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A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2023 | Viewed by 162
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anti-HIV; anti-cancer; NNRTI; drug design; combinatorial chemistry strategies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of disease have expanded the number of plausible therapeutic targets for innovative drug development. However, despite a substantial increase in drug research and development spending during this period, the number of new drug approvals has not increased significantly, suggesting that therapeutic innovation has become more challenging. Therefore, the rapid development of new approaches for drug discovery and targeted therapy is urgently needed to facilitate strategic and technological innovation in medicinal chemistry. Over the past decade, the paradigm for identifying compounds of pharmacological interest has shifted from a largely serendipitous, trial-and-error approach to a more multifaceted and complex approach that has greatly facilitated effective drug discovery. We welcome high-quality reviews or research articles for this Special Issue. The topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Identification of new targets and mechanisms;
- Drug repositioning;
- Application of privileged structures in drug design;
- New methods and new strategies to quickly discover drug candidates;
- Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs).
Dr. Shuai Wang
Prof. Dr. Xin Han
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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