Medicinal chemistry encompasses the design and synthesis of novel bioactive compounds that have the potential to become drugs. It typically involves cycles of iterative optimization of compounds to ...

Focusing on drug discovery by applying and developing methods in synthetic medicinal chemistry, the Viikki Biocenter medicinal chemistry team is unique at the University of Helsinki in translating the ...

Small-molecule drug discovery involves discovering what is often described as a lead compound and then optimizing its properties through structural modifications to achieve a profile that not only ...