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ArticleNature communications2023

Machine learning models to accelerate the design of polymeric long-acting injectables.

Pauric Bannigan, Zeqing Bao, Riley J Hickman, Matteo Aldeghi, Florian Häse, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Christine Allen

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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94citing papers in PubMed
38.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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94 citing papers in PubMed, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pauric BanniganLeslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada.
Zeqing BaoLeslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada.
Riley J HickmanDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
Matteo AldeghiDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.
Florian HäseDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3711-9761
Alán Aspuru-GuzikDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada. alan@aspuru.com.ORCID 0000-0002-8277-4434
Christine AllenLeslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada. cj.allen@utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-4916-3965
University of Toronto · CACanadian Institute for Advanced Research · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-acting injectables are considered one of the most promising therapeutic strategies for the treatment of chronic diseases as they can afford improved therapeutic efficacy, safety, and patient compliance. The use of polymer materials in such a drug formulation strategy can offer unparalleled diversity owing to the ability to synthesize materials with a wide range of properties. However, the interplay between multiple parameters, including the physicochemical properties of the drug and polymer, make it very difficult to intuitively predict the performance of these systems. This necessitates the development and characterization of a wide array of formulation candidates through extensive and time-consuming in vitro experimentation. Machine learning is enabling leap-step advances in a number of fields including drug discovery and materials science. The current study takes a critical step towards data-driven drug formulation development with an emphasis on long-acting injectables. Here we show that machine learning algorithms can be used to predict experimental drug release from these advanced drug delivery systems. We also demonstrate that these trained models can be used to guide the design of new long acting injectables. The implementation of the described data-driven approach has the potential to reduce the time and cost associated with drug formulation development.

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Drug Delivery SystemsPolymersDrug LiberationHumansInjectionsMachine LearningPolymers

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PMID36627280
PMCPMC9832011
OpenAlexW4313909320

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