Updated section on Transporters

I’ve added a page on ABCB1 also known as P-gp and MDR1.

Selecia and Fragment-based drug discovery

I’ve been working with Selcia to develop their Fragment-based drug discovery efforts.

Fragment screening has recently evolved to become a widely accepted approach to lead discovery. Selcia has established a proprietary approach to detect the weak binding interactions between fragments and therapeutic targets, based on capillary electrophoresis (CE Screen). CE has been used ... as a sensitive and robust screening technology. Selcia has acquired the associated IP and has in addition developed new and proprietary methods tailored for screening fragments.

This technology offers a number of advantages over other fragment-based screening methodologies.

Drug Discovery Resources Update

I’ve updated the drug discovery resources Read More...

Chemical Sciences and Health Consultation

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is holding a consultation on the integration of the chemical sciences and medical research. This consultation focuses on areas such as education and training, funding mechanisms and problems of multidisciplinary and translational research.  Read More...

15th RSC-SCI Medicinal Chemistry Symposium

15th RSC- SCI
Medicinal Chemistry Symposium
6-9 September 2009
Churchill College, Cambridge, UK
FINAL CIRCULAR and APPLICATION FORM Read More...

RSC MedChem School

Royal Society of Chemistry
Residential School: Medicinal Chemistry
29 June - 3 July 2009, University of Nottingham

Application FORM available here


Course Content:
The course will include the following topics:
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Biological Mechanisms
  • Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Screening of New Compounds
  • Patents
  • Molecular Biology in Medicinal Chemistry
  • Exploiting a Chemical Lead
  • Combinatorial Chemistry and Molecular Diversity
  • Case Histories of Drug Discovery
  • Toxicology in Drug Discovery
  • Pharmaceutical Considerations in Drug Development
  • Structure-guided Drug Design
  • Physical Properties and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships
  • Hints and Tips in Medicinal Chemistry
Previous courses have been oversubscribed and to ensure a fairer distribution of places there will be a ballot.
All applications should be lodged at the RSC by 2 March 2009

ADME Book

Just come across another book that looks excellent,

Drug-like Properties: Concepts, Structure Design and Methods: From ADME to Toxicity Optimization.


Updated HERG

Updated the HERG Page Read More...

15th RSC-SCI Medicinal Chemistry Symposium

Details of 15th RSC-SCI Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, 6-9 September 2009, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. Read More...

ADME Book

Book on Pharmacokinetics Read More...