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Current Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8673
ISSN (Online): 1875-533X

Accelerating Drug Discovery by Integrative Implementation of Laboratory Automation in the Work Flow

Author(s): Matthias Nettekoven and Andrew W. Thomas

Volume 9, Issue 23, 2002

Page: [2179 - 2190] Pages: 12

DOI: 10.2174/0929867023368764

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Abstract

Acceleration of the drug discovery process in pre-clinical pharmaceutical research is a highly desirable goal and combinatorial chemistry united with automation technology promised to accomplish this task. Through the accumulation of experience with automated devices over time it became evident that only by harmonisation and streamlining of work-flow procedures the efficiency of the overall process can be improved. An open architecture of efficient data management and appropriate utilisation of automated laboratory protocols provides the opportunity to react in a flexible and advisable way. Only an integrative workflow concept promotes the enhancement of the overall performance. However, the foundation of any efforts towards the accelerated synthesis of new and desired compound arrays lies in the development of reliable chemistry protocols amenable to solid- and solution phase chemistry.

Keywords: drug discovery, combinatorial chemistry, parallel synthesis, laboratory automation, integrative workflow concept, case studies


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