AI-guided drug discovery
Cerella. Proven AI-guided discovery.
Cerella reveals the hidden insight in your discovery data, pointing to the best compounds and the most valuable experiments to run next, with the confidence and limits stated for every prediction, so your team can decide with evidence.
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Backed by rigorous peer-reviewed science
Granted and filed patents
The problem
A number is not a decision
A prediction gives you a number, not a decision. Without understanding what’s behind it, you’re left guessing how much to trust it and how much time and resource to invest before the chemistry tells you otherwise.
Our unique solution
Decide which compounds to optimise and advance
Our platform shows you where each prediction holds, and where it doesn’t, across toxicity, metabolism, exposure and ADME risks. Know exactly where the models stop being reliable, so you can defend the decision.
Compound J looks like a clear miss on the predicted value alone. But its confidence interval crosses the target line, so it could still be active. Seeing the uncertainty and the model’s limits keeps J in contention, rather than discounting a compound that might turn out to be your candidate.
Increase confidence
Probabilistic scoring accounts for the uncertainty behind every prediction, so a good compound near your cut-off isn’t lost to noise.
Uncover limitations
Clear guidance on where a prediction is reliable, where it is uncertain, and where to stop trusting it.
Test on your own data
Validated against your chemistry, not just vendor-selected case studies.
Trusted by more than 200 global drug discovery teams
From top 10 pharma to small biotech and academia.
The outcome
Fewer molecules made. Decisions you can defend.
BioPharmics with Bristol Myers Squibb
A potential reduction in synthesis and testing effort in a macrocycle optimisation, reaching the clinical candidate in a focused set.
Read case studyCerella with Genentech
Fewer assays required across kinase programmes, by deciding on the results worth running.
Read case studyCerella with Constellation Pharmaceuticals
Of twelve chemists’ work saved, by ruling out the inactive compounds before they were made.
Read case studyOur solutions
Software that shows you where to trust the science
Every product is extensively tested and validated by our Scientific Team, with proven science published in peer-reviewed papers that showcase novel techniques.
Software which is transparent
A modular platform for molecular design, optimisation and data analysis, with the confidence and limits behind every prediction in plain sight, so you go from hit to candidate on decisions you can defend.
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Proven AI-guided discovery
Reveal the hidden insight in your discovery data, with confidence and limits stated for every call. Know which compounds and experiments to run next.
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3D modelling, small molecules to macrocycles
Find more novel active compounds and guide more efficient optimisation, with defensible structure-based methods that scale from small molecules to large macrocycles.
Discover BioPharmics™Fast, flexible onboarding
Switch to us smoothly
Unlike many platforms, switching to StarDrop is fast and low-effort.
- No major IT investment, choose cloud-based or on-prem installation, with custom integrations available on request
- Software, licences and onboarding included in the price, with just a 2-hour training session to get teams started
- Support building your business case, planning the roll-out, and driving adoption
Expert support
Specialists support by your side
Specialists on hand whenever your team needs them.
- PhD-level scientists on call for day-to-day support
- Typical response time measured in hours
- Full resource library: tutorials, product deep-dives and documentation
See it for yourself
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Forget our case studies, stats and other proof points. We get it. Scientists trust what they can test.
- Unlock all features and capabilities
- Apply our software to your own data
- Get personalised support and training
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