Virtual communities as an organizational mechanism for embedding knowledge in drug discovery : the case of chemical biology plattform

In this paper, we document the lessons from the development of chemical biology platform in a major pharmaceutical company, and the outcomes of the early phases of this experiment. Although the concept of chemical biology is not new, its evolution and deployment in the drug development process is re...

Verfasser: Narayanan, V. K.
Douglas, Frank
Schirlin, Daniel
Wess, Günther
Geising, Dennis
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2004
Publikation in MIAMI:01.08.2005
Datum der letzten Änderung:29.03.2023
Quelle:Journal of Business Chemistry, 1 (2004) 2, S. 37-47
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Fachgebiet (DDC):330: Wirtschaft
Lizenz:InC 1.0
Sprache:English
Anmerkungen:Section "Research Paper"
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-45649540154
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-45649540154
Onlinezugriff:2004_vol1_iss2_37-47.pdf

In this paper, we document the lessons from the development of chemical biology platform in a major pharmaceutical company, and the outcomes of the early phases of this experiment. Although the concept of chemical biology is not new, its evolution and deployment in the drug development process is relatively new. The present experiment thus has to deal with both the scientific novelty of chemical biology, and organizational challenge of embedding it in the ongoing process of drug development. The notion of virtual communities or platforms overlaid on the traditional matrix of drug development served to introduce the approach, with some remarkable outcomes.