Successful Drug Discovery

János Fischer is a Senior Research Scientist at Richter Plc., Budapest, Hungary. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in organic chemistry from the Eotvos University of Budapest under Professor A. Kucsman. Between 1976 and 1978, he was a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Bonn under Professor W. Steglich. He has worked at Richter Plc. since 1981 where he participated in the research and development of leading cardiovascular drugs in Hungary. He is the author of some 100 patents and scientific publications. In 2004, he was elected as a Titular member of the Chemistry and Human Health Division of IUPAC. He received an honorary professorship at the Technical University of Budapest. David Rotella is the Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Montclair State University. He earned a B.S. Pharm. degree at the University of Pittsburgh (1981) and a Ph.D. (1985) at The Ohio State University with Donald. T. Witiak. After postdoctoral studies in organic chemistry at Penn State University with Ken S. Feldman, he became an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi. Before accepting his current position he worked at Cephalon, Bristol-Myers, Lexicon and Wyeth where he was involved in neurodegeneration, schizophrenia, cardiovascular and metabolic disease drug discovery projects.

GENERAL ASPECTS
Serendipitious Target-based Drug Discoveries
Drug Discoveries and Molecular Mechanism of Action
DRUG CLASSES
Insulin Analogues Improving the Therapy of Diabetes
CASE HISTORIES
The Discovery of StendraTM (Avanafil) for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
Dapagliflozin, a Selective SGLT2 Inhibitor for Treatment of Diabetes
Elvitegravir, a New HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitor for Antiretrovial Therapy
Discovery of Linagliptin for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
The Discovery of Alimta (Pemetrexed)
Perampanel: a Novel, Non-competitive AMPA Receptor Antagonist for the Treatment of Epilepsy
Discovery and Development of Telaprevir (IncivekTM) - a Protease Inhibitor to Treat Hepatitis C Infection
Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Design and Development of Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1)