Drug Discovery Today

Papers
(The TQCC of Drug Discovery Today is 19. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Multiple strategies for the treatment of invasive breast carcinoma: A comprehensive prospective190
Adjunctive therapy for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections: Type III secretion system and efflux inhibitors190
Demystifying the potential of inhibitors targeting DNA topoisomerases in unicellular protozoan parasites165
Achieving end-to-end success in the clinic: Pfizer’s learnings on R&D productivity150
Opportunities and challenges in drug discovery targeting the orphan receptor GPR12135
Double-edged sword: Therapeutic efficacy versus toxicity evaluations of doped titanium implants126
The recent progress of deep-learning-based in silico prediction of drug combination124
Dysbiosis versus diabesity: Pathological signaling and promising therapeutic strategies120
CIPDB: A biological structure databank for studying cation and π interactions113
Recent development in the design of small ‘drug-like’ and nanoscale glycomimetics against Escherichia coli infections112
Tubulin targeting agents and their implications in non-cancer disease management108
General aspects of powder rheology applied to pharmaceutical formulations108
The potential value of 5-androstenediol in countering acute radiation syndrome107
Redox active or thiol reactive? Optimization of rapid screens to identify less evident nuisance compounds99
Mitochondrial dysfunction: A potential target for Alzheimer’s disease intervention and treatment96
Models and approaches to comprehend and address glial inflammation following spinal cord injury93
Development of JmjC-domain-containing histone demethylase (KDM2-7) inhibitors for cancer therapy90
The global status of bioequivalence trials: a comprehensive clinical trial landscape analysis based on the Trialtrove database87
Computational modeling approaches and regulatory pathways for drug combinations86
Gastroretentive drug delivery systems: A holy grail in oral delivery84
From promise to progress: the dynamic landscape of glioblastoma immunotherapy83
Antibody–drug conjugates: What drives their progress?80
Targeted drug delivery to the retinal pigment epithelium: Untapped therapeutic potential for retinal diseases79
Generative AI: driving productivity and scientific breakthroughs in pharmaceutical R&D77
Repurposing of parenterally administered active substances used to treat pain both systemically and locally77
A global bibliometric and visualized analysis of bacteria-mediated cancer therapy77
Advancing drug repurposing research: Trends, collaborative networks, innovation and knowledge leaders76
Specificity of pharmacokinetic modeling of nanomedicines76
Trends in oral small-molecule drug discovery and product development based on product launches before and after the Rule of Five76
Exploration of small-molecule inhibitors targeting Hsp110 as novel therapeutics74
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Recent advancements in mass spectrometry for higher order structure characterization of protein therapeutics71
Advancing pharmacogenetics research in Africa: the “Project Africa GRADIENT” initiative71
Randomized controlled trials do not always fit the purpose: A science-based response to Venetis and Mol’s editorial on biosimilars of follitropin alfa71
Pathogenic TDP-43 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis70
Bridging informatics and medicinal inorganic chemistry: Toward a database of metallodrugs and metallodrug candidates69
Metabolic reprogramming: Unveiling the therapeutic potential of targeted therapies against kidney disease68
Towards Pharma 4.0 in clinical trials: A future-orientated perspective67
Molecular approaches for the treatment and prevention of Friedreich's ataxia67
Lipid- and polymer-based formulations containing TNF-α inhibitors for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases64
Investigating miRNA subfamilies: Can they assist in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction?63
PD-L1 small-molecule modulators: A new hope in epigenetic-based multidrug cancer therapy?62
MTHFD2: A significant mitochondrial metabolic enzyme and a novel target for anticancer therapy62
Systematic review and QSPR analysis of chemical penetration through the nail to inform onychomycosis candidate selection59
The main aspects of non-clinical studies required for obtaining marketing authorisation for small molecules and biologics/biopharmaceuticals in the European Union and the United States58
