How Basic Scientists Help the Pharmaceutical Industry Market Drugs

How Basic Scientists Help the Pharmaceutical Industry Market Drugs

In the 1970s, a Baltimore city senator who also owned a tavern backed legislation that helped his business. Accused of having a conflict of interest, Joseph J. Staszak, responded, ‘‘What conflict of interest? How does this conflict with my interest?’’ [1]. According to the Institute of Medicine, a conflict of interest is ‘‘a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgment or...

Chiral Drugs: Current Status of the Industry and the Market

Chiral Drugs: Current Status of the Industry and the Market

How Scientists Can Help Foster Science Appreciation

In the last issue of The Scienfi.st, Morris H. Shames, emeritus professor of physics at New York University, cast a cold eye on the concept of scientific literacy. He argued that a more reasonable goal in educating nonscientists about science might be science appreciation. Like music and art appreciation, science appreciation might be fostered without requiring the mastery of technical details ...

How Increased Competition from Generic Drugs Has Affected Prices and Returns in the Pharmaceutical Industry