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The Story of Successful Drugs and Recent FDA-Approved Molecules

A topical collection in Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This collection belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".

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Dr. Maria Emília De Sousa

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1. Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), 4450-208 Porto, Portugal
2. Laboratory of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
Interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; heterocycles; P-glycoprotein; anticancer; antimicrobials; chiral drugs; marine natural products
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Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde

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Formerly Head, Department of Organic Chemistry (FS), University of Mons-UMONS, 7000 Mons, Belgium
Interests: heterocycles; medicinal chemistry; green chemistry; microwave-induced synthesis
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Prof. Dr. Klaus Kopka

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, 01328 Dresden, Germany
Interests: radiopharmaceutical drug development; radiopharmaceutical sciences; medicinal radiochemistry; radionuclide theranostics; targeted endoradiotherapy; noninvasive molecular imaging; PET; SPECT
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Dr. Annie Mayence

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Formerly Professor, Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut-Condorcet, 7330 Saint-Ghislain, Belgium
Interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; parasitic diseases; orphan drugs
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Prof. Dr. Joachim Jose

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Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, PharmaCampus, Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
Interests: autodisplay; assay development and inhibitor testing; whole cell biocatalysts for synthesis of drugs and building blocks; directed evolution of enzyme inhibitors and biocatalysts; biosensor development and diagnostic tools
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Prof. Dr. Guangshun Wang

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Department of Pathology & Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Interests: host defense antimicrobial peptides; structural bioinformatics; biomolecular NMR
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Topical Collection Information

Dear Colleagues,

Each year, the FDA approves dozens of novel small molecules and biological derivatives as new therapeutic compounds, thus demonstrating the vigor of the pharmaceutical industry and associated research groups. Small molecules are the most represented entities among the approvals, but there are also an increasing number of antibodies and oligonucleotides on the medical market. Interestingly, there is a growing interest in the development of orphan drugs and the treatment of orphan diseases and rare diseases.

We invite readers of this Topical Collection to explore a range of short but comprehensive and updated reviews on drugs attracting particular attention owing to their success and to their compounds being (recently) approved by the FDA.

Dr. Maria Emília De Sousa
Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde
Prof. Dr. Klaus Kopka
Dr. Annie Mayence
Prof. Dr. Joachim Jose
Prof. Dr. Guangshun Wang
Collection Editors

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Keywords

  • antibody
  • aptamer
  • oligonucleotide
  • orphan disease
  • orphan drug
  • peptide
  • small molecule

Published Papers (1 paper)

2024

21 pages, 6319 KiB  
Article
Remapping the Chemical Space and the Pharmacological Space of Drugs: What Can We Expect from the Road Ahead?
by Lucas Silva Franco, Bárbara da Silva Mascarenhas de Jesus, Pedro de Sena Murteira Pinheiro and Carlos Alberto Manssour Fraga
Pharmaceuticals 2024, 17(6), 742; https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17060742 - 6 Jun 2024
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This work examines the current landscape of drug discovery and development, with a particular focus on the chemical and pharmacological spaces. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these spaces to anticipate future trends in drug discovery. The use of cheminformatics and data analysis [...] Read more.
This work examines the current landscape of drug discovery and development, with a particular focus on the chemical and pharmacological spaces. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these spaces to anticipate future trends in drug discovery. The use of cheminformatics and data analysis enabled in silico exploration of these spaces, allowing a perspective of drugs, approved drugs after 2020, and clinical candidates, which were extracted from the newly released ChEMBL34 (March 2024). This perspective on chemical and pharmacological spaces enables the identification of trends and areas to be occupied, thereby creating opportunities for more effective and targeted drug discovery and development strategies in the future. Full article
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