Steps toward nebulization in-use studies to understand the stability of new biological entities58
MRI assessment of cerebral perfusion in clinical trials58
Caught between a ROCK and a hard place: current challenges in structure-based drug design55
Master protocols and other innovative trial designs in inflammation and immunology to expedite clinical drug development55
Mutation informatics: SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain of the spike protein54
Medicinal chemistry aspects of uracil containing dUTPase inhibitors targeting colorectal cancer54
Targeting mutant EGFR in non-small cell lung cancer in the context of cell adaptation and resistance54
Targeted protein degradation: current molecular targets, localization, and strategies54
Recent advances towards overcoming the blood–brain barrier54
Unlocking therapeutic frontiers: harnessing artificial intelligence in drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases54
Translational PK/PD: a retrospective analysis of performance and impact from a drug portfolio54
ImmunoPET imaging of hematological malignancies: From preclinical promise to clinical reality52
Role of siRNA-based nanocarriers for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases52
Overcoming the protein corona in chitosan-based nanoparticles52
Embryonic and larval zebrafish models for the discovery of new bioactive compounds against tuberculosis51
Lactose in tablets: Functionality, critical material attributes, applications, modifications and co-processed excipients51
Oral delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics: Challenges, strategies, and opportunities51
Triple-negative breast cancer brain metastasis: An update on druggable targets, current clinical trials, and future treatment options51
The emerging role of fatty acid binding protein 7 (FABP7) in cancers50
Organoids in modelling infectious diseases50
A review on the recent advances of interaction studies of anticancer metal-based drugs with therapeutic targets, DNA and RNAs49
Overview of new indications for novel drugs approved in China between 2018 and 202448
Global or local: The future of biotech48
Opioid epidemic and the urge to discover new treatment options48
Recent advances in Clp protease modulation to address virulence, resistance and persistence of MRSA infection48
50 shades of AI in regulatory science48
Genetic–epigenetic targets for PCOS-associated diabesity47
Recent advances in multitarget-directed ligands via in silico drug discovery47
Illuminating function of the understudied druggable kinome47
Review of the impact of the FDA’s Fast Track Designation on biotechnology companies’ share prices47
Drugs from drugs: New chemical insights into a mature concept46
Recent advances in dual-drug co-amorphous systems46
Self-amplifying mRNA vaccines: Mode of action, design, development and optimization45
Regulatory readiness to facilitate the appropriate use of innovation in clinical trials: The case of decentralized clinical trial approaches45
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Hippo signaling in acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease transition: Current understandings and future targets44
Potential nanocarrier-mediated miRNA-based therapy approaches for multiple sclerosis44
Elevating life science R&D success with AI: a framework44
Back on the scene: Advances and challenges in CD3-related drugs in tumor therapy44
In silico resources help combat cancer drug resistance mediated by target mutations43
Decentralised, patient-centric, site-less, virtual, and digital clinical trials? From confusion to consensus43
An overview of progress in human metapneumovirus (hMPV) research: Structure, function, and therapeutic opportunities43
The role of gut microbial β-glucuronidase in drug disposition and development43
Cubosome-based cosmeceuticals: A breakthrough in skincare42
Advancements and challenges in using AI for biomarker detection in early Alzheimer’s disease41
Pharmaceutical strategies for the treatment of bacterial biofilms in chronic wounds41
Sustainability by design for recombinant protein therapeutics41
Open innovation: A paradigm shift in pharma R&D?41
Impact of HDAC inhibitors on macrophage polarization to enhance innate immunity against infections40
Vaginal drug delivery system: A promising route of drug administration for local and systemic diseases39
CPPsite3: An updated large repository of experimentally validated cell-penetrating peptides39
Recent insights into viral infections as a trigger and accelerator in alzheimer's disease39
IRE1α-mediated UPR activation in gastrointestinal cancers: Adaptive mechanisms and therapeutic potential39
