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Site-Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation (SILCS) generates 3D maps (FragMaps) of interaction patterns for chemical functional groups with your target molecule. Site-Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation (SILCS) generates 3D maps (FragMaps) of interaction patterns for chemical functional groups with your target molecule. SILCS reveals intricacies of dynamics and provides tools to optimize ligand scaffolds using qualitative and quantitative binding pockets insights allowing more rapid and effective drug design. SILCS uses multiple small molecule probes with various functional groups, explicit solvent modeling, and target molecule flexibility to perform protein target mapping. Visualize favorable interactions with the target macromolecule. Gain insights to design better ligands with optimally placed functional groups.

Bringing a new drug into the market, from the first step to the final market introduction, is a time-consuming, highly regulated, and expensive process, which can take a decade or more. Final success crucially depends on the early availability of accurate analytical results, fast enough for taking the right decisions at the beginning of the development and minimizing late attrition rates. Today’s drug development is mainly based on a rational approach where typically establishing the biological target to focus on is the first key step. This target identification requires a deep understanding of the candidates´ properties to identify the most promising ones as quickly and reliable as possible. Once a biological target has been established, finding the most promising lead molecules is often seen as the next challenge. Typically, lead discovery is the identification of potential drug candidates – either small organic molecules or biologic assemblies with therapeutic potential.