2016 marks the 10th Anniversary of ChemMedChem, a Wiley-VCH and ChemPubSoc Europe journal. As part of the anniversary celebration, ChemMedChem and ChemViews Magazine published a quiz featuring two drugs that have revolutionized the pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry world. From the correct entries for each compound, two winners were selected at random and each winner will get a copy of Molecules that Changed the World by K. C. Nicolaou and Tasyn Montagnon.

Compound 1 – Answer: Paclitaxel or Taxol

Winners:

Manuel Aguas and Marta Frigolé Vivas

Compound 2 – Answer: Morphine

Winners:

Werner Zimmermann and Kilian Huber

 

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Also of Interest

• Medicinal Chemistry – Research and Publishing,
  David Peralta, Scott Williams, Giorgio Tarzia, Antonello Mai, Rainer Metternich,
  ChemViews Mag. 2016.
  DOI: 10.1002/chemv.201600069
  Giorgio Tarzia, Antonello Mai, Rainer Metternich share their thoughts on where the field of medicinal chemistry is headed