Practical Medicinal Chemistry With Macrocycles: Design, Synthesis, And Case Studies

Including case studies of macrocyclic marketed drugs and macrocycles in drug development, this book helps medicinal chemists deal with the synthetic and conceptual challenges of macrocycles in drug discovery efforts.

• Provides needed background to build a program in macrocycle drug discovery –design criteria, macrocycle profiles, applications, and limitations
• Features chapters contributed from leading international figures involved in macrocyclic drug discovery efforts
• Covers design criteria, typical profile of current macrocycles, applications, and limitations

Eric Marsault, PhD, is an Associate Professor of pharmacology at the University of Sherbrooke as well as the Director of the Quebec Network for Drug Discovery. Previously, he was Director of Medicinal Chemistry at Tranzyme Pharma, where he worked for eight years.

Mark L. Peterson, PhD, is Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary at Cyclenium Pharma, of which he is a member of the founding management / scientific team. He has 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.