Around the world Quote by John Vane

The majority of modern medicines originate in nature. Although some mushrooms have been used in therapies for thousands of years, we are still discovering…

— Paul Stamets

Fundamental discoveries can and should be made in industry or academies, but to carry that knowledge forward and to develop a new drug to…

— John Vane

Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicine as we used to know it.

— George W. Bush

Modern medicine is not scientific, it is full of prejudice, illogic and susceptible to advertising. Doctors are not taught to reason, they are programmed…

— Abram Hoffer

Now, what tends to happen is that the stories get hyped. And the medicines are not quite as revolutionary and as dramatic as they…

— Mort Kondracke

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the…

— Paracelsus

Medicines are unusual commodities. Important drugs can save the lives and protect the health of millions. Their consumption can bring huge benefits, by helping…

— Thomas Pogge

"Herbal medicine's been around for thousands of years!" Indeed it has, and then we tested it all, and the stuff that worked became 'medicine'.…

— Dara O Briain

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The idea would be in my mind - and I know it sounds strange - is that the most important advances in medicine would…

— Patrick Soon-Shiong

Analytical pharmacology has got an important and exciting future.

— James Black

The pharmaceutical industry likes to depict itself as a research-based industry, as the source of innovative drugs. Nothing could be further from the truth.…

— Marcia Angell