Natural Product-Derived Drugs: The Wonder Drugs That Do Not Follow Medicinal Chemistry Dogma

01 March 2023 | 16-17 CET | Steven Schow, PhD, Stanford University

We invite you to our next SPARK Europe Webinar organized by SPARK-FLI with Dr Steven Schow from Stanford University.

Dr Schow is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University of Medicine in the Department of Chemical and Systems Biology and has more than 45 years of pharmaceutical, biotech and agrichemical industrial R&D experience. He has been a SPARK advisor since 2008 and he provides drug development mentoring to Spark project teams. Steve was also the Vice President of Research and Development at Telik, Inc.

In this webinar, Steve will introduce us into the vast and beautifully complex world of natural products. He will touch upon their impact on the patients’ wellbeing. In this survey webinar:

• You will be introduced to the wonderous world of natural product-derived drugs, their ongoing entry into therapeutic practice and impact on health;
• The differences in medicinal chemistry attributes on natural products vs. synthetic agents will be explored;
• Examples of strategies for the optimization of natural product leads for medicinal uses will be discussed;
• The medicinal exploitation of two major groups of natural product derived drugs, the opioids and anticancer natural products will be examined;
• and general strategic considerations for the application of medicinal chemistry to natural products will be reviewed.

Join us on 1^st of March at 16:00 CET and register here