These chemicals are stored in environmentally controlled conditions in small or large containers, often labeled with codes that pass back into a database.
There are great challenges to be faced in the necessity of compound management, which are being surmounted by concerted efforts in the public and private domain.
[5] In short, Compound Management requires inventory control of small molecules and biologics needed for assays and experiments, especially in high-throughput screening.
The manager must also be acutely aware of safety standards in the handling and storing of radioactive, volatile, flammable and unstable compounds.
The high throughput analytical chemistry component of the company allows rapid validation that compounds are the correct material at the desired purity.
While controlled storage conditions minimize degradation, customers may use this service to validate that the material they sent to outsourcing partner originally was correct and pure.