The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines

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First paperback edition. A fascinating, fast-moving narrative history of the search for medicines since earliest times, from Neolithic hunter/gatherers to the professional drug hunters of today. A timely book that answers questions such as why drugs are so expensive, why they have so many side-effects, and why it is so difficult to develop drugs for our most serious illnesses. From the perspective of professional drug hunter Dr. Donald Kirsch, who has over forty years of experience, holds twenty-four drug-related patents, and has written more than fifty papers on the topic. Covers history-changing medical discoveries from the US, UK, Germany, France, and Canada