Drug Discovery: a History by Walter Sneader is now available in both paperback and hardback editions.
Learn how all our leading medicines were discovered.

"This is a book that belongs in the personal library of every medicinal chemist, pharmacist, and all others interested in drug discovery and the historical basis of medicinal chemistry."

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2006, Vol. 49, No. 16 5023-4.

"This is a fabulously written, fascinating history of the
development of drugs... The book is written to appeal to
a general audience, but certainly its complete and
comprehensive presentation would satisfy even a
specialist in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry."
Journal of Chemical Education, Feb. 2006; Vol. 83 (2): 215

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