Pharmacology in Drug Discovery and Development: Understanding Drug Response

by Terry P. Kenakin PhD

Overview

Pharmacology in Drug Discovery and Development: Understanding Drug Response, Third Edition is an introductory resource that illustrates how pharmacology can be used to furnish the tools necessary to analyze different drug behavior and trace this behavior to its root cause or molecular mechanism of action. Chapters logically build upon one another to show how to characterize the pharmacology of any given molecule and allow for more informed predictions of drug effects in all biological systems. New chapters are dedicated to the interdisciplinary drug discovery environment in both industry and academia, and special techniques involved in new drug screening and lead optimization.The updates to the Third Edition include a new section converting "descriptive" data into "predictive" data through comparison to mathematical models, expansion on enzymes, drug metabolites and drug–drug interactions, and two new chapters. The newly developed companion website hosts further educational resources to complement the book. As in previous editions, this new edition includes numerous valuable chapter summaries, detailed references, practical examples, and case studies throughout. - Fully updated, including two new chapters on the science of finding drug molecules - Introduces the discipline to a scientist new to the area - Demonstrates the value of pharmacology in the drug discovery process - Presents a wide variety of techniques in simple terms - Includes interactive exercises in the companion website

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443141256
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	05/21/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	102 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Terry Kenakin is Professor of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Prior to this, he spent 7 years in drug discovery at Burroughs-Wellcome. He then moved to GlaxoSmithKline for 25 years. Dr. Kenakin has written 11 books on Pharmacology, is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction, is on numerous Editorial Boards. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Comprehensive Pharmacology (Elsevier, 2022). He is the recipient of the 2008 Poulsson Medal for Pharmacology awarded by the Norwegian Society of Pharmacology for achievements in basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology. He has also been awarded the 2011 Ariens Award from the Dutch Pharmacological Society and the 2014 Gaddum Memorial Award from the British Pharmacological Society, and the 2020 Goodman and Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology from ASPET.

Table of Contents

1. Pharmacology: The Chemical Control of Physiology2. Drug Affinity and Efficacy3. Predicting Agonist Effect4. Drug Antagonism: Orthosteric Drug Effects5. Allosteric Drug Effects6. Enzymes as Drug Targets7. Pharmacokinetics I: Permeation and Metabolism8. Pharmacokinetics II: Distribution and Multiple Dosing9. In Vivo Pharmacology10. Safety Pharmacology11. The science of Finding Drug Molecules I: Validating and Screening drug targets12. The Science of Finding Drug Molecules II: Demonstrating Target Engagement and Therapeutic Value

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This practical introductory resource enables readers to effectively interpret drug dose-response and make more informed predictions of drug behavior