[Training research scientists for drug discovery].
National policy for pharmaceutics depends on the quality of the women and men who put it into practice. Long term investment in teaching of both research and drug development is therefore necessary. In the past our medical, pharmacology and veterinary schools have trained the directors and managers of the pharmaceutical industry. This is no longer the case today, and not only in research and development. Pharmacology schools in particular have not, on the whole, been able to incorporate the conceptual and technological requirements of contemporary pharmaceutic innovation. Profound changes in teaching 1st and 2nd cycle university courses will be necessary in order for pharmacology and medical schools to train students who will be not only competent in their specialty but also expert in drug discovery, able to play a role in the French pharmaceutical industry (and worldwide) and to become research scientists and professors who are respected by the international scientific community.
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Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (CNRS), 205, route de Narbonne, F 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4.
D004345:Drug Industry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000193:education*; D012586:Science / Q000193:education*; D014495:Universities