Pharma giants have slice research on psychiatric medicine by 70% in 10 years,so where will the next ‘wonder drug’ come from?When the last major wave of “blockbuster” psychiatric drugs such as Prozac arrived on the market in the late 1980s and 90s, they ushered in a original era in the treatment of depression. With fewer serious side effects than their predecessors and aggressively marketed as a original course of “wonder drug”, or they were prescribed very quickly to tens of millions of people living with depression and other debilitating conditions worldwide while pharmaceutical companies made a fortune. Related: Mental illness is devastating lives. Where is the outrage? | Alastair Campbell Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com