UCP1 activation: Hottest target in the thermogenesis pathway to treat obesity using molecules of synthetic and natural origin39
Renal cell carcinoma therapy: Current and new drug candidates38
Corrigendum to “Therapeutic potential of fucosyltransferases in cancer and recent development of targeted inhibitors” [Drug Discov. Today 28(1) (2023) 103394]38
Transforming patient engagement in clinical trials: Moving from a transactional relationship to human-centered care38
The Unitary Patent and UPC – Implications for the pharmaceutical sector38
Computational resources in the management of antibiotic resistance: Speeding up drug discovery38
Real-world data in drug development strategies for orphan drugs: Tafasitamab in B-cell lymphoma, a case study for an approval based on a single-arm combination trial38
Neurotrophin peptidomimetics for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases38
Strategizing the human microbiome for small molecules: Approaches and perspectives38
Artificially engineered bacteria to treat gastrointestinal disease and cancer37
Metabophore-mediated retro-metabolic (‘MeMeReMe’) approach in drug design37
Artificial intelligence methods in kinase target profiling: Advances and challenges37
Therapeutic targeting of the complement system in ocular disease37
Advances in lipid-based nanoformulations for inhaled antibiotic therapy in respiratory infections36
Targeting hepatitis B virus cccDNA levels: Recent progress in seeking small molecule drug candidates36
Geometric deep learning methods and applications in 3D structure-based drug design36
Corrigendum to “Role of transient receptor potential channels in the regulation of vascular tone” [Drug Discov. Today 29(7) (2024) 104051]36
Therapeutic potential of targeting IL-17 and its receptor signaling in neuroinflammation36
Oncological drug discovery: AI meets structure-based computational research36
A new era for schizophrenia drug development – Lessons for the future35
dbDNA™: An advanced platform for genetic medicines35
Compound–protein interaction prediction by deep learning: Databases, descriptors and models35
2023 in review: FDA approvals of new medicines35
PROTAC technology: A new drug design for chemical biology with many challenges in drug discovery35
The expanding repertoire of covalent warheads for drug discovery35
Approaches to advance drug discovery for neglected tropical diseases35
Insight into the pivotal role of signaling pathways in psoriasis pathogenesis, potential therapeutic molecules and drug delivery approaches35
Small molecules targeting canonical transient receptor potential channels: an update34
Does pharma R&D need a strategic reset? Adapting to a changing US landscape34
Operational and path dependencies impede the feasibility of hospital-based production of individually engineered drugs34
Science of, and insights into, thermodynamic principles for dermal formulations34
Innovation testbeds as enabling ecosystems driving nanopharmaceuticals to market34
Recent advances in flavonoid-based nanocarriers as an emerging drug delivery approach for cancer chemotherapy33
Nanoformulations of chemotherapeutic activators of the cGAS–STING pathway in tumor chemoimmunotherapy33
Breakthrough in RAS targeting with pan-RAS(ON) inhibitors RMC-7977 and RMC-623633
Molecular medicinal insights into scaffold hopping-based drug discovery success33
Druggable genome special issue: An introduction33
Regulatory oversight on the use of experimental therapies during a pandemic: The case of early access to convalescent plasma therapy in three LMICs32
Expanding therapeutic potential of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus against multidrug-resistant pathogens32
Death ligand receptor (DLR) signaling: Its non-apoptotic functions in cancer and the consequences of DLR-directed therapies32
Peptide-derived ligands for the discovery of safer opioid analgesics32
Harnessing G-quadruplex ligands for lung cancer treatment: A comprehensive overview32
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Corrigendum to “Pharmacological modulation of autophagy for epilepsy therapy: Opportunities and obstacles” [Drug Discov. Today 28(6) (2023) 103600]32
How health technology assessment can help to address challenges in drug repurposing: a conceptual framework32
Challenges and opportunities in the discovery, development, and commercialization of pathogen-targeted antibiotics32
Corrigendum to “Critical path activities in clinical trial setup & conduct – How to avoid bottlenecks and accelerate clinical trials” [Drug Discov. Today 28(10) (2023) 103733]32
