Drug Metabolism in Drug Design and Development: Basic Concepts and Practice

Donglu Zhang, PhD, is a senior scientist in the Biotransformation Depart-ment at Bristol-Myers Squibb. His research interests include metabolite characterization, drug metabolism enzymology, LC/MS methodologies, and microbial biotransformation.

MINGSHE ZHU, PhD, is a drug metabolism scientist with more than ten years of experience in drug discovery and development. His research interests include metabolic activation, LC/MS technology, and regulatory drug metabolism.

W. Griffith Humphreys, PhD, is the Director of the Biotransformation Department at Bristol-Myers Squibb. His research interests include optimizationof ADME properties, metabolic activation, and new methodologies for metabolite characterization.