ADME

Pharmaco-kinetics

Task Overview

ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion) properties are crucial pharmacokinetic parameters that determine how a drug moves through the body. This task aims to predict various ADME properties of drug molecules to assess their suitability as therapeutic candidates.

Impact

Poor ADME properties are a major cause of drug failure in clinical trials. Early and accurate ADME prediction can significantly reduce attrition rates and development costs by identifying problematic compounds before expensive clinical testing. This enables pharmaceutical companies to prioritize compounds with favorable pharmacokinetic profiles.

Generalization

As drug structures evolve over time, ADME prediction models must generalize to novel chemical scaffolds with limited structural similarity to existing training data. Models need to capture the complex relationships between molecular structure and pharmacokinetic behavior.

Product

Small-molecule.

Pipeline Stage

Lead development and optimization.

Usage Example

You can access these datasets using the PyTDC library:

from tdc_ml.single_pred import ADME

# Load a dataset
data = ADME(name='Caco2_Wang')

# Access the data
df = data.get_data()
print(df.head())