Introduction to Biological and Small Molecule Drug Research and Development: Chapter 8. Discovery and development of the anticancer agent gefitinib,...

Introduction to Biological and Small Molecule Drug Research and Development: Chapter 8. Discovery and development of the anticancer agent gefitinib,...
ISBN-10
0128061987
ISBN-13
9780128061985
Series
Introduction to Biological and Small Molecule Drug Research and Development
Category
Science
Pages
472
Language
English
Published
2013-05-07
Publisher
Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Authors
Andy Barker, David Anrews

Description

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase is a target for cancer chemotherapy. This chapter describes the discovery of small-molecule inhibitors of the kinase, their characterization and the medicinal chemistry programme that resulted in the identification of gefitinib. The development and studies undertaken to progress the drug in the clinic are presented together with a brief summary of other inhibitors of the EGFR kinase and their properties.

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