Insights

This presentation from ACS Fall 2021 covers the challenges in collecting and curating data from hundreds of sources, in providing comprehensive global regulatory information, GHS classification information.

We talked with an experienced chemist who has worked as a synthetic medicinal chemist focusing on the drug discovery process. Here are some of the changes he’s seen and his message for peers. (For privacy’s sake, we are not printing his name). By Laurie Kretchmar

Understanding the toxicity of all the analogs and metabolites of a known drug molecule also provides interesting insights to scientists who are looking to re-purpose a drug or to find generic applications for that drug.

Scientists wondered for 20 years why coho salmon were dying on the U.S. West Coast, until chemists identified the toxin to blame.

Plastic has been filling landfills worldwide. Despite the efforts to sort and recycle, less than 9% of plastic gets recycled in the U.S. with most ending up in landfill or in the environment.

Learn how ViridisChem’s Chemical Analyzer can evaluate the toxicity of raw materials during product development and product optimization to find less toxic reagants. Example: the Corey-Kim Oxidation

Computational study of Chloroquine and its analogs shows how scientists can pre-screen risky/toxic  drug candidates, and find less toxic analogs & metabolites even before they start R&D. See how ViridisChem’s Chemical Analyzer can be used to fast-track your research.

Watch: Learn about the new Sustainable Chemistry & Toxicity law in the U.S. Hear from Senator Chris Coons and David Constable, science director of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute.

Recently the Hawaii Government passed their first bill in the country that will ban sunscreens that contain chemicals harmful to coral reefs, which is effective from January 1, 2021.