Table 7.

Major molecular dynamics programs used in drug design.

Name	Developed by	Free for academia	Drug design applications	Ref.
Amber	University of California, San Francisco, USA†	No	Human acetylcholinesterase inhibitors HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors	[148] [149]
CHARMM	Harvard University, USA‡	No	Glucose binding to insulin Flaviviral protease inhibitors	[150] [39]
Desmond	D. E. Shaw Research§	Yes
GROMACS	University of Groningen, The Netherlands¶	Yes	Antiviral compounds for avian influenza neuraminidase	[151]
NAMD	University of Illinois, USA#	Yes

^†See [268].

^‡See [269].

^§See [270].

^¶See [271].

^#See [272].