pure &app chem vol 61 no 7 pp 1313 1314 1989 printed in great britain iupac carbohydrates and the pharmaceutical industry jorgen lonngren pharmacia lkb biotechnology ab 5 751 82 uppsala sweden abstract a large number of carbohydrate deriva tives are used as therapeutics or diagnostics examples found important areas such antibiotics anticoagulants this paper field will be broadly reviewed some major recent advances fields antithrombotic ophtalmic surgery high lighted probably single factor is more to long term success than being able bring truly innovative bene ficial products market context it realize that innovation commercial sense generally means both new technology identification real customer need ref 1 here discussion between basic science academia usually fruitful have clear characteristics r d expenses ca 15 per cent sales marketing strong influence regulatory agencies eg fda also most protected by
