This list of corporate research fronts from
Essential Science IndicatorsSM
is from the third bimonthly period of 2009, and covers areas in the
biological sciences. Source dates are July 31, 2003-June 30, 2009
(sliding 6-year period.
Research
Front Name
Percentage of corporate affiliations
Leading
corporation
EARLY DRUG DISCOVERY USING HIGH-RESOLUTION LIQUID
CHROMATOGRAPHY/QUADRUPOLE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS
SPECTROMETRY
35
Waters Corp
FRAGMENT-BASED DRUG DISCOVERY; FRAGMENT-BASED LEAD
DISCOVERY USING X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FRAGMENT-BASED
DRUG DESIGN; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR PHARMACOPHORE
33
Astex Technology Ltd
VIRTUAL SCREENING; PROTEIN-LIGAND DOCKING;
SIMILARITY-BASED VIRTUAL SCREENING USING 2D
FINGERPRINTS; VIRTUAL SCREENING USING MULTIPLE
BIOACTIVE REFERENCE STRUCTURES