"Medicinal chemists" are scientists who specialize in designing and creating new drugs and medications that can help people when they are sick or in need of medical treatment. Full definition
McDonald is working with medicinal chemists at Vanderbilt to develop more selective and potent PGD inhibitors for testing in animal models, with the ultimate goal of moving these inhibitors into clinical trials for pancreatic cancer patients. (sciencedaily.com)
Saltiel is also working with medicinal chemists at the university to develop a new compound based on the drug that would optimize its formula. (newatlas.com)
«Having fewer steps and simpler chemical ingredients, as our method does, has potential benefits both for the pharmaceutical industry and for patients,» said Ge, the organic and medicinal chemist who developed the method and is the corresponding author of the Nature Chemistry study. (sciencedaily.com)