title: A chemistry wiki to facilitate and enhance compound design in drug discovery.
abstract: 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%.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular and Gastrointestinal Innovative Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca R&D, UK. graeme.robb@astrazeneca.com
authors.forename: Graeme R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKerrecher
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Newcombe
authors.forename: Mike J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Waring
mesh_terms: D015195:Drug Design; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software