This table features a selection of some of the best books on drug discovery, as well as related topics such as pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutics, and biotech. While nothing can replace hands-on industry experience, a few books serve as valuable references and offer insights into the realities of drug discovery. We recommend this list as a useful technical resource or as an informative introduction to the broader field of drug discovery, beyond any single discipline.
Obtaining adequate drug exposure in the brain is key to treating CNS diseases effectively. Recently, Dennis Koester gave us a crash course in CNS drug discovery in a Drug Hunter Flash Talk. Here, he sums up some key points on how to find compounds that cross the blood-brain barrier.
The INN Proposed List 131, released on August 11th, 2024, unveils the latest batch of drug names currently under consideration by the WHO. To streamline your review, we’ve distilled and compiled a searchable table for the small molecules that includes company identifiers, the newly proposed drug names, structural information, original patents, companies, and mechanisms of action, including structures that were previously undisclosed.
This article introduces the Topliss tree and Topliss schemes for analog synthesis, illustrates when they might be useful, and provides easy-to-use posters or "cheat sheets" of the original schemes. By Christian Kuttruff Why are the Topliss Tree and Topliss Schemes Useful? Imagine you’re on a new project that has just conducted a chemical [...]
Kymera's KT-474 is the first oral heterobifunctional degrader to demonstrate activity in clinical trials outside cancer. This molecule one-pager serves as a reference guide, offering an overview of the scientific significance of Kymera's KT-474 program. It includes links to key presentations, publications, patents, preclinical and clinical PK data summaries, and more.
