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The Evolving Role of the Medicinal Chemist

2016; Elsevier BV; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/bs.pmch.2015.11.001

1875-7863

Geoff Lawton, Peter Nußbaumer,

Biotechnology and Related Fields

This chapter takes the form of an extended opinion piece on the changing role of the medicinal chemist as the business environment continues its dramatic change and drug discovery technologies evolve. The impacts on education, personal development and career opportunities for medicinal chemists are discussed. The unsurprising conclusion is that continuously evolving medicinal chemistry will remain a valuable and, to its practitioners, personally satisfying component of future healthcare advances, irrespective of the business constructs that sustain.