"An essential addition to the libraries of any medicinal chemist . . . an outstanding work . . . highly praised as a fountain of information in drug studies and research."
–Journal of Medicinal Chemistry on the Fifth Edition

This new edition of Dr. Alfred Burgers internationally celebrated classic helps researchers acquaint themselves with both traditional and state-of-the-art principles and practices governing new medicinal drug research and development. Completely updated and revised to reflect the many monumental changes that have occurred in the field, this latest edition brings together contributions by experts in a wide range of related fields to explore recent advances in the understanding of the structural biology of drug action, as well as cutting-edge technologies for drug discovery now in use around the world.

This Sixth Edition of Burgers Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery has been expanded to six volumes:

Volume 1: Drug Discovery
Volume 2: Drug Discovery and Drug Development
Volume 3: Cardiovascular Agents and Endocrines
Volume 4: Autocoids, Diagnostics, and Drugs from New Biology
Volume 5: Chemotherapeutic Agents
Volume 6: Nervous System Agents

This is Volume 1: Drug Discovery, of Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, 6th Edition. This new volume contains critical new chapters on Virtual Screening, Bioinformatics and Chemical Information Computing Systems in Drug Discovery.