# Pharmacology / How drugs find their targets

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Category: Health
Slides: 13
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:39.774Z
Tags: catalog, health, pharmacology

## Summary

Small molecules and large biologics navigating a body of 10 13 cells, looking for the one protein they were designed to bind. Key sections include: PHARMACOLOGY / How drugs find their targets; ADME — what the body does to the drug; What the drug does to the body; Receptors and ligands — keys and locks; Enzyme inhibitors — jamming the machinery; The drugs we actually take; The therapeutic window; Drug development — 10–15 years, ~$2B; Generics and biosimilars; The price of doing pharmacological business.

## Slide Outline

1. PHARMACOLOGY / How drugs find their targets
2. ADME — what the body does to the drug
3. What the drug does to the body
4. Receptors and ligands — keys and locks
5. Enzyme inhibitors — jamming the machinery
6. The drugs we actually take
7. The therapeutic window
8. Drug development — 10–15 years, ~$2B
9. Generics and biosimilars
10. The price of doing pharmacological business
11. The future of finding targets
12. Most R&D fails. The survivors transform medicine.
13. Further reading & viewing

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