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How the AI revolution can accelerate early drug discovery

Drug Target Review

“AI will not replace drug discovery scientists, but drug discovery scientists who use AI will replace those who don’t” – comment during EFMC meeting 2018 Progressing a drug molecule from concept to commercialisation typically takes 10-15 years and has high associated costs of up to $2 billion per launched drug, if all failures are factored in.

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Metabolism of five membered nitrogen containing heterocycles

Metabolite Tales Blog

2 Figure 1 Not only does the carboxylic acid moiety of the infamous drug zomepirac undergo conjugation to an unstable acyl glucuronide, the pyrrole undergoes oxidative metabolism to an epoxide intermediate that can be trapped by glutathione (Figure 2). 2a Figure 2 Also reported are more complex “per-oxidative” oxidations.