title: Lessons from the Fersht laboratory could be vital for the future of the pharmaceutical industry.
abstract: For several decades, the Fersht laboratory has been a world leader in research on protein structure and mechanism. There are pressing medical and financial needs for new medicines. Here, I use examples to illustrate how drug discovery could be more successful if it increased utilisation of approaches from the Fersht laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Walter Ward Consultancy and Training, Buxton, Derbyshire SK179AZ, UK. wal.ward@hotmail.co.uk
authors.forename: Walter H J
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000639:trends*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000639:trends*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004798:Enzymes