Drug Discovery Informatics: Its Evolving Role in Drug Discovery

Introduction of in silico tools, which enable computation with varied workflows that are in sync with rate of modern medicinal chemistry, is one of the key trends stimulating market growth. Drug discovery is a functional process in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. It involves different steps and procedures that depend on in-silico tools for reducing the complexity of a process.

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Identification of lead molecules requires synthesis and analysis of many derivatives that can be prepared with the help of in silico modelling tools. Success of a drug discovery experiment depends extensively on effectiveness of tools employed to assess varied aspects of drugs. In silico tools used herein include modelling tools for determination of 3D structures of ligand and protein-ADMET assessment-affinity estimation in docking and drug-ligand interaction for pharmacological profiling.

Major market participants are involved in adoption of in silico modelling tools, which is expected to work in favour of the market. In silico tools are promising tools that provide valuable structural screening and information validation at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods, shortening the discovery process to a great extent.

Migration from expensive and large mainframe computers as well as shared clusters to personal supercomputers, powerful desktops, small workgroup clusters, or laptops is extending the full potential of next-generation discovery information processing provided to a broader range of scientists. The onus is shifting to software developers, who need to create scientific software products that are easy to use, in order to most effectively exploit the power of inexpensive computing.

Advancements with respect to fundamental algorithms employed by computational information processing for predictive chemistry, which lead to improvement in scientific innovation and laboratory informatics, are likely to augment the market in the coming years. This group of “front-line” scientific applications, part of a category of software generally referred to as “laboratory informatics,” is a critical component in the redefinition of discovery information processing and is increasingly being used by laboratory chemists and biologists.