Platform development study demonstrates an automated analytical workflow for physicochemical profiling, indicating scalable acceleration for early drug discovery.
Many high‑throughput (HT) experimental workflows have been reported for the determination of two key compound physicochemical properties—solubility and LogD. However, data processing for these assays has received far less attention, and the lack of efficient and scalable solutions has become a major bottleneck that constrains the overall throughput and practical utility of HT screening platforms. In this work, we designed an HT algorithm named FLASH (Functional LC Analysis & Sequencing Hub) containing two integrated modules. The first module streamlines HT liquid chromatography (LC) data acquisition by enabling one-click analytical sequence generation. The second module addresses the data processing bottleneck through integrated result calculation, anomaly flagging, and data visualization/correction, which enables a highly efficient workflow for solubility and LogD, thereby enabling throughput matching across the workflow. On this basis, we established a closed‑loop platform that encompasses the entire workflow from sample preparation to data reporting. This end-to-end platform has increased efficiency by more than tenfold and reduced material consumption by 20-fold. Building on this experience, we further developed an ASD formulation screening workflow. Overall, the multifunctional, algorithm-assisted end-to-end HT platform has laid down a practical and expandable framework to support a broad array of drug discovery/development activities.
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