Organic synthesis provides opportunities to transform drug discovery

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 383-394

  Blakemore, David C ^a   Castro, Luis ^b   Churcher, Ian ^c,g   Rees, David C ^d   Thomas, Andrew W ^e   Wilson, David M ^f   Wood, Anthony ^a,c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UCB Celltech   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United Kingdom)

^e F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^f ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^g BenevolentAI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; DRUG DISCOVERY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 85044298288     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0021-z     Document Type: Review

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