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The Nature of Nanodisc Lipids Influences Fragment‐Based Drug Discovery Results

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) was applied to cytochrome P450 3A4 reconstituted in Nanodiscs (NDs) with various lipid compositions. The choice of ND lipid influenced drug membrane interactions and fragment hit rates, demonstrating the critical role of the membrane environment in fragment screening for membrane proteins.

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SARS-CoV-2 main protease. Crowdsourcing, peptidomimetics and fragments

Molecular Design

Satchel Paige (1906-1982) The COVID Moonshot and OSC19 are examples of what are sometimes called crowdsourced or open source approaches to drug discovery. Open source drug discovery originated with OSDD in India and it should be noted that the approach has also been pioneered for malaria by OSM.

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SARS-CoV-2 Protease Inhibitors: An Attractive Approach for Treating COVID-19

PerkinElmer

Inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 Proteases Currently, limited therapeutic options are available to those who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 and attempts to repurpose approved drugs have shown minimal success so far. The second virtual screen focused on optimization of a hit from a previous crystallographic fragment screen.