Having always been driven by the need to get new treatments to patients as quickly as possible, drug discovery is a constantly evolving process. This chapter will review how medicinal chemistry was established, how it has changed over the years due to the emergence of new enabling technologies, and how early advances in synthesis, purification and analysis, have provided the foundations upon which the current automated and enabling technologies are built. Looking beyond the established technologies, this chapter will also consider technologies that are now emerging, and their impact on the future of drug discovery and the role of medicinal chemists.
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