Reviews the important technologies used in each step of the drug discovery process; target search, target validation, informatics and databases, structural biology, screening, chemical technologies, and lead search and optimization. Chemists, medicinal chemists and biologists present clear examinations of each step to help scientists understand the underlying techniques, problems and solutions encountered in finding a drug target and methods used to test and improve their properties.
* valuable content available from May 2009 as an individual volume * separate volumes will appeal to a wider chemistry, biochemistry and medicinal audience * priced for individual researcher as well as library purchase