Fifteen years of ChEMBL and its role in cheminformatics and drug discovery

Abstract In October 2024 we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the first launch of ChEMBL, Europe’s most impactful, open-access drug discovery database, hosted by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). This is a good moment to reflect on ChEMBL’s history, the role that ChEMBL plays in...

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Main Author: Barbara Zdrazil
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-03-01
Series:Journal of Cheminformatics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-025-00963-z
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description Abstract In October 2024 we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the first launch of ChEMBL, Europe’s most impactful, open-access drug discovery database, hosted by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). This is a good moment to reflect on ChEMBL’s history, the role that ChEMBL plays in Cheminformatics and Drug Discovery as well as innovations accelerated using data extracted from it. The review closes by discussing current challenges and possible directions that need to be taken to guarantee that ChEMBL continues to be the pioneering resource for highly curated, open bioactivity data on the European continent and beyond.
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spelling doaj-art-9b9afd4f8fc047158a80bbb519dd62e42025-08-20T03:42:56ZengBMCJournal of Cheminformatics1758-29462025-03-011711910.1186/s13321-025-00963-zFifteen years of ChEMBL and its role in cheminformatics and drug discoveryBarbara Zdrazil0European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)Abstract In October 2024 we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the first launch of ChEMBL, Europe’s most impactful, open-access drug discovery database, hosted by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). This is a good moment to reflect on ChEMBL’s history, the role that ChEMBL plays in Cheminformatics and Drug Discovery as well as innovations accelerated using data extracted from it. The review closes by discussing current challenges and possible directions that need to be taken to guarantee that ChEMBL continues to be the pioneering resource for highly curated, open bioactivity data on the European continent and beyond.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-025-00963-zOpen dataChEMBLFAIRCheminformaticsDrug discovery
spellingShingle Barbara Zdrazil
Fifteen years of ChEMBL and its role in cheminformatics and drug discovery
Journal of Cheminformatics
Open data
ChEMBL
FAIR
Cheminformatics
Drug discovery
title Fifteen years of ChEMBL and its role in cheminformatics and drug discovery
title_full Fifteen years of ChEMBL and its role in cheminformatics and drug discovery
title_fullStr Fifteen years of ChEMBL and its role in cheminformatics and drug discovery
title_full_unstemmed Fifteen years of ChEMBL and its role in cheminformatics and drug discovery
title_short Fifteen years of ChEMBL and its role in cheminformatics and drug discovery
title_sort fifteen years of chembl and its role in cheminformatics and drug discovery
topic Open data
ChEMBL
FAIR
Cheminformatics
Drug discovery
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-025-00963-z
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