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Most drug candidates fail clinical trials, in many cases because the compounds have less than optimal physico-chemical properties. A new method for assessing the 'drug-likeness' of compounds might help to remedy the situation.

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Figure 1: Assessments of 'drug-likeness'.

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  1. Paul Leeson is at the GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK.,

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Leeson, P. Chemical beauty contest. Nature 481, 455–456 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/481455a

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