Pyxis embraces the concept of scaffold-based chemical space exploration
This library design approach offers several advantages over alternative methods of chemical space enrichment as it is easy to combine with existing machine learning and statistical modelling algorithms and chemistry process automation. All Pyxis scaffolds are drug-like and synthetically tractable, featuring Fsp3-rich linkers and ring-systems found in known drugs or natural products. The peripheral building blocks can be attached to the core scaffold in a step-by-step fashion using well-validated protocols of parallel chemistry.