Modern Drug Discovery

October 2000 Volume 3, No. 8
Focus:Careers/Salary/ Employment
The pharmaceutical job market keeps growing and glowing Michael J. Felton ACS survey finds drug chemists younger, better paid than most in other fields; nearly one in three are women.	The strange case of Premarin Jim Kling The closer the FDA looked at the problem of generic equivalence, the muddier it appeared.
	Genetic transportation Mark S. Lesney Finding the right viral vehicle for gene therapy presents conflicting choices.

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	Content in Context Genomic job security News in Brief Gene therapy in thalassemic mice Metalloproteinase inhibitor design Expanding biosynthetic pathways Calcium-activated channel changer Analogous research Triglyceride conundrum Bound to be trouble Mad protein structures Do you want vaccine with that? A step to freedom from smoking In the body At the bench		To Your Health Take two: Aspirin. New uses and new dangers are still being discovered as aspirin enters its second century. Clinical Trials Track What about the FDA? This federal agency regulates, guides, and ultimately evaluates the process of clinical trials in ways often confusing to the uninitiated. Rules and Regulators More names. Legal, scientific, and regulatory demands require an unambiguous system for identifying these highly regulated products. Money Matters: Corporate A strategic framework for partnering. Optimizing technology-oriented mergers, acquisitions, and alliances in a world of uncertainty.
	The Tool Box Permeability Assays Automation speeds drug discovery.		The Time Line The corpus and the hare Demand for bodies to dissect led to murder in 19^th-century Edinburgh.
	Patents and Property Disclosure: The price of patent protection Disclosure is an important requirement for obtaining a patent. Anything less is dangerous.		Ready to Read Pharmaceutical Innovation: Revolutionizing Human Health Drug Targeting: Strategies, Principles, and Applications
	Sites and Software Cooperative toxicology A new toxicology consortium may bring together competitors to further science and save both money and animals.		Diseases and Disorders An epidemic of osteoporosis? New Product Notes On the Calendar