Online Information on Pharmaceutical Research & Development

· Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD). Authoritative academic organization.

· Public Citizen report on drug R&D costs. Consumer lobbying group.

· OTA study of drug R&D costs. Old (1993), but quite interesting study by the now defunct US Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.

· CDER Handbook from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

· ArQule Drug Discovery 101. A breezy tutorial from a leading biotech.

· A lecture by D. Eric Walters of Finch University of Health Sciences on computer-aided drug design.

· Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). Industry trade organization. Industry Profile 2002 is a treasure trove of “official” industry statistics.

· Pharmaceutical Education and Research Institute (PERI). Training organization. The website is mostly course descriptions.

· IBM pharmaceutical consulting practice (formerly PriceWaterhouse Coopers)

Pharma 2005: Silicon rally, the race to e-R&D

Pharma 2005 -- An industrial revolution in R&D

Putting dollars where the drugs are

· Nature Biotechnology August 2001 Volume 19 Number 8 has two good articles on drug R&D.

Myers S, Baker A. Drug discovery—an operating model for a new era. PubMed. Full text.

Hodgson J. ADMET—turning chemicals into drugs. PubMed (no abstract). Full text.

 Last updated December 30, 2002 by Nat Goodman