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DILI is a leading cause of acute liver failure, accounting for half of these cases and often resulting in drug withdrawals. Understanding and managing DILI risk as a medicinal chemist involves exploring the intricate interplay among properties and structural features. In this article, we provide a medicinal chemist's perspective on the current understanding of DILI mechanisms, highlight cutting-edge assay developments for a holistic assessment, and discuss strategies for predicting DILI risks.

Drug Hunter has sifted through news articles, press releases, financial disclosures, SEC filings and more to bring you a roundup of 2023's biggest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the drug discovery world. In this 4-part series we will give you an open-access overview of the M&A landscape, and then for Drug Hunter members in the coming weeks, we will be providing in-depth coverage and analysis of the small molecule-focused (parts 2 & 3) and biologics-based deals (part 4). This premium content includes background on the targets, chemical/biological matter and clinical data driving these deals.

One of the key challenges in CNS projects is achieving sufficient unbound brain exposure to engage the target. To predict CNS exposure, scientists employ metrics like CNS MPO scores from Pfizer and Merck, Bayesian models, and methods for balancing physicochemical properties. However, these in silico metrics often fail to correlate well with experimental data. Schrödinger's team has discovered the energy of solvation (E-sol) metric, which accurately predicts Kp,uu and has been validated with CNS-penetrant DLK inhibitors. Explore more in this detailed Drug Hunter article.