The present title Drug Discovery is the amazing advancement of pharmaceutical studies. It provides the various fundamental aspects of drug designing to be understood adequately. It has been compiled for undergraduate, postgraduate students, research scholars, teachers, technicians, industrial, microbiologists and scientists involved in pharmaceutical research and development. The basic concepts have been clearly explained and their functions are adequately highlighted. The presentation of text is simple and systematic. The selection of chapters and topics is according to the specified syllabi of several Indian Universities and are so structured as to enable the student to move easily from the fundamental to the complex. It describes the ideas and techniques that are creating or new domain of science and technology.