This installment provides an overview of high-throughput characterization techniques of drug leads to support small molecule drug discovery programs in a pharmaceutical company. A myriad of analytical chemistry techniques including separation science methodologies are used to confirm the structures and identities, quantitating the concentrations of stock solutions, and measuring key physicochemical properties of the new chemical entities (NCE). A case study is used here to illustrate the details of these applications in high-throughput characterization.

This instalment provides an overview of high-throughput characterization techniques of drug leads to support small-molecule drug discovery programmes in a pharmaceutical company. Myriad analytical chemistry techniques including separation science methodologies are used to confirm the structures and identities, quantitating the concentrations of stock solutions, and measuring key physicochemical properties of the new chemical entities (NCE). A case study is used here to illustrate the details of these applications in high-throughput characterization.

This instalment provides an overview of modern practices of high-throughput purification to support small-molecule drug discovery. It describes the use of reversed-phase liquid chromatography (LC) and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) for purifying diverse samples in a centralized laboratory setting. A case study is used to illustrate the principles and rationales for selecting operating parameters for these applications. This is the first instalment of four articles on “Separation Science in Drug Development” to describe the modern practice of separation science in supporting small-molecule drug discovery and development.

This installment provides an overview of modern practices of high-throughput purification to support small-molecule drug discovery.