Medicinal chemistry, also known as pharmaceutical chemistry, is a branch of chemistry focused on the development of new drugs and the improvement of existing ones. It is an interdisciplinary field ...

Researchers synthesized weird molecules that exist in three dimensions, breaking Bredt's rule and helping to develop future ...

Innovative approaches to medicinal chemistry in a number of important therapeutic areas were under discussion at Scientific Update’s conference “MedChem Europe: Molecules that Matter” held in Berlin ...

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When pursuing a single drug candidate, chemists make many molecules. Pharmaceutical companies catalog and store these ...

While there have been many advances in R&D, there is still a large number of drugs that failed in clinical development due to lack of efficacy. This challenge highlights the critical role of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo medicinal chemist David Heppner has received the 2025 Philip S. Portoghese Lectureship Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS). The annual award goes to ...

Although the 21st century has brought incredible modern advancements in both technology and medicine, we still have a long way to go in eliminating the world's most dangerous parasitic diseases. For ...

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Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry encompasses the discovery, design, synthesis and characterisation of molecules that modulate biological targets for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. It unites ...