Chemaxon (/ˌkɛmˈæksɒn/) is a cheminformatics and bioinformatics software development company,[1][2] headquartered in Budapest with 250 employees.

[3] The company also has offices in Cambridge, San Diego, Basel, and Prague,[4][5][6] and distributors in China, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Australia.

[citation needed] Marvin was followed by the development of the JChem technology, adding chemical intelligence to common database management systems.

[21] The company started to experiment with an agile software development approach in 2010, eventually adopting scrum methodology in the following year.

[citation needed] Chemaxon Products include tools for visualization and drawing of molecules, chemical database searching and management, and drug discovery.

[28] Molecule characterization data in the form of a simplified molecular-input line-entry system (SMILES) string can be uploaded into the Marvin software.