Platform overview

Rapid hit to development candidate

A transformational small-molecule platform for rapid hit discovery and optimization against difficult-to-drug targets.

The challenge

Two longstanding problems in fragment-based drug discovery

Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) has depended on biophysical screening to find fragment hits.

Turning those weak binders into potent, functionally active leads then takes a long, risky and costly elaboration effort.

Our approach
  • 1
    Removes dependence on biophysical screening

    Breakthrough technology for functional screening of fragments combined with an AI-assisted SMART fragment library.

  • 2
    Vastly accelerated path from fragment hit to DC

    An automated, integrated chem-bio platform rapidly generates large, high-quality SAR data sets, with AI-enabled iterative data analysis and optimization.

  • 3
    Orthosteric and allosteric

    Highly effective for both orthosteric and allosteric modulators of difficult-to-drug targets.

How it compares

Straight from fragments to candidates

In conventional FBDD, weakly binding fragments are slowly elaborated, gaining molecular weight on the way to potency.

The Implexsys platform takes functionally active fragments, allosteric or active-site, straight to development candidates.

Potency (Kd / Ki / IC50) vs. molecular weight (Da). LE = ligand efficiency.
How it works

From fragment to development candidate

  1. Screen functionallyFragments are screened for functional activity, without relying on biophysical screening.
  2. Generate SAR at scaleAn automated, integrated chem-bio platform rapidly produces large, high-quality SAR data sets.
  3. Optimize with AIAI-enabled, iterative data analysis guides each round of optimization.
  4. Deliver candidatesOrthosteric or allosteric development candidates against difficult-to-drug targets.

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