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Dimitar Yonchev¹, Dilyana Dimova¹, Dagmar Stumpfe¹

¹Department of Life Science Informatics, B-IT, LIMES Program Unit Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.

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Public compound and activity databases are crucial for drug discovery. However, data sharing between repositories like ChEMBL and PubChem creates hidden redundancy, potentially biasing research findings.

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Area of Science:

Drug discovery and development
cheminformatics
bioinformatics

Background:

Public compound and activity databases are vital for pharmaceutical research.
Data sharing is increasing, fostering collaboration and accelerating discovery.
However, the integration of data from multiple sources presents challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the extent and impact of data redundancy in public compound and activity databases.
To highlight the potential biases introduced by data redundancy in pharmaceutical research.
To propose strategies for improving data transparency and management.

Main Methods:

Comparative analysis of data from major public repositories, specifically ChEMBL and PubChem.
Identification and quantification of overlapping data entries across databases.
Assessment of the impact of redundancy on key research metrics.

Main Results:

Significant and often non-obvious data redundancy was identified between ChEMBL and PubChem.
This redundancy can lead to biased data analysis and knowledge extraction.
Overestimation of available compounds, assays, and activity data due to duplication.

Conclusions:

Data redundancy in public repositories poses a significant challenge to reliable pharmaceutical research.
Improved data exchange and deposition criteria are necessary.
Making data redundancy transparent is crucial for accurate data analysis and informed decision-making.