Ernest Lacey and Shaun Tennant
Microbiology in Australia 2003, 24, 34-35.
Publication Date: 2003
https://doi.org/10.1071/MA03334
Abstract:
Drug discovery is driven, either directly or indirectly, by biodiversity. Over half of the new chemical entities approved by regulatory authorities over the past decade are from natural sources. Australia’s natural resources contain unique, diverse and geographically distinct pools of biodiversity that have been only superficially utilised.