Cracking the Code

Jim Mellon 지음

Wiley 2012년 04월 20일 출간

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Everything you need to know about the most important trend in the history of the worldWithin most people's lifetimes, the developments in the biotechnology sector will allow us to live increasingly long and healthy lives, as well as provide us with technological innovations that will transform the way we live. But these innovations offer more than just hope for a better life, but hope for better returns too. Financial returns of incredible magnitude await savvy investors and businesspeople who can see the massive changes on the horizon. This book details these fast-moving trends and innovations and offers extensive advice on how to profit from them in business and investing.

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Acknowledgements ixIntroduction xiChapter One Transformational Technologies 1Futurists and Scientists Look into the Future 1The Convergence of Technology and Biology 13Chapter Two The Evolution of Medicine and the Emergence of Biopharma 23From Atoms to Cells to Living Organisms 24The History of the Pharmaceutical Industry 36Chapter Three The Drug Industry &n- Reinventing the Model 55Big Pharma, Biopharma 59Drug Patents 73The Path to Riches: FDA Approval 79In Summary 84Chapter Four Curing Disease &n- Promising Prospects in the Main Therapeutic Areas 87Cancer &n- Step by Step, Being Beaten 89Infectious Diseases: New Antibiotics, Hepatitis and HIV Drugs Make for a Fast-growing Sector 107Obesity and its Evil Sisters: Type 2 Diabetes and Kidney Disease 118The Heart of the Matter &n- Biggest Killer on the Prowl 128Fading into the Night &n- Neurodegeneration, Rheumatology and Multiple Sclerosis 132Respiratory Disease &n- New Drugs: A Breath of Fresh Air 143Rare Diseases and Rare Profits 146Drugs for Pain and for the Central Nervous System 150The Best of the Rest &n- Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Gastrointestinal and Bone Disease 153Chapter Five Turning Back the Clock &n- Stem Cells, Genomics, Gene Therapy and Regeneration 157Stem Cells 166Gene Therapy and Nano Medicine 170Organ Growth in and out of the Body 178Chapter Six Demographic Changes 181The Working Age Labour Pool in the World is Shrinking 191Can Immigration Solve the Labour Shortage in the Developed World? 193The Social Impact of an Ageing Population 195The United States is the Best Positioned Developed Country 196Support Ratios Have Been Plummeting 197China&'s Grey Future 198What Can Governments Do To

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저자(글) Jim Mellon