This first column of "Drug Discovery" chronicles the development of the drug discovery process and explains how separation technologies fit in the world of drug discovery.

Tim Wehr is staff scientist at Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, California. Direct correspondence about this column to Direct correspondence about this column to "Directions in Discovery," LCGC, Woodbridge Corporate Plaza, 485 Route 1 South, Building F, First Floor, Iselin, NJ 08830, e-mail lcgcedit@lcgcmag.com.

Pharmaceutical Analysis

Analytical Instrumentation

Biopharmaceuticals and Protein Analysis

January 2000

LCGC North America

In this first installment of this new column, editor Tim Wehr explores the evolution of drug discovery and the analytical challenges that lie ahead.

Separation Technology in Drug Discovery