Software from Cambridge crystallographic experts could save pharma industry millions
Informatic tools will help drug formulators understand particle behaviour in their final product
A new set of informatics tools called CSD-Particle will help academic and industry researchers understand particle behaviour in fine chemical manufacturing to try and reduce costs and make the process more efficient.
CSD-Particle is one of several software suites released by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), the curators of the CSD, based on this valuable repository of data. Founded in 1965, the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) contains a wide array of different crystal structures of chemical compounds and in 2019 passed the 1 million structures mark.