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Is the drug pipeline really drying up?

Is the drug pipeline really drying up?

FromThe BMJ Podcast


Is the drug pipeline really drying up?

FromThe BMJ Podcast

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Aug 27, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week we’ll hear why Donald Light, professor of comparative health systems research at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, thinks the innovation crisis in the development of drugs is more marketing rhetoric than reality.
Also this week, a research paper on bmj.com looks at how subclinical psychological distress affects mortality. Tom Russ, Alzheimer Scotland clinical research fellow at the University of Edinburgh and one of the paper's authors, explains what they found.
Released:
Aug 27, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. The BMJ’s vision is to be the world’s most influential and widely read medical journal. Our mission is to lead the debate on health and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. We aim to help doctors to make better decisions.