This cutting-edge innovation has emerged for pursuit of greener and healthier life. It requires less solvent for almost 1/8000 of consumption compared with the traditional HPLC.

New drug discovery and development is a very expensive and time-consuming process. It can take 10 -12 years of development before a new drug is safe and effective for marketing and distribution. Many thousands of compounds need to be screened to find a few lead candidates.

Acetonitrile refining capacity cut short by damage caused by Hurricane Ike, coupled with the global financial downturn and falling demand for cars, mean that sourcing Acetonitrile is set to become increasingly difficult.