Authors

J Bradley¹; 
¹ Scitegrity Limited, UK

Discussion

Drug Discovery organizations maintain novel chemical collections running into the hundreds of thousands or millions of chemicals, reagent stores of chemicals, building blocks and biological tool compounds. They will routinely synthesize and purchase chemicals which have or are aimed at having a biological effect. Given the vast numbers of chemicals under management it can often be difficult to track any regulatory or safety requirements that may go with these chemicals. 

In addition, research chemicals are often shipped internationally requiring shipping information such Harmonized Tariff Codes (HS/HTS codes) and these codes vary depending on the chemical structure and class. 

Scitegrity’s Compliance Hub for Drug Discovery allows sample managers and medicinal chemists to automatically identify if chemicals (even if novel or proprietary) are regulated or pose safety risks. This allows appropriate controls or precautions to be put in place, imrpoving compliance and safety and the generation of shipping information such as tariff codes.