SE5:E2: The Macrocyclic Mullet

Pharm to Table by LC Campeau, Dani Schultz

Jul 15, 202600:26:39Science & Medicine

What happens when the textbook SAR playbook stops working? On this episode of Pharm to Table , Rob Garbaccio joins Dani and LC to share the discovery story behind enlicitide (MK-0616), a journey filled with unusual SAR,...

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