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Medicinal Chemistry in Drug Discovery, India

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Chemistry International
From the journal Chemistry International Volume 36 Issue 6

The increase in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery employment in Indian and Southeast Asian pharmaceutical companies and in the Contract Research Organizations collaborating with US and European companies has created a need for chemists and drug discovery scientists to acquire state-of-the-art knowledge of medicinal chemistry and other drug discovery areas. This course will emphasize the design strategy that takes into account drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), and toxicophore. The course will be based on the successful first year program in 2013 and the Drew University Residential School on Medicinal Chemistry, taught annually since 1986 on the Drew University campus in Madison, New Jersey. MCI 2015 will comprise 4.5 days of content, including 18-20 1-hour lectures on topics covering all aspects of medicinal chemistry from target selection and validatation, to hit identification, hit-to-lead chemistry, and lead optimization. New lectures on preclinical toxicity and clinical development will be added for the 2015 program. Four case history presentations of successful drug discovery programs will also be included. The course will be taught mainly by faculty from the US, with some local Indian faculty members also participating. The plan is to increase the number of Indian faculty members in subsequent years. The performance and value of the course will be assessed after the end of the three-year period, and a decision whether to continue in the same format made at that time. The desired outcome will be to enroll 80-100 attendees each year, and provide them with a strong introduction to the practice of medicinal chemistry in drug discovery. We are actively seeking the participation of other emerging or developing countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, etc.

Following the success of the four-day Residential Course in Medicinal Chemistry (see Chem Int, March 2014, p.20), the current program is designed to educate drug discovery and early clinical development scientists from industry and academia, including the areas of medicinal chemistry, formulation chemistry, metabolism, and toxicology, on the importance of interplay among the different areas and their team efforts to execute a successful drug discovery and development process. The next Course is planned for February 2015.

For more information, contact the Task Group Chair Balu Balasubramanian <>

www.iupac.org/project/2014-011-2-700

Online erschienen: 2014-11-18
Erschienen im Druck: 2014-11-1

©2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ci-2014-0618

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  12. Mort Hoffman Receives Chemistry Education Award
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