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Screening strategies to identify new chemical diversity for drug development to treat kinetoplastid infections

DON, ROB ; IOSET, JEAN-ROBERT

In: Parasitology, 2014, vol. 141, no. 1, p. 140-146

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    Titre
    • Screening strategies to identify new chemical diversity for drug development to treat kinetoplastid infections
    Auteur
    • DON, ROB. Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, 15 Chemin Louis-Dunant, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
    • IOSET, JEAN-ROBERT. Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, 15 Chemin Louis-Dunant, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:289732
    Summary
    The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has defined and implemented an early discovery strategy over the last few years, in fitting with its virtual R&D business model. This strategy relies on a medium- to high-throughput phenotypic assay platform to expedite the screening of compound libraries accessed through its collaborations with partners from the pharmaceutical industry. We review the pragmatic approaches used to select compound libraries for screening against kinetoplastids, taking into account screening capacity. The advantages, limitations and current achievements in identifying new quality series for further development into preclinical candidates are critically discussed, together with attractive new approaches currently under investigation