New drugs and new targets.

Abstract

At the 8th World Congress on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, held August 1-6, 2004, in Queensland, Australia, there were late-breaking news symposia on presynaptic receptors as targets in the treatment of schizophrenia; cyclooxygenase inhibition, present and future; adiposity, drug treatment and causes; G-protein-coupled receptors, important new targets; osteoporosis, causes, prevention and cures; ischemic stroke; drugs and arrhythmias, causes and cures; and the pharmacology of cardiac protection. One of the plenary lectures was of targeted cancer therapies. The new drugs and new targets for therapeutic intervention from these presentations are discussed in this report.

• Authors: Sheila A Doggrell
• Journal: Drug news & perspectives (Drug News Perspect) Vol. 17 Issue 9 Pg. 615-32 (Nov 2004) ISSN: 0214-0934 [Print] United States
• PMID: 15645019 (Publication Type: Congress)
• Copyright: Copyright 2004 Prous Science. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
• Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
• Receptors, Presynaptic
• NADPH Oxidases

Topics

• Antineoplastic Agents (chemistry, supply & distribution, therapeutic use)
• Audiovisual Aids
• Australia
• Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors (chemistry, therapeutic use)
• Drug Delivery Systems (methods, trends)
• Drug Design
• Humans
• Hypertension (drug therapy, etiology, prevention & control)
• Long QT Syndrome (chemically induced, drug therapy)
• Myocardial Ischemia (drug therapy, physiopathology)
• NADPH Oxidases (antagonists & inhibitors, therapeutic use)
• Obesity (drug therapy, etiology)
• Osteoporosis (drug therapy, etiology, prevention & control)
• Pharmacists (organization & administration, trends)
• Pharmacogenetics (trends)
• Pharmacology, Clinical (organization & administration, trends)
• Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled (drug effects, therapeutic use)
• Receptors, Presynaptic (drug effects, therapeutic use)
• Schizophrenia (drug therapy)
• Societies, Scientific (organization & administration)
• Stroke (drug therapy, epidemiology)