title: New perspectives on innovative drug discovery: an overview.
abstract: Despite advances in technology, drug discovery is still a lengthy, expensive, difficult, and inefficient process, with a low rate of success. Today, advances in biomedical science have brought about great strides in therapeutic interventions for a wide spectrum of diseases. The advent of biochemical techniques and cutting-edge bio/chemical technologies has made available a plethora of practical approaches to drug screening and design. In 2010, the total sales of the global pharmaceutical market will reach 600 billion US dollars and expand to over 975 billion dollars by 2013. The aim of this review is to summarize available information on contemporary approaches and strategies in the discovery of novel therapeutic agents, especially from the complementary and alternative medicines, including natural products and traditional remedies such as Chinese herbal medicine.
authors.affiliation: Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China. siyuan-pan@163.com
authors.forename: Si Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Zhi-Ling
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Dik-Lung
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Si-Bao
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wang-Fun
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Yi-Fan
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Kam-Ming
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ko
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products; D004304:Dosage Forms; D015195:Drug Design; D055808:Drug Discovery; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D004304:Dosage Forms; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations