Drug discovery virtual screening methods

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Virtual screening is not a replacement for experimental HTS and is perhaps best viewed as an aid to HTS. Using virtual screening as a prefilter can allow one to select subsets of compounds (focused library) from a larger library and reduces the cost and time required for subsequent experimental screening. Several success stories of virtual screening applications (73) demonstrate the utility of these computational methods for drug discovery, both in academia and industry. 

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