The importance of a go-to-market strategy in the commercialisation of cellular immunotherapies32
A retrospective regulatory analysis of FDA recalls carried out by pharmaceutical companies from 2012 to 202332
Harnessing personalized tailored medicines to digital-based data-enriched edible pharmaceuticals32
Targeting autophagy in colorectal cancer: An update on pharmacological small-molecule compounds32
Publisher’s Note31
A pipeline analysis of advanced therapy medicinal products31
RhoA activation-mediated vascular permeability in capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation syndrome: a hypothesis31
Advancing ocular gene therapy: a machine learning approach to enhance delivery, uptake and gene expression31
‘Home inspections’ for life sciences companies going public before clinical proof-of-concept31
Competition of regulatory ecosystems in approving medicines: policy implications in the case of Europe30
IdopNetwork as a genomic predictor of drug response30
Orphan GPR52 as an emerging neurotherapeutic target30
Using computers to ESKAPE the antibiotic resistance crisis30
Translating precision medicine for autism spectrum disorder: A pressing need30
Drugging the entire human proteome: Are we there yet?30
Deadly interactions: Synergistic manipulations of concurrent pathogen infections potentially enabling future pandemics30
Machine learning and natural language processing in clinical trial eligibility criteria parsing: a scoping review30
Spare and repair the gut microbiota from antibiotic-induced dysbiosis: state-of-the-art30
Regulating NETosis: An emerging facet of statin pleiotropy30
Early career researchers’ experiences in drug discovery in Africa30
Effectiveness of histamine receptor antagonists in the treatment of histamine-driven clinical symptoms: do we have a histamine or, better, an anti-histamine problem?30
COVID-19 therapeutics: Small-molecule drug development targeting SARS-CoV-2 main protease30
Nanomedicine approaches to reduce cytokine storms in severe infections29
Social media mining in drug development—Fundamentals and use cases29
Nanophotonic waveguide-based sensing of circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA: implications for personalized medicine29
Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activities of bio-inspired nanomaterials for wound healing applications29
Chiral-engineered supraparticles: Emerging tools for drug delivery29
Recent discoveries of the role of histone modifications and related inhibitors in pathological cardiac hypertrophy29
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering biosensors for detection of oncomiRs in breast cancer28
Opportunities and challenges of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling in drug delivery28
TDP-43 protein interactome informs about perturbed canonical pathways and may help develop personalized medicine approaches for patients with TDP-43 pathology28
Exosome-mediated PROTAC delivery for treatment of RNA viral infections and zoonosis28
Recent progress in covalent organic frameworks for cancer therapy28
Evaluating the performance of drug-repurposing technologies28
ADAM10: Function insights, disease implications, and promise of therapeutic targeting27
Therapies for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies: What is Enough?27
Innovation in breakthrough drugs and vaccines: Development risk, patient impact, and value27
Targeting SIRT1-regulated autophagic cell death as a novel therapeutic avenue for cancer prevention27
A personalized pharmaco-epistatic network model of precision medicine27
Identification of biological targets through the correlation between cell line chemosensitivity and protein expression pattern27
Peptide modulators of cell migration: Overview, applications and future development27
Lysine lactylation: Regulatory mechanisms, role in health and disease, and its therapeutic potential27
Generic dry powder inhalers bioequivalence: Batch–to-batch variability insights27
Patents, trade secrets and pricing27
Web resources facilitate drug discovery in treatment of COVID-1926
Trends, challenges, and success factors in pharmaceutical portfolio management: Cognitive biases in decision-making and their mitigating measures26
Recent trends in targeted delivery of smart nanocarrier-based microbial enzymes for therapeutic applications26
Clinical significance and potential role of trimethylamine N-oxide in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders26
Comparative analysis of FDA approvals by top 20 pharma companies (2014–2023)26
