Integrated Strategy for Lead Optimization Based on Fragment Growing: The Diversity-Oriented-Target-Focused-Synthesis Approach.
Hoffer, L., Voitovich, Y.V., Raux, B., Carrasco, K., Muller, C., Fedorov, A.Y., Derviaux, C., Amouric, A., Betzi, S., Horvath, D., Varnek, A., Collette, Y., Combes, S., Roche, P., Morelli, X.(2018) J Med Chem 61: 5719-5732
- PubMed: 29883107 
- DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00653
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6FNX, 6FO5 - PubMed Abstract: 
Over the past few decades, hit identification has been greatly facilitated by advances in high-throughput and fragment-based screenings. One major hurdle remaining in drug discovery is process automation of hit-to-lead (H2L) optimization. Here, we report a time- and cost-efficient integrated strategy for H2L optimization as well as a partially automated design of potent chemical probes consisting of a focused-chemical-library design and virtual screening coupled with robotic diversity-oriented de novo synthesis and automated in vitro evaluation ...