Dr J?rg Zimmermann is the inventor of the drug imatinib (Gleevec(®), Glivec(®)), which entered the market in 2001 and revolutionized the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia. He talks to Future Medicinal Chemistry about his career as a medicinal chemist, current issues in pharmaceutical R&D and his experiences of developing Gleevec, the first protein kinase to get onto market.
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