Latvian company, MolPort, recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary – and what a 15-years it has been! MolPort was established with a clear mission: to deliver simpler, smarter chemical compound sourcing and procurement, and in turn reduce the enormous time, cost, and effort spent by laboratories trying to find reliable suppliers. Fifteen years ago, the compound procurement landscape looked very different compared to now. It was inconvenient at best and chaotic and fraught with risk at…
The current worrying situation in Ukraine requires patience. We are looking for the best way to continue providing a great sourcing service while coping with the difficulties posed by the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. With our beliefs as a guide, we are carefully evaluating our supplier list so we only include suppliers that fully abide by global regulations and support MolPort values. We are using the following rules to evaluate the MolPort Supplier list…
Chemical procurement of a large compound library for drug screening can be a more complex task than it first appears. The process can be time-consuming, requiring the right team and expertise, defining your compound library list, and handling supplier negotiations, logistics, formatting, and budget concerns. In this overview, we take you through the chemical procurement workflow for drug screening libraries start to finish, identifying the challenges at each stage and how you can implement strategies…
Authorized customers are already taking advantage of the MolPort API to programmatically access information from the MolPort database about commercially available compounds, their suppliers, packaging, prices, warehouse inventory information, lead times, and other information. MolPort is now pleased to announce the addition of two new MolPort API calls to help customers track their compound orders: 1. List Orders This compound API call returns all orders for a specific client, and lists them in descending date…
A round-up of recent publications describing MolPort’s contributions to cutting-edge R&D projects We recently described two publications which cited the use of MolPort’s database of natural and natural-like products (a) to create a small, diverse yet representative set of available compounds, and (b) in the search for potential Covid-19 therapeutics. In this post, we are pleased to share details of other recent articles, papers, and books which discuss the use of MolPort’s range of databases and services…
What’s the most expensive available, elemental material that you can buy? No, it’s not gold: as of September 7, gold was trading at $62.32 per gram, but lutetium costs $100 per gram, and californium (which has to be made) costs $27M per gram. What about synthetic organic compounds? Surely, they can’t cost so much, can they? Well actually …. yes, they can. A quick search in MolPort’s comprehensive 7M+ database of available screening compounds and building blocks shows that the…
MolPort streamlines access to the global R&D chemical marketplace 19th July 2022 Compound sourcing portal celebrates 15-year milestone with new branding and website for easier and simpler access to unique chemicals for drug discovery. The new, integrated website provides intuitive and seamless access to unique chemicals from a vetted network of more than 70 global chemical suppliers, delivering simpler compound sourcing to millions of scientists around the world. More… Successful Partnership between MolPort and BioAscent…
In order to dissolve a compound to make a solution of a specified concentration, you need to know its molecular weight. Most compounds are sold in a pure (non-salt) free form and it is clear what the molecular weight is: but a salt chemical compound is sold in a salt form, which means that you need to calculate the effective molecular weight that takes into account the compound to salt weight ratio. We therefore strongly…
Today MolPort is launching a new initiative with the goal of crowdsourcing screening solubility of compound. This blog post explains why. You are welcome to use one of these quick links for navigation to the right resource. Quick links: Press Release How to access data About the initiative One of the issues that screening compound buyers bring up most frequently is compound solubility. It used to be discussed at compound management conferences. Scientists and compound…
MolPort is pleased to announce the opening of US-based MolPort Inc. to streamline compound ordering and payment for its many US customers. By placing orders and processing payments via MolPort Inc., US-based customers will benefit from faster and more efficient chemical sourcing. No More Customs Headaches For US customers, understanding the various international customs rules and procedures is daunting, navigating chemical orders through the custom mazes can be frustrating and time consuming, and…
