Encyclopedia of Drug Discovery and Development

Significant information regarding cancer treatment has been provided in this insightful book. It describes a case study based analysis of several distinct aspects of drug development ranging from target recognition and characterization to chemical enhancement for efficiency and security as well as bioproduction of natural products. Special aspects of the formal drug development process are also described. Since drug development is an extremely complicated integrative process case studies are a distinguished device to acquire insight in this field. The whole book represents an uncommon compilation of distinct facets providing insight in the complexity of drug development covering two sections: 'Novel Approaches to Cancer Treatment' and 'Anti-Infectives'.