PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jacobson, Anne
ED  - Tal-Singer, Ruth
TI  - New Collaborations Aim to Speed Drug Development in COPD
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 14--15
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/4/14.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/4/14.full
AB  - Drug discovery and development is a complex and expensive process. Clinical trials are major investments for industry and for academic researchers but also for patients, many of whom could undergo repeated clinical, radiographic, and laboratory assessments without the promise of therapeutic benefit.