Founded in 2013, BioAscent is a leading provider of integrated drug discovery services based at the former Organon / MSD R&D site in Newhouse, Scotland.
Our drug discovery services include de novo assay development, target analysis and bespoke screening strategies, compound screening, medicinal and synthetic chemistry, computational chemistry and compound management, all with access to a library of 125K lead-like compounds via Compound Cloud.
Our team of expert scientists has experience of successfully working from assay development through to preclinical and clinical candidates across all biological target classes and major therapeutic indications. As part of its compound management service, BioAscent currently holds and manages over 1 million compounds for our customers, in both liquid and solid formats. Through the Compound Cloud service, the company provides rapid access to an IP-free library of approximately 125,000 lead like compounds in screening-ready format.
Since 2013, the BioAscent team has been responsible for:

100 biochemical and biophysical assays for drug discovery projects

50 hit validation / characterisation projects

30 hit-to-lead campaigns
