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Helping CDMO’s accelerate synthetic efforts

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise chemicals company is based on a May 2024 survey of CAS customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“CAS SciFinder in an indispensable tool for my job. I know that if I don’t have an immediate answer for a problem, chances are CAS SciFinder will provide a solution.”

Challenges

As part of a contract development and manufacturing organization, this company synthesizes small molecules, either from commercial building blocks or using advanced intermediates. Applications may vary from medicinal chemistry to agriculture, etc. Goals are purely synthetic, since the molecules are designed by clients.

The business challenges that the profiled company faces and is using CAS SciFinder to help solve:

Finding research precedent
Uncovering synthesis options

Use Case

The key areas that the surveyed company uses CAS SciFinder to help include:

Devising synthetic plans
Finding commercially available chemicals
Identifying substances and reactions
Preparing for laboratory experiments

The researcher agrees that CAS SciFinder provides the following benefits to their experience:

It gives me access to a comprehensive collection of scientific content
It is easy to use
It quickly provides precise search results
It helps me to be more prepared for my time in the lab
It reduces the time I spend creating a plan or hypothesis
It improves my collaboration with colleagues
Its productivity features (e.g., search history, Alerts) save me time
It assists in creating better synthesis plans

Results

The survey company associates (at least partially) the following outcomes with their use of CAS SciFinder:

Accelerated discovery
Improved productivity
Reduced costs

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A trusted solution for healthcare research

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise healthcare company is based on an April 2024 survey of CAS customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“It is the best, most reliable, and most complete entry to chemical literature. I use other tools, but I trust CAS SciFinder the most.”

Challenges

The organization’s goals include developing new monomers, dyes, and additives for medical devices and bioprocessing.

The business challenges that the profiled company faces and is using CAS SciFinder to help solve:

Determining novelty and freedom to operate
Finding research precedent
Uncovering synthesis options
Identifying suppliers

Use Case

The key areas that the surveyed company uses CAS SciFinder to help include:

Assessing the IP landscape
Devising synthetic plans
Finding commercially available chemicals
Identifying substances and reactions
Performing literature reviews to generate a hypothesis
Preparing for laboratory experiments

The researcher agrees that CAS SciFinder provides the following benefits to their experience:

It gives me access to a comprehensive collection of scientific content
It is easy to use
It quickly provides precise search results
It reduces the time I spend creating a plan or hypothesis
Its productivity features (e.g., search history, Alerts) save me time
It helps improve the effectiveness of my research

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with CAS SciFinder:

Accelerated discovery
Improved productivity
Increased confidence

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- Clarity
- Completeness

— Maurizio Colombo, Compliance / Regulatory, Lamberti

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STRONGLY AGREE

“I trust the quality of search results from CAS IP Services. It’s my number one choice for IP searches.”

- Paralegal, Global Law Firm

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Formulus

Do you search by trade names and/or lab codes when searching in CAS solutions (SciFinder-n, Formulus, Analytical Methods, STN, etc.)?

Yes	74%
No	21%
Other	5%

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Analytical Methods

To you, how important is it to be able to search by trade names and/or lab codes?

Extremely important	0%
Kind of important	45%
Neutral	18%
Slightly less important	27%
Not at all important	9%

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Helping CDMO’s accelerate synthetic efforts

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