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AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS IN DRUG
DISCOVERY PROCESS Presented by,B.Abhinay,M.Pharm,Pharmacology,C.M.R.C.P.
Under the guidance of,Ms. Meenu Singh,M.Pharm (Ph.D),Asst. Proffesor,C.M.R.C.P.
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Overview of Drug Discovery Selecting Robots for Use in Drug discovery and Testing Instrumentation
INDEX
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Overview of drug discovery process
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Overview of DDP
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Serendipity
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Pharmaceutical Industry
Challenges Opportunities
•Increasing cost of R&D•Pressure on pricing• Low output of new products•Fierce competition•Increased regulatory hurdles
New windows of innovation– Genomics– Proteomics– Biotechnology– Combinatorial Chemistry• Better understanding of themechanism of disease
Robotics andAutomation play a role in each area 7
New Tools for Drug Discovery
• Genomics• Proteomics• Bioinformatics• High-throughput screening• Combinatorial chemistry• Micro array technology
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Drug Discovery & Development
Targetdiscovery Screening
Lead-optimis-ation
ADMETDevelop-ment
Registr-ation
Where do Automation and Robotics play a key role?
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Selecting Robots for Use in Drug
discovery and Testing
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ROBOT?
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DEFINITION:
"A reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools, or specialized devices through various programmed motions for the performance of a variety of tasks"
Robot Institute of America, 1979
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Benefits of using Robots in Drug Discovery and Testing
•Faster, more consistent and more cost-effective•High degree of repeatability• Every parameter inthe process can be automatically monitored, recorded andverified•Thorough documentation is possible
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Types of Robots
There are three types of industrial robots most commonly usedin drug discovery and testing: (1) Cartesian (2) SCARA(selective compliance articulated robot arm) (3) Articulated.
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Cartesian Robots
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Chief advantage of Cartesian robots• Low in cost•Often incorporated into automation subsystems ormachines dedicated to a single purpose, such as assay testing
Disadvantage•although their restricted range of motion limits their usage.
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SCARA Robots
•Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm•The unique design of SCARAs gives them a high degree of rigidity•moves very fast and withprecise repeatability•SCARAs excel at high-speedpick-and-place and other material-handling tasks.
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Articulated Robots
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•vertically rotating “forearm”and two vertically rotating “wrist” joints, let themperform many of the same types of movements as a human•forearm and wristpick up an object no matter how it is oriented offthe horizontal plane
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Instrumentation
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Screening Compound Collections
Natural Product Libraries (>200,000 extracts)
Synthetic Libraries (>1,000,000 compounds)
Rapid hit
Vary screen21
Preparation of Chemical Substances
Synthesis
1) Microwave Synthesizers2) Automated Synthesizers3) Pipettes and other precision4) Lquid dispensing and transferring
devices
Rapid, time efficient Synthesis of multiple compounds simultaneously
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Preparation of Chemical Substances
1) Largest use of Robotics and Automated Technology for bench chemist
2) Robotics provide more advanced equipment for parallel synthetic applications(synthesize up to 8 large samples ,product scale between 100 mg and 20 g)
3) Sample weighing to 0.0001 g accuracy
(1)Sample synthesis robot
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Preparation of Chemical Substances
• Multi-channel automated equipment allows for rapid purification (mg to gm scale)
• Purification of 10’s to 1000’s of compounds could not be possible
Saves timeReduces costReduces waste streamHigher purity compoundsAllows chemist to multi-task
Purification
parallel purification robot24
Preparation of Chemical Substances
•Addresses the need for Quality Control and Substance Identification •Equipment allows for:
Sample submissionData acquisitionData processing
Allows chemist to obtain accurate results and uncompromising quality
Purification
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•Preparation of multiple daughter plates•Register bar-coded vials•Generate registration spreadsheets
Preparation of Chemical Substances
Ability to Rapidly perform tediousRepetitive taskConsistently accurate
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Automated synthesis, along with high throughput purification, have significantly impacted the drug discovery process by improving purity, yield and reproducibility.
From synthesis to purification, robotics and automated techniques play a key role in the synthesis of new chemical entities.
More compounds, less time = Cost effective
Summary
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MITSUBISHI ELECTRI SCARA ROBOT RH-6SH RH-6SDH.flv
Epson has 3 types of robots, Scara, Cartesian, & 6 axis.flv
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References
1)DENSORobotics-Selecting Robots for Use in DrugDiscovery and Testing2) Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Dr. Peter Wipf Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburghhttp://ccc.chem.pitt.edu/wipf/index.html3) AMRI-Drug Discovery and Development: Applicationsof Robotics and High-Throughput InstrumentationBrian T. Gregg, Ph.D. Research Fellow Medicinal Chemistry, June 25, 2007
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