Lessons from the Fersht laboratory could be vital for the future of the pharmaceutical industry

For several decades, the Fersht laboratory has been a world leader in research on protein structure and mechanism. There are pressing medical and financial needs for new medicines. Here, I use examples to illustrate how drug discovery could be more successful if it increased utilisation of approache...

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Published in:Protein engineering, design and selection design and selection, 2011, Vol.24 (1-2), p.65-67
Main Author: Ward, Walter H.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Drug Discovery - trends
Drug Industry - trends
Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology
Enzymes - metabolism
Humans
Laboratories
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Summary:For several decades, the Fersht laboratory has been a world leader in research on protein structure and mechanism. There are pressing medical and financial needs for new medicines. Here, I use examples to illustrate how drug discovery could be more successful if it increased utilisation of approaches from the Fersht laboratory.
ISSN:1741-0126
1741-0134
DOI:10.1093/protein/gzq065