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MicroSource Discovery Systems

MicroSourceDiscoverySystemswww.msdiscovery.com作為化合物微孔板格式的先行者，Microsource公司自1993年建立伊始，一直從事于天然產(chǎn)物和藥物活性化合物的研發(fā)和生產(chǎn)。Compoundtestresourceshasalwaysbeenabottleneckinthedevelopmentofscreeningprogramsinthepharma ceuticalandagrochemicalindustries.Priorto1993itwascustomaryforcompanies,bigandsmall,torelyontheirarchivallibrariesandthepurchaseofcompoundsamplesfromvendorsthatservedasmiddlemenintheaccumulationofdiversesyntheticcompoundsfromamyriadofsourcesworldwide.Problemsarose,however,whena"start-up"discoverycompanyattemptedtoestablishausefullibraryof10,000to50,000compoundsasacorescreeningresource.Withminimumsamplepurchases(~50milligrams)at$50percompound,suchcompaniessoondiscoveredthatasignificantamountoftheirstart-upcapitalwasconsumedinaccessingthiscriticalresource.In1993,MicroSourceDiscoverySystems,Inc.(MDSI)pioneeredtheprovisiono