NEQUIMED/IQSC/USP – Grupo de Química Medicinal e Biológica

Dear researchers,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee it is my pleasure to open the registration to scientists from all over the world. Please, go to the following webpage to fill in the registration form:
http://brazmedchem.iqsc.usp.br/2014/inscricoes.php?lang=en_US
An user area is going to be available in which you can get all information regarding workshop & abstract submission process. It is not necessary to send any scientific work at the time of your registration.

Andrei Leitao
Chair of the BrazMedChem2014

Prezados alunos e pesquisadores,

Em nome do Comitê Organizador do Sétimo Simpósio Brasileiro em Química Medicinal (BrazMedChem2014) tenho o prazer de anunciar que as inscrições estão abertas na página do evento:
http://brazmedchem.iqsc.usp.br/2014/inscricoes.php?lang=pt_BR

Após fazer o cadastro, uma área de usuário é criada para acessar todas as informações sobre workshop, minicurso e envio de trabalho para o evento. Não será necessário enviar o trabalho científico no momento da inscrição.

Atenciosamente,
Andrei Leitão
Presidente do BrazMedChem2014

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February 8, 2013

All Those Drug-Likeness Papers: A Bit Too Neat to be True?
Posted by Derek
There’s a fascinating paper out on the concept of “drug-likeness” that I think every medicinal chemist should have a look at. It would be hard to count the number of publications on this topic over the last ten years or so, but what if we’ve been kidding ourselves about some of the main points?

The big concept in this area is, of course, Lipinski criteria, or Rule of Five. Here’s what the authors, Peter Kenny and Carlos Montanari of the University of São Paulo, have to say:

http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2013/02/08/all_those_druglikeness_papers_a_bit_too_neat_to_be_true.php