title: Nowhere to go but up: the return of medicinal chemistry.
abstract: Medicinal chemistry, as a field, has moved into new and unwelcome territory. How did we get here, and what might be the way out?
authors.affiliation: Vertex Pharmaceuticals , 130 Waverly Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Derek B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Lowe
keywords: Medicinal chemistry; industrial drug discovery; industrial drug research