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Ligand-Based Design
Identify and refine promising candidates with powerful ligand-based shape and electrostatic methods that researchers have trusted for more than 20 years. OpenEye delivers easy-to-use tools with remarkable speed.

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2D Ligand-Based Methods
- Property Calculation and Filter (FILTER)
- Estimate pKa Value and Protonation (pKa Prospector)
- Tautomer / Protomer Enumeration & Charge Assignment (QUAPAC)
3D Ligand-Based Methods
- Rapid and Accurate Conformer Generation (OMEGA)
- Shape and Chemical Features Similarity Search (ROCS®, FastROCS™, FastROCS Plus)
- Fragment Replacement for Molecular Design (BROOD)
- Electrostatic Similarity for Lead-hopping (EON)
- 3D Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship (3D-QSAR)


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Cadence Announces New Life Sciences Leadership
CUP XXIV - Santa Fe March 4-6, 2025
Essentials of Computational Drug Discovery - Complimentary Access
New Year’s 2025 Fireside Chat with Anthony Nicholls
miniWebinar: Optimizing lead compounds with efficient binding free energy calculations
CUP XXIV - Santa Fe March 4-6, 2025
Essentials of Computational Drug Discovery - Complimentary Access
New Year’s 2025 Fireside Chat with Anthony Nicholls
miniWebinar: Optimizing lead compounds with efficient binding free energy calculations
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News
Cadence Announces New Life Sciences Leadership
Cadence Molecular Sciences (OpenEye) (CMS)—a business unit of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Corporate Vice President, Anthony Nicholls, PhD, has announced his retirement as of January, 2025.
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Event
CUP XXIV - Santa Fe March 4-6, 2025
CUP is OpenEye's annual scientific meeting held at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe where we bring together top Scientists, Customers, Users, and Programmers in the industry to discuss the challenges in drug discovery. The event will feature reports from OpenEye scientists, two keynote speakers and four half-day sessions.
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