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  • Drug discovery
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development and adoption of Computer-Aided Drug Discovery (CADD) tools.
  • This led to a democratization of CADD, enabling rapid identification of potential drug candidates.
  • However, this also resulted in a proliferation of studies lacking rigorous validation and adherence to best practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the imbalance between rigorous CADD studies and numerous purely computational investigations.
  • To discuss the overselling of CADD methods' capabilities in rapidly yielding viable drug candidates.
  • To emphasize the importance of rigor and best practices in CADD, especially with the rise of AI and Big Data.

Main Methods:

  • Review and reflection on recent trends in CADD studies for SARS-CoV-2 drug discovery.
  • Analysis of the proliferation of molecular docking studies.
  • Discussion of the impact of readily available CADD software.

Main Results:

  • A significant increase in computational drug discovery studies for COVID-19.
  • Many studies relied solely on computational arguments without rigorous experimental validation.
  • A notable gap exists between the ease of software use and the requirement for expertise in CADD.

Conclusions:

  • The ease of access to CADD tools has led to a surge in studies, but often without sufficient rigor.
  • There is a critical need to emphasize and adhere to best practices in CADD to ensure the reliability of drug discovery efforts.
  • The integration of AI and Big Data in CADD necessitates a renewed focus on methodological rigor and experimental validation.