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Have you ever purchased 50, 100 or 1000 screening compounds? Usually such purchases involve from 10 to as many as 30 suppliers. At first, the biggest challenge seems to be understanding which supplier sells which compound, but during the process you encounter a series of various unexpected obstacles and complications that you initially did not even consider. Since MolPort serves numerous clients who have not previously purchased large quantities of screening compounds, we decided to…

Have you ever purchased 50, 100 or 1000 screening compounds? Usually such purchases involve from 10 to as many as 30 suppliers. At first, the biggest challenge seems to be understanding which supplier sells which compound, but during the process you encounter a series of various unexpected obstacles and complications that you initially did not even consider. Since Molport serves numerous clients who have not previously purchased large quantities of screening compounds, we decided to…

If you work in virtual compound screening, you need a compound database. Of course, testing a compound is a lot easier if you can select compounds that can be quickly ordered, that are in stock. You can collect and regularly update supplier catalogs, but to do so comprehensively is a full time job. There are several ready to use commercial, academic and government databases, example, ZINC, CoCoCo. A number of our partners are using the Molport database…