Analogue-based Drug Discovery

Janos Fischer is research laboratory head at Richter Ltd. (Budapest, Hungary). He received his education in Hungary with B.Sc. and P.h. D. degrees in organic chemistry at the Eotvos University of Budapest with Professor A. Kucsman. Between 1976-78 he was a Humboldt fellow at the University of Bonn with Professor W. Steglich. He has worked at Richter Ltd. since 1981 where he participated in the research and development of leading cardiovascular drugs in Hungary. His main interest now is analog-based drug discovery. He is author of some 100 patents and scientific publications. In 2004 he was elected member of the Chemistry and Human Health Division of IUPAC.Robin Ganellin studied Chemistry at London University, receiving a PhD in 1958 under Professor Michael Dewar, and was a Research Associate at MIT with Arthur Cope in 1960. He then joined Smith Kline & French Laboratories in the UK and was one of the co-inventors of the revolutionary drug cimetidine (also known as Tagamet). In 1986 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society and appointed to the SK&F Chair of Medicinal Chemistry at University College London, where he is now Emeritus Professor of Medicinal Chemistry. Professor Ganellin is co-inventor on over 160 patents and has authored 250 scientific publications. He was President of the Medicinal Chemistry Section of IUPAC and is currently Chairman of the IUPAC Subcommittee on Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development.

• IntroductionGENERAL ASPECTS OF ANALOGUE-BASED DRUG DISCOVERYAnalogues as a Means of Discovering New DrugsDrug Likeness and Analogue-Based Drug DiscoveryPrivileged Structures and Analog-Based Drug DiscoverySELECTED EXAMPLES FROM THE ANALOGUE-BASED DRUG DISCOVERIESDevelopment of Anti-Ulcer H2-Receptor Histamine AntagonistsEsomeprazole in the Framework of Proton-Pump Inhibitor DevelopmentThe Development of a New Proton-Pump Inhibitor: The Case History of PantoprazoleOptimizing the Clinical Pharmacologic Properties of the HMG-CoA Reductase InhibitorsOptimizing Antihypertensive Therapy by Angiotensin Receptor BlockersOptimizing Antihypertensive Therapy by Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsCase Study of Lacidipine in the Research of New Calcium AntagonistsSelective Beta-Adrenergic Receptor-Blocking AgentsCase Study: "Esmolol Stat" [1]Development of Organic Nitrates for Coronary Heart DiseaseDevelopment of Opioid Receptor LigandsStigminesStructural Analogues of ClozapineQuinolone Antibiotics: The Development of MoxifloxacinThe Development of Bisphosphonates as DrugsCisplatin and its Analogs for Cancer ChemotherapyThe History of DrospirenoneHistamine H1 Blockers: From Relative Failures to Blockbusters Within Series of AnaloguesCorticosteroids: From Natural Products to Useful Analogues

"This book is eminently capable of educating both newcomers and experienced practitioners to the fields of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology, and it is highly recommended as an addition to the personal collection of the practicing drug designer and as a reference volume for institutional use as well."Journal of Medicinal Chemistry "Overall the book is of interest for medicinal chemists who already have a sound knowledge of aspects of analogue-based drug design." ChemMedChem