Structure-Based Drug Design 2014 | Using Structure and Property-Based Methods

This May 21-22 at the Structure-Based Drug Design conference in Boston, Dr. Jason Burch, a Medicinal Chemist at Genentech will give a talk on structure-based design and property optimization of potent and selective pyrazole carboxamide interleukin-2 inducible t-cell kinase (itk) inhibitors for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. CHI recently spoke with Dr. Burch about why he chose to pursue ITK inhibitors, important considerations for developing these types of inhibitors, and what techniques were used to improve pharmaceutical properties of the lead matter. Dr. Burch also discusses how advances in genomics and demand for personalized treatments has changed drug design techniques.