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Drug discovery: is target-based superior to phenotypic model?

In current pharmaceutical sciences, when we talk about innovative drug discovery, we should think of target-based drug discovery, which is to design synthetic drugs based on a target. Then, have we thought about how efficient this...
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What are the FDA approved drugs for Alzheimer disease

There are currently five FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: Donepezil (Aricept) is a cholinesterase inhibitor that helps to increase the levels of acetylcholine in the brain. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that is involved in...