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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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Peter Carey

Peter Carey

Broadcast | 20 Jun 2008

Novelist, Booker Prize winner

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Martin Evans

Martin Evans

Broadcast | 17 Feb 2008

Biologist, Nobel Prize winner

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Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally

Broadcast | 22 Jul 2007

Novelist, Booker Prize winner

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Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai

Broadcast | 01 Jul 2007

Campaigner, Nobel Prize winner

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Peter Mansfield

Peter Mansfield

Broadcast | 18 Jun 2006

Physicist, Nobel Prize winner

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Kelly Holmes

Kelly Holmes

Broadcast | 01 Jan 2006

Athlete, Olympic gold medal winner

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Matthew Pinsent

Matthew Pinsent

Broadcast | 31 Oct 2004

Rower, Olympic gold medal winner

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Pat Barker

Pat Barker

Broadcast | 07 Dec 2003

Novelist, Booker Prize winner

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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Broadcast | 13 Apr 2003

Novelist, Booker Prize winner

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Professor Baruch Blumberg

Professor Baruch Blumberg

Broadcast | 19 Jan 2003

Chemist, Nobel Prize winner

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George Foreman

George Foreman

Broadcast | 05 Jan 2003

Boxer, Olympic gold medal winner

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Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman

Broadcast | 06 Oct 2002

Children's writer, Booker / Whitbread Prize winner

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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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Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro

Broadcast | 17 Feb 2002

Novelist, Booker Prize winner

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Sir Paul Nurse

Sir Paul Nurse

Broadcast | 10 Feb 2002

Director-General of Science at Cancer Research UK, Nobel Prize winner

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Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt

Broadcast | 17 Jun 2001

Pulitzer-prize winner, Novelist, Pulitzer Prize

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Tanni Grey Thompson

Tanni Grey Thompson

Broadcast | 08 Apr 2001

Paralympian , Athlete, Olympic gold medal winner

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Dr Max Perutz

Dr Max Perutz

Broadcast | 25 Jun 2000

Chemist, Molecular biologist, Nobel Prize winner

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Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan

Broadcast | 16 Jan 2000

Novelist, Booker Prize winner

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Joseph Rotblat

Joseph Rotblat

Broadcast | 08 Nov 1998

Physicist, Nobel Prize winner

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