title: Drug discovery research in India: current state and future prospects.
abstract: Indian civilization developed a strong system of traditional medicine and was one of the first nations to develop a synthetic drug. In the postindependence era, Indian pharmaceutical industry developed a strong base for production of generic drugs. Challenges for the future are to give its traditional medicine a strong scientific base and develop research and clinical capability to consistently produce new drugs based on advances in modern biological sciences.
authors: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Institute of Science Campus , Bangalore 560 012, India.
authors: Tanjore
authors: T
authors: Balganesh
authors: Transcription and Disease Laboratory, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , Jakkur PO, Bangalore 560 064, India.
authors: Tapas K
authors: TK
authors: Kundu
authors: Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560 012, India.
authors: Tushar Kanti
authors: TK
authors: Chakraborty
authors: Division of Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , Kolkata 700 032, India.
authors: Siddhartha
authors: S
authors: Roy