Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) is a new paradigm in drug discovery that utilizes very small molecules - fragments of larger molecules. It is a faster, cheaper, smarter way to do drug discovery, as shown by the number of pharmaceutical companies that have embraced this approach and the biotechnology companies who use fragments as their sole source of drug discovery.
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"As the authors eloquently state in Chapter 2, 'Where there is a validated target and a will, there is a (drug discovery) way.'" (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2009)
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Fragment based Drug Discovery (Tim Mitchell and Mike Cherry). 2. Building the Perfect Beast: Designing a Fragment Process to Fit Your Needs (Edward Zartler and Michael Shapiro).
3. Assembling a Fragment Library (Mark Brewer, Osamu Ichihara, Christian Kirchhoff, Markus Schade, and Mark Whittaker).
4. The Practical Aspects of Using NMR in Fragment Based Screening (Johan Schultz).
5. Application of Protein-Ligand NOE Matching to the Rapid Evaluation of Fragment Binding Poses (William J. Metzler, Brian L. Claus, Patricia McDonnell, Stephen R. Johnson, Valentina Goldfarb, Malcolm E. Davis, Luciano Mueller, and Keith L. Constantine).
6. Target Immobilized NMR Screening: Validation and Extension to Membrane Proteins (Virginie Früh, Robert J. Heetebrij and Gregg Siegal).
7. In situ fragment-based medicinal chemistry: screening by mass spectrometry (Sally-Ann Poulsen and Gary H. Kruppa).
8. Computational approaches to fragment and substructure discovery and evaluation (Eelke van der Horst and Adriaan P. IJzerman).
9. In Silico Design Chapter (Bradley Feuston, M. Katharine Holloway, Georgia McGaughey and J. Chris Culberson).
10. Fragment-based lead discovery using covalent capture methods (Stig K. Hansen and Daniel A. Erlanson).
11. Identification of high affinity beta-secretase inhibitors using fragment-based lead generation.
Jeffrey S. Albert and Philip D. Edwards.
