Drug discovery is a costly and time-intensive process, with binding free energy calculations between the potential drug molecule and the target being crucial for reducing drug discovery costs, streamlining the process and avoiding dead-end leads. Drug discovery is a costly and time-intensive process, with binding free energy calculations between the potential drug molecule and the target being crucial for reducing drug discovery costs, streamlining the process and avoiding dead-end leads. Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories