Cracking the Code -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- ChapterOne: Transformational Technologies -- Futurists and Scientists Look into the Future -- The Convergence of Technology and Biology -- ChapterTwo: The Evolution of Medicine and the Emergence of Biopharma -- From Atoms to Cells to Living Organisms -- The History of the Pharmaceutical Industry -- ChapterThree: The Drug Industry - Reinventing the Model -- Big Pharma, Biopharma -- Drug Patents -- The Path to Riches: FDA Approval -- In Summary -- ChapterFour: Curing Disease - Promising Prospects in the Main Therapeutic Areas -- Cancer - Step by Step, Being Beaten -- Infectious Diseases: New Antibiotics, Hepatitis and HIV Drugs Make for a Fast-growing Sector -- Obesity and its Evil Sisters: Type 2 Diabetes and Kidney Disease -- The Heart of the Matter - Biggest Killer on the Prowl -- Fading into the Night - Neurodegeneration, Rheumatology and Multiple Sclerosis -- Respiratory Disease - New Drugs: A Breath of Fresh Air -- Rare Diseases and Rare Profits -- Drugs for Pain and for the Central Nervous System -- The Best of the Rest - Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Gastrointestinal and Bone Disease -- ChapterFive: Turning Back the Clock - Stem Cells, Genomics, Gene Therapy and Regeneration -- Stem Cells -- Gene Therapy and Nano Medicine -- Organ Growth in and out of the Body -- ChapterSix: Demographic Changes -- The Working Age Labour Pool in the World is Shrinking -- Can Immigration Solve the Labour Shortage in the Developed World? -- The Social Impact of an Ageing Population -- The United States is the Best Positioned Developed Country -- Support Ratios Have Been Plummeting -- China's Grey Future -- What Can Governments Do To Avoid Their Country Becoming a Nursing Home? -- ChapterSeven: Bioscience's Disruptive Influences -- Insurance and Healthcare -- Real Estate -- Politics.

Geopolitics -- Retail Goods and Services -- The Food Industry -- The Investment Industry -- The Law -- Shortage of Young People in Developed Nations -- ChapterEight: Robotics and Nanotechnology -- Robotics -- Surgical Procedures/Surgical Assistance -- Medical Monitor/Nurse -- Housemaid/Domestic Assistance -- Companion/Pet -- Nanotechnology -- ChapterNine: Lifestyle Maintenance -- It's a Fact: Obesity Shortens your Life -- Extending Life Expectancy -- Common Traits of People who Live the Longest -- A "Cure" to Ageing -- Telomeres - Our Biological Clock -- ChapterTen: Investment in Biopharma - Chasing Those Money Fountains -- Conservative Portfolio -- Balanced Portfolio -- Speculative Portfolio -- Company Overviews -- Summary -- Glossary -- Appendix - Key Financial Charts of Big Pharma -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.