Volume 14, Issue 33, January - June, 2020

Drug Design: Signature of Drug Discovery

Seenivasagam R^♦

Editor-in-Chief (Full time Editor)

^♦Corresponding author
Seenivasagam R, Editor-in-Chief (Full time Editor), Drug Discovery, Discovery Publication. Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, INDIA; Email: discoverypublication@discoverypublication.com

ABSTRACT

Drug is the primary key and drug discovery is the program of pharmaceutical-art for disease management. The scenario of designing potential-drugs based on identification of therapeutic targets through pathogenesis and screening of active principles by lead identification and optimization. Final stage of existing drug discovery processes brings only less than 1% of drug candidate to market research and its results shown the economic impact of drug discovery program. Hence drug designing is the most vital curriculum to save the expenditure of drug discovery and development process. The extensive perceptions of drug design in addition to the knowledge and skills in attendance have structured by the role of countless experts. Still, some fascinating confronts yet to be enlightened. Here, I summarize the significance and need of drug design.

Keywords: Drug; Drug discovery; Drug design; Drug development

Drug Discovery, 2020, 14(33), 1-8

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