Developed to provide a comprehensive guide the handbook of medicinal chemistry covers the past present and future of the entire drug development process highlighting the recent successes and failures in drug discovery the book helps readers to understand the factors governing modern drug discovery from the initial concept through to a marketed medicine with chapters covering a wide range of topics from drug discovery processes and optimization development of synthetic routes . The handbook of medicinal chemistry principles and practice edited by andrew davis and simon e ward. Davis andrew and ward simon e eds 2014 the handbook of medicinal chemistry principles and practice royal society of chemistry isbn 9781849736251 full text not available from this repository abstract drug discovery is a constantly developing and expanding area of research developed to provide a comprehensive guide the handbook of medicinal chemistry covers the past present and future of the entire drug development process highlighting the recent successes and failures in drug . For many years for me the go to text has been foyes principles of medicinal chemistry although the primarily us focus can be problematic when talking to uk pharmacists and chemists now it looks like we have another excellent newcomer in the form of the handbook of medicinal chemistry edited by andrew davis and simon wood this is a book that has its heart on its sleeve drugs . The handbook of medicinal chemistry principles and practice andrew davis and simon e ward ed royal society of chemistry 2015 753pp gbp8499 isbn 9781849736251 medicinal chemists should