Accelerating CNS Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Ligand Discovery

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PET ligands play important roles in drug discovery relating to the central nervous system. However, the discovery efforts of PET ligands have suffered from high attrition rates due to a demanding list of required attributes and a lack of guiding principles in ligand design and prioritization. Join Lei Zhang as he lays out a set of preferred parameters for CNS PET ligand design which has been derived from a systematic analysis of a PET ligand database. These preferred parameters have been applied prospectively applied to a number of programs within Pfizer, yielding successful PET ligands with reduced resources and timelines.

What You Will Learn

  • What makes good PET ligands and what values do they bring to drug discovery
  • What is the desired property space for PET ligands
  • How to prospectively use the defined design parameters to accelerate PET ligand discovery

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EXPERTS

Lei Zhang
Pfizer Inc.

David J. Donnelly
Bristol-Myers Squibb

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