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Despite its efficacy, large inter- and intra-patient pharmacokinetic variability and frequent drug\u2013drug interactions can lead to subtherapeutic or toxic plasma concentrations, making therapeutic drug monitoring essential. Recently, several aptamer selections for voriconazole have been reported, including two independent selections from our laboratory that yielded multiple aptamer families. In this work, we systematically characterize these aptamers by measuring their binding affinities under various conditions using thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence spectroscopy and evaluating their selectivity against structurally related antifungal drugs. A new aptamer named VO3 with a dissociation constant (\n                    <jats:italic>K<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>D<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) value of 26\n                    <jats:italic>\u03bc<\/jats:italic>\n                    M and high selectivity was identified. The effect of the buffer components such as NaCl and MgCl\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    was assessed, and VO3 maintained binding activity even in up to 1 M NaCl and in the absence of Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    ions. Furthermore, the interaction of\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                    - and\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    - cyclodextrins with voriconazole was studied using a competitive titration method, and only\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    -cyclodextrin could compete with the aptamer for binding to voriconazole. 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