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Pharmaceuticals | Issue Cover Articles in the First Half of 2025

7 November 2025

The articles listed below have been selected as the Cover Articles for Issues 1–6 of Volume 18 by the Editorial Office of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN: 1424-8247). They explore various fields within the journal’s scope, and we hope that they provide some useful insights and references for scholars in related fields.

1. “Machine Learning-Assisted Drug Repurposing Framework for Discovery of Aurora Kinase B Inhibitors”
by George Nicolae Daniel Ion, George Mihai Nitulescu and Dragos Paul Mihai
Pharmaceuticals 2025, 18(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18010013  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/18/1/13

2. “Protective Effects of Oleanolic Acid on Human Keratinocytes: A Defense Against Exogenous Damage”
by Marzia Vasarri, Maria Camilla Bergonzi, Manuela Leri, Rebecca Castellacci, Monica Bucciantini, Lucia De Marchi and Donatella Degl’Innocenti
Pharmaceuticals 2025, 18(2), 238; https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18020238
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/18/2/238

 3. “GNNSeq: A Sequence-Based Graph Neural Network for Predicting Protein–Ligand Binding Affinity”
by Somanath Dandibhotla, Madhav Samudrala, Arjun Kaneriya and Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy
Pharmaceuticals 2025, 18(3), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18030329
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/18/3/329

4. “Coils Optimisation to Avoid Parasitic Capacitance Effects in an Inductive Wireless Charger for Underwater Vehicles”
by Marcia Radanovic, Monique Patricio Singulani, Vanessa de Jesus R. De Paula, Leda Leme Talib and Orestes Vicente Forlenza
Pharmaceuticals 2025, 18(4), 532; https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18040532
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/18/4/532

 5. “The Application of Glycolipid-Type Microbial Biosurfactants as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for the Treatment and Prevention of Cancer”
by Aileen M. B. McMahon, Matthew S. Twigg, Roger Marchant and Ibrahim M. Banat
Pharmaceuticals 2025, 18(5), 676; https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18050676
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/18/5/676

 6. “A Novel Polyherbal Formulation Modulates Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cytotoxicity in TM3 Leydig Cells and Delays Fictive Ejaculation in Spinal Cord Transected Male Rats”
by Patrick Brice Defo Deeh, Hye-Yong Kim, Kiseok Han, Anbazhagan Sathiyaseelan, Hyun-Jong Cho and Myeong-Hyeon Wang
Pharmaceuticals 2025, 18(6), 803; https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18060803
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/18/6/803