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How do you design a drug if you don't know the target protein structure? Ligand-based drug design is an approach used in the absence of 3D structures of drug targets. This enables early-stage discovery and lead optimisation even when the protein structure is unknown. One option involves pharmacophore modelling, and it can be used in lieu of a protein-structure-based pathway.
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