
Progress in Medicinal Chemistry
Description
Key Features
- Extended, timely reviews of topics in medicinal chemistry
- Contains targets and technologies relevant to the discovery of tomorrow’s drugs
- Presents analyses of successful drug discovery programs
Readership
Everyone interested in the strategy and practice of the preclinical phases of the creation of new medicines. Those wishing to understand the drivers of drug design or expand their knowledge of therapeutic target classes
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Enabling Chemistry Technologies and Parallel Synthesis—Accelerators of Drug Discovery Programmes
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Evolution of Flow-Based Approaches to Synthesis
- 3 Use of High-Temperature Chemistries
- 4 Use of Photochemical and Electrochemical Reactions
- 5 Use of Hazardous Gases (e.g. Diazomethane) in Flow
- 6 Library Design Tools and Processes
- 7 Use of Flow Chemistry for Library Synthesis
- 8 Summary and Future Perspectives
- Acknowledgements
Chapter Two: Development of LRRK2 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 LRRK2 Biology
- 3 Structural Biology of LRRK2
- 4 Overview of Selective Inhibitors of LRRK2
- 5 Conclusion
Chapter Three: Recent Progress in the Discovery and Development of TRPA1 Modulators
- Abstract
- 1 TRPA1: An Introduction
- 2 Validation as a Target for Drug Discovery
- 3 Medicinal Chemistry and Clinical Status of TRPA1 Modulators
- 4 Recent Structural Insights
- 5 Conclusions and Outlook
Chapter Four: Small Molecule Inhibition of Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 (IRAK4)
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Small Molecule IRAK4 Inhibitor Discovery
- 3 Summary of Clinical Status
- 4 Conclusion
Product details
- No. of pages: 174
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2017
- Published: March 15, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780444639394
- eBook ISBN: 9780444639431
About the Serial Editors
David R. Witty

In 2010 David and several colleagues successfully raised $35M in venture funding to found Convergence Pharmaceuticals, a specialist ion channel company focused on the development of novel treatments for pain, based in Cambridge UK. David presently leads their discovery programme and manages scientific operations within the business.
David is chairman of the Fine Chemicals Group of the Society of Chemical Industry, with responsibility for the delivery of conferences, seminars and training courses for chemists throughout the UK and Europe, and advising parliamentary bodies on matters of relevance to the UK chemical industry.
Since 2008 David has been a STEM ambassador for SETPOINT, introducing school students at both primary and secondary level to the excitement and possibilities of pursuing scientific careers, through workshops, lectures and competitions.
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