Benefits of hybrid QM/MM over traditional classical mechanics in pharmaceutical systems26
Prospects of halofuginone as an antiprotozoal drug scaffold26
Therapeutic potential of fucosyltransferases in cancer and recent development of targeted inhibitors26
Evaluation of the implementation effectiveness of accelerated drug marketing registration procedures in China: lessons from the 2016–2024 regulatory review26
Recent advances in the molecular design and applications of viral RNA-targeting antiviral modalities26
Which cryptic sites are feasible drug targets?25
ATP-binding cassette efflux transporters and MDR in cancer25
Can preclinical drug development help to predict adverse events in clinical trials?25
Nanofibers as drug-delivery systems for antimicrobial peptides25
Sustaining pharmaceutical innovation after the Inflation Reduction Act: trends in R&D spending, equity investment, and business development25
Biopharmaceutical R&D outsourcing: Short-term gain for long-term pain?25
Electron diffraction: Accelerating drug development25
Integrating heterogeneous data to facilitate COVID-19 drug repurposing25
Novel and investigational therapies for wet and dry age-related macular degeneration25
Applications of density functional theory in COVID-19 drug modeling25
Concepts and applications of chemical fingerprint for hit and lead screening25
Optical tweezers for drug discovery25
Beyond CL and VSS: A comprehensive approach to human pharmacokinetic predictions25
A review of the efficacy of prostate cancer therapies against castration-resistant prostate cancer25
Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in ionic liquids: An effective approach for API physiochemical parameter optimization25
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Integrated nanomaterials for non-invasive photothermal therapy of rheumatoid arthritis24
The role of venom proteomics and single-domain antibodies for antivenoms: Progress in snake envenoming treatment24
Corrigendum to ‘Synthetic lethality: a step forward for personalized medicine in cancer’ [Drug Discov. Today 25 (2020) 305–320]24
Extrapolation: Experience gained from original biologics24
Metallocompounds as anticancer agents against osteosarcoma24
Dual-action potential of cationic cryptides against infections and cancers24
Informatic challenges and advances in illuminating the druggable proteome24
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How can MSI enhance our understanding of ASO distribution?24
Statins and angiogenesis in non-cardiovascular diseases24
How missing value imputation is confounded with batch effects and what you can do about it24
On the pivotal role of drug discovery in sustainable EU pharma reform23
Nanosponges: An overlooked promising strategy to combat SARS-CoV-223
Positron emission tomographic imaging in drug discovery23
Illuminating the druggable genome: Pathways to progress23
Rapid progress in neuroimaging technologies fuels central nervous system translational medicine23
DDR1-targeted therapies: current limitations and future potential23
Epigenetic roles of lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) in cancer metabolism23
Treating liver cancer through arginine depletion23
New approaches for challenging therapeutic targets22
Pivotal role of nitrogen heterocycles in Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery22
SET7, a lysine-specific methyl transferase: An intriguing epigenetic target to combat diabetic nephropathy22
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in perinatal depression: Side show or pivotal factor?22
Aceclofenac and methotrexate combination therapy could influence Th1/Th17 axis to modulate rheumatoid-arthritis-induced inflammation22
An overview of cancer drugs approved through expedited approval programs and orphan medicine designation globally between 2011 and 202022
Unleashing the power of generative AI in drug discovery22
The forced swim test has poor accuracy for identifying novel antidepressants22
Pharmaceutical nanocrystals: A promising approach for improved topical drug delivery22
Grasping cryptic binding sites to neutralize drug resistance in the field of anticancer22
Advantages, progress, and future trends in oral medicated jellies/gels: Focus on adherence aspects22
Nanotechnological approaches for targeting amyloid-β aggregation with potential for neurodegenerative disease therapy and diagnosis21
Kinase signaling as a drug target modality for regulation of vascular hyperpermeability: A case for ARDS therapy development21
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