www.cas.org, a division of the American Chemical Society, said that contract research, development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) BioDuro has signed a five-year agreement for SciFindern. This agreement provides enterprise-wide access to advanced scientific information for all scientists at BioDuro, ensuring they can access a comprehensive and reliable collection of chemical reactions, substance, scientific literature and commercial sourcing curated by expert scientists.
 
BioDuro is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with growing operations in China and the U.S. With over 1000 employees globally, BioDuro has grown rapidly in its 14-year history while helping clients significantly accelerate their discovery programs into the development stages.
 
“We have worked with CAS as a trusted partner since our inception and are pleased to announce the upgrade to the new SciFindern platform. SciFindern gives all our scientists unlimited access to the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific information available so we can better serve our customers, helping them achieve their goals and ultimately bring their products to the market faster,” said Frank Ruebsam, senior vice president of chemistry operations, BioDuro. “We believe it is critically important to continuously invest in the future by using cutting-edge tools. Providing the BioDuro team with the same high-quality information resources relied upon by our customers builds our clients’ confidence in our ability to drive their projects to success.”
 
SciFindern, the foremost solution in the SciFinder family, allows researchers to access the scientific information they need faster and more efficiently, thereby driving innovation and getting new breakthroughs to market faster. SciFindern features the CAS content collection, new retrosynthetic planning solutions, and an advanced chemistry relevance engine.
 
“CAS is proud to support BioDuro’s ongoing growth and success and appreciates the confidence they place in our solutions,” said Craig Stephens, chief customer officer, CAS. “We applaud their commitment to supplying their scientists with state-of-the-art information resources and look forward to helping them maximize the value of this investment to drive greater efficiency and success for themselves and their customers.”