Full Description
Despite considerable technological advances, the pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a severe innovation deficit, especially in the discovery of new drugs. Innovative Approaches in Drug Discovery: Ethnopharmacology, Systems Biology and Holistic Targeting provides a critical review and analysis of health, disease and medicine, and explores possible reasons behind the present crisis in drug discovery. The authors illustrate the benefits of systems biology and pharmacogenomics approaches, and advocate the expansion from disease-centric discovery to person-centric therapeutics involving holistic, multi-target, whole systems approaches. This book lays a path for reigniting pharmaceutical innovation through a disciplined reemergence of pharmacognosy, embracing open innovation models and collaborative, trusted public-private partnerships. With unprecedented advances made in the development of biomedically-relevant tools and technologies, the need is great and the time is now for a renewed commitment towards expanding the repertoire of medicines. By incorporating real-life examples and state-of-the-art reviews, this book provides valuable insights into the discovery and development strategies for professionals, academicians, and students in the pharmaceutical sciences.
Contents
1. Need for Innovative Approaches2. Why and How Drugs Fail3. Holistic Drug Targeting4. Reverse Pharmacology5. Network Pharmacology and Multi-target Formulation6. Genome-driven Drug Discovery Process7. Pharmacogenomics8. Transcriptomics and Epigenomics9. Proteomics10.Chemical Informatics11.Vaccines and Immunodrugs Discovery12.Curcumin as an example of holistic targeting agent13.New Approaches to Quality and Safety of Traditional Medical Products14.Lifestyle and Behavioral Approaches15.Collaborative Strategies for Future Drug Discovery16.Righting the ship: The Data Reproducibility Conundrum
