About the book: 2019 / Drug production is a profitable occupation: it is no secret that the income of pharmaceutical corporations is high. In principle, any biochemist can grab a piece of this pie - in any case, he can try. Grigory Nikiforovich talks about the exciting but thorny path of creating new drugs - from the idea to the appearance on pharmacy shelves. You will find out how much time and money it takes to develop drugs, why not every good idea turns into a pill, how Viagra, conceived as a remedy for chest pain, is now known in a completely different capacity, and why the Meldonium scandal will ultimately benefit it.