AI is transforming drug discovery, and at Sygnature Discovery, AI is embedded in every stage of our drug discovery workflows.

We use it for large-scale data mining and literature analysis, generative design that explores vast chemical spaces, protein homology modeling, machine learning models that guide multiparameter optimization, and predictive ADMET profiling. Our AI-driven platform evolves continuously, integrating emerging technologies to expand scientific capabilities and reinforce our position as a trusted CRO partner.

We combine cutting-edge technology with collaborative science to help you move from idea to candidate faster and with greater confidence.

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Generative AI enabled Drug Discovery at Sygnature


We’ve built SygDesign, our proprietary AI-powered compound design tool, to accelerate Hit-to-Lead and Lead Optimization programs. SygDesign enables chemists to design and assess their ideas in real time on an intuitive secure cloud-based platform.


See our case study on how Generative AI designs helped realize drug discovery goals on an integrated neurology project.


We also utilize industry leading de novo drug design solutions such as Makya (Iktos) to accelerate the exploration of massive chemical spaces. Makya supports synthetic tractability for rapid library synthesis in Hit-to-Lead, using commercially available building blocks and known synthetic routes. For bespoke synthesis in Lead Optimization, Makya offers full de novo design capabilities. Design in Makya can also be driven by structural and pharmacophore constraints, using docking or 3D shape similarity within a reinforcement learning workflow, enabling more targeted and efficient molecule generation.


Our approach is further guided by machine learning (ML) models predicting potency and ADMET properties, addressing multiparameter optimization (MPO) throughout the DMTA cycle. We have applied Generative AI (GenAI) to multiple H2L and Lead Optimization projects for tasks such as core hopping, linker design, macrocyclization and library design.

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Key Benefits

AI integrated across all stages

Generative AI exploration of massive chemical spaces

Machine learning approach to the Multi Parameter Optimization (MPO)

Rapid creation of ideas using generative AI (GenAI) with Iktos Makya
Leading generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) algorithms for de novo design are being used routinely within our medicinal chemistry programs to enable rapid idea generation to address project objectives. We have successfully deployed Makya, a leading software platform for de novo molecular design from Iktos onto projects to address our client’s needs. These tools use advanced deep learning models to explore vast chemical spaces for new structures that meet multiple design criteria, such as…

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