title: Design strategies for building drug-like chemical libraries.
abstract: There has been increased pressure over the last few years to design and synthesize chemical libraries that are more 'drug-like' in character. This review discusses what 'drug-like' is assumed to be, then examines recent developments in the prediction of 'drug-likeness'. It is noted that, while many methods allow a scientist to identify 'non-drug-like' molecules with a reasonable degree of certainty, a need still exists for physically meaningful descriptors that allow a chemist to design in 'drug-likeness', rather than relying on a computer to screen out unsuitable compounds.
authors.affiliation: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Merrifield Centre, Rosemary Lane, Cambridge CB1 3LQ, UK. Tim.Mitchell@mpi.com
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Showell
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D016208:Databases, Factual; D015195:Drug Design; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014116:Toxicology
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations