Escape from flatland: increasing saturation as an approach to improving clinical success.

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Published in J Med Chem on November 12, 2009

Authors

Frank Lovering1, Jack Bikker, Christine Humblet

Author Affiliations

1: Wyeth Research, Chemical Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140, USA. flovering@wyeth.com

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