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The targeted route to medicines is an old dream of humanity. Even the alchemists sought after the Elixir, the Arcanum that was meant to heal all disease. It still has not been found today. On the contrary, drug therapy has become even more complicated as our knowledge of the different disease etiologies has become more complex.
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Klebe, G. (2013). Drug Research: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. In: Klebe, G. (eds) Drug Design. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17907-5_1
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