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The End of Drug Discovery

The End of Drug Discovery

17:00 - 17:40

Geoff Watts asks why the source of new medical drugs is drying up.

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Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson

Broadcast | 15 Jan 2012

Writer and Historian

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Professor Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox

Broadcast | 30 Dec 2011

Scientist

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Prof David Phillips

Prof David Phillips

Broadcast | 01 May 2011

Chemist

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Frances Wood

Frances Wood

Broadcast | 05 Dec 2010

Historian, Writer

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Mary Beard

Mary Beard

Broadcast | 31 Jan 2010

Classicist

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Baroness Haleh Afshar

Baroness Haleh Afshar

Broadcast | 28 Dec 2008

Academic

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Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus du Sautoy

Broadcast | 07 Dec 2008

Mathematician

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AC Grayling

AC Grayling

Broadcast | 10 Aug 2008

Philosopher

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Antonia Fraser

Antonia Fraser

Broadcast | 27 Jul 2008

Novelist, Biographer

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Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali

Broadcast | 16 Mar 2008

Broadcaster, Novelist

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Karen Armstrong

Karen Armstrong

Broadcast | 12 Feb 2006

Religious writer

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John Sutherland

John Sutherland

Broadcast | 22 Jan 2006

Writer, Academic

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Mary Midgley

Mary Midgley

Broadcast | 20 Nov 2005

Philosopher

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Alison Richard

Alison Richard

Broadcast | 06 Mar 2005

Academic, Anthropologist

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David Starkey

David Starkey

Broadcast | 06 Feb 2005

Historian, Broadcaster, Writer

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Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell

Broadcast | 18 Apr 2004

Historical fiction writer

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Christopher Frayling

Christopher Frayling

Broadcast | 02 Nov 2003

Rector of the Royal College of Art, Broadcaster

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Professor A H Halsey

Professor A H Halsey

Broadcast | 04 May 2003

Sociologist

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Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi

Broadcast | 20 Oct 2002

Inventor of the contraceptive pill, Writer

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Sir Aaron Klug

Sir Aaron Klug

Broadcast | 12 May 2002

Former President of the Royal Society, Chemist, Nobel Prize winner

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