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Some of the best books on the history of drug discovery have been written by Walter Sneader of University of Strathclyde. Recently I came across a copy The Evolution of Modern Medicine for only $1 in the excellent Strand Books on Broadway, NYC. Of particular interest is the phylogeny of key drug series.

Here are the references in the old-school refer format.

%D 1985
%A Walter Sneader
%B The Evolution of Modern Medicines
%I John Wiley & Sons
%O ISBN 978-0471904717

%D 1986
%A Walter Sneader
%B Drug Development: From Laboratory to Clinic
%A John Wiley & Sons
%O ISBN 471-91116X

%D 1996 
%A Walter Sneader 
%B Drug Prototypes And Their Exploitation
%I John Wiley & Sons
%O ISBN 978-0471948476

%D 2005 
%A Walter Sneader
%B Drug Discovery: A History 
%I WileyBlackwell
%O ISBN 978-0471899808