Discovery chemistry project continuity and wrap-up

With chemistry projects evolving dynamically, and with personnel often changing as quickly as new developments in chemistry, it’s critical that knowledge transfer is efficient. Using the Torx® platform, new team members or CRO partners can be on-boarded rapidly, accessing all current and historical project knowledge within a few clicks.

Small molecule DMTA project data at your fingertips

Within Torx Design, all hypotheses and conceptions are organized in Design Sets, alongside physicochemical properties and 3D poses, so new team members can instantly assess the status of the project and see where they can make an impact without duplicating any previous ideas. Having data sources connected through Torx Analyze means all the historical assay data can be seen in the context of the team’s designs so that new medicinal chemistry team members can hit the ground running. 

Figure 1: Using Design Sets makes hypotheses straightforward to track, and allows for easy comparison of similar compounds in Torx Design.

Whether syntheses are carried out internally or by CRO partners, it can take a while to get going on a new project; from finding out which intermediates are available, to working out the best synthetic routes. Using Torx Make this information is transparent and readily accessible, so further analogues can be quickly generated moving the project along rapidly.

Figure 2: Information and status of reactions can be seen instantly in Torx Make.

Given the dynamic nature of pharma and biotechs, sometimes project work must move between sites or from one CRO to another. The visibility provided by Torx at each stage of the Design Make Test Analyze (DMTA) process, and the seamless way the Torx modules work together, allows projects to successfully transfer from one organization to another with minimal interruption of what is otherwise a massively disruptive process.

Synthesis and test tracking through Audit Logs and informatics systems integration

The accessibility and organisation of data within Torx speeds up the production of data packages. The Audit Log in Torx Design tracks the origins of each molecule, including any witnesses involved. And with Torx being chemistry-aware, searching for this information is easy. With integration to in-house or even third-party tools, Torx can pull all required information into one place for rapid documentation completion. Torx Make’s synthesis tracking functionality can be linked to Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) pages which are used to manually capture routes and yields - both in-house and when the synthesis is completed by external partners - again aiding data package write-ups.

Toxicology studies and generation of biological assay results are of paramount importance, and those studies can be submitted, tracked, and prioritized using Torx Test. Once results are available the relevant data can be attached to the Design Set, keeping it in one place for transparency and facile retrieval, and enabling hypotheses and all associated ideas to be collated in one place, so the progression and status of the project is available at a glance.

Figure 3: Keep track of assay queues with the interactive table in Torx Test.

Revolutionize your team’s small molecule discovery processes

In a project's lifetime (which can number many years), staff turnover can compromize project continuity. When personnel leave, the Torx platform provides critical knowledge transfer across all aspects of the DMTA cycle. The knowledge and learning of previous team members are immediately accessible, allowing new team members to integrate into the project quickly.

In our Day in the Life of a Chemist series, we've covered a range of topics exploring the typical tasks and challenges that chemists face on a daily basis - and discussed how Torx can streamline and truly revolutionize your team’s small molecule discovery processes.

Now it’s time to take the next step: Request a demo today to see Torx in action.