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The use of composite metrics that normalise biological potency values in relation to markers of physicochemical properties, such as size or lipophilicity, has gained a significant amount of traction with many medicinal chemists in recent years. However, there is no consensus on best practice in the area and their application has attracted some criticism. Here we present our approach to their application in lead optimisation projects, provide an objective discussion of the principles we consider important and illustrate how our use of lipophilic ligand efficiency enabled the progression of a number of our successful drug discovery projects. We derive, from this and some recent literature highlights, a set of heuristic guidelines for lipophilicity based optimisation that we believe are generally applicable across chemical series and protein targets.
Author(s): Scott JS, Waring MJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Year: 2018
Volume: 26
Issue: 11
Pages: 3006-3015
Print publication date: 15/07/2018
Online publication date: 05/04/2018
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
Date deposited: 09/04/2018
ISSN (print): 0968-0896
ISSN (electronic): 1464-3391
Publisher: Pergamon Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2018.04.004
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.04.004
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