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Beyond magic bullets: true innovation in health care

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The time has come to move beyond product-focused 'magic bullet' therapeutic development strategies towards models that can also incorporate devices, tools and services to provide integrated health-care solutions.

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Vaibhav A. Narayan, Marco Mohwinckel, Michael Yang and Husseini K. Manji are employees of Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

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Narayan, V., Mohwinckel, M., Pisano, G. et al. Beyond magic bullets: true innovation in health care. Nat Rev Drug Discov 12, 85–86 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd3944

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