Screening Chagas disease

Several new collections originating from pharmaceutical companies, not-for-profit organizations, research partners, and commercial providers were identified, contractually and physically accessed, and screened at Institut Pasteur Korea and University of Dundee. The emphasis has been on chemical novelty, notably through screening collections of natural origin and careful in silico examination of the chemical content of the libraries where possible. 

Several new collections originating from pharmaceutical and research partners were identified, contractually and physically accessed, and screened. Discussions continued with various pharmaceutical companies, not-for-profit organisations, and other entities to obtain access to new collections to keep building our screening pipeline. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly delayed the activities of almost all our screening partners from mid-March 2020 through the end of the year.

To identify new hit series that could be progressed and become new drug candidates for Chagas disease, DNDi  tests chemical compounds for activity against Trypanosoma cruzi. High-throughput screening of compounds from natural product and synthetic compound collections from partners or commercial suppliers have been conducted, and hits have been identified and are currently being progressed.

More than 20 novel series were identified in 2017 and are currently being progressed.