIFER B. MILLER
PRESCRIPTIONS
AND POLIO
Postwar progress
As America turned from world war to cold war,
the economy and technology prospered, and a new vaccine brought victory
over an old scourge, infantile paralysis. BY
BRYAN D. TWEEDY AND MARK S. LESNEY
ANODYNES
AND ESTROGENS
The Pharmaceutical Decade
Against a backdrop of civil unrest, war, political
assassinations, and men on the moon, drug use exploded for better and for
worse. BY
RANDALL FREY AND MARK S. LESNEY
CHEMISTRY,
CANCER, AND ECOLOGY
Environments of health
Concerns over cancer and carcinogens grew against
a backdrop of lingering warfare, political scandals, and the rising environmental
movement. BY
MARK S. LESNEY AND RANDALL FREY
AIDS,
ARTERIES, AND ENGINEERING
Epidemics and entrepreneurs
An incurable retrovirus epidemic and rising biotechnology
fever took center stage in pharmaceutical development. BY
CHRISTOPHER S. W. KOEHLER
HARNESSING
GENES, RECASTING FLESH
Closing the Pharmaceutical Century
Global genomic initiatives and marvels of miniaturization
set the stage for a new century of “better living through biotechnology.
BY
MARK S. LESNEY AND JENNIFER B. MILLER
ORGANIZATIONAL
PORTRAITS - COMPANIES - AGENCIES
Brief histories of key players in the Pharmaceutical
Century.
THE
NEXT PHARMACEUTICAL CENTURY
The future
Experts predict that genomics, gene therapy,
and rejuvenative therapy will play major roles in medicine’s future. BY
CELIA M. HENRY
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INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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