The first authoritative overview of past and current strategies for successful drug development by analog generation, this unique resource spans all important drug classes and all major therapeutic fields, including histamine antagonists, ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, opioids, quinolone antibiotics, steroids and anticancer platinum compounds.
Of the 19 analog classes presented in detail, 9 are described by the scientists who discoverd them.
The book includes a table of the most successful drug analogs as based on the IMS ranking and compares them in terms of chemical structure, mode of action and patentability.

Introduction<br>GENERAL ASPECTS OF ANALOGUE-BASED DRUG DISCOVERY<br>Analogues as a Means of Discovering New Drugs<br>Drug Likeness and Analogue-Based Drug Discovery<br>Privileged Structures and Analog-Based Drug Discovery<br>SELECTED EXAMPLES FROM THE ANALOGUE-BASED DRUG DISCOVERIES<br>Development of Anti-Ulcer H2-Receptor Histamine Antagonists<br>Esomeprazole in the Framework of Proton-Pump Inhibitor Development<br>The Development of a New Proton-Pump Inhibitor: The Case History of Pantoprazole<br>Optimizing the Clinical Pharmacologic Properties of the HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors<br>Optimizing Antihypertensive Therapy by Angiotensin Receptor Blockers<br>Optimizing Antihypertensive Therapy by Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors<br>Case Study of Lacidipine in the Research of New Calcium Antagonists<br>Selective Beta-Adrenergic Receptor-Blocking Agents<br>Case Study: "Esmolol Stat" [1]<br>Development of Organic Nitrates for Coronary Heart Disease<br>Development of Opioid Receptor Ligands<br>Stigmines<br>Structural Analogues of Clozapine<br>Quinolone Antibiotics: The Development of Moxifloxacin<br>The Development of Bisphosphonates as Drugs<br>Cisplatin and its Analogs for Cancer Chemotherapy<br>The History of Drospirenone<br>Histamine H1 Blockers: From Relative Failures to Blockbusters Within Series of Analogues<br>Corticosteroids: From Natural Products to Useful Analogues