47 research outputs found
Predominant role of active versus facilitative glucose transport for glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion
Matched triplicate design sets in the optimisation of glucokinase activators – maximising medicinal chemistry information content
Property based optimisation of glucokinase activators – discovery of the phase IIb clinical candidate AZD1656
Overcoming retinoic acid receptor-α based testicular toxicity in the optimisation of glucokinase activators
Matrix-based multiparameter optimisation of glucokinase activators: the discovery of AZD1092
Decoration of an α-Resorcylate Nucleus as Part of the Manufacture of a Glucokinase Activator
A chemistry wiki to facilitate and enhance compound design in drug discovery
At AstraZeneca a focus on hypothesis-driven design and the formation of drug design teams has placed a greater emphasis on collaboration in the drug discovery process. We have created a novel software tool based on the principles of wikis and social networks to facilitate collaborative working, visual planning and incorporation of predictive science to improve design capability. Monitoring the design and make process via the tool enabled the identification of bottlenecks and delays. Solutions to these problems were implemented, reducing the time taken from the initial idea stage to the generation of the synthesised compound by more than 50%