Abstract：
:The existence of a medicinal 'biotech revolution' has been widely accepted and promoted by academics, consultants, industry and government. This has generated expectations about significant improvements in the drug discovery process, healthcare and economic development that influence a considerable amount of policy-making. Here we present empirical evidence, from a variety of indicators, that shows that a range of outputs have failed to keep pace with increased research and development spending. Rather than producing revolutionary changes, medicinal biotechnology is following a well-established pattern of slow and incremental technology diffusion. Consequently, many expectations are wildly optimistic and over-estimate the speed and extent of the impact of biotechnology, suggesting that the assumptions underpinning much contemporary policymaking need to be rethought.
journal_name
Trends Biotechnoljournal_title
Trends in biotechnologyauthors
Nightingale P,Martin Pdoi
10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.09.010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-11-01 00:00:00pages
564-9issue
11eissn
0167-7799issn
1879-3096pii
S0167-7799(04)00265-3journal_volume
22pub_type
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