Rational drug design, medicinal chemistry, planned serendipity and the impact of automation on the drug discovery process
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This paper examines the processes by which new drug candidates are discovered, especially the early stages of this discovery process. Excluding compounds that are licensed-in, three distinct sources of lead compounds are generally recognized: Medicinal chemistry. Empirical screening.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of Automatic Chemistry
دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993