# Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) > Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) delivers cloud-based scientific data management and collaboration tools designed for chemical and biological research teams, ## Links - [Scientific Data Management System & ELN Software - CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com): CDD Vault is a secure, user-friendly platform that centralizes registration, management, visualization, and analysis of chemical and biological data to accelerate collaboration, productivity, and AI-driven decision-making in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [Why CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-informatics-platform): CDD Vault is a user-friendly, web-based informatics platform that enables pharmaceutical drug discovery teams to securely manage, analyze, and visualize chemical and biological data, collaborate across projects, and accelerate research with integrated AI and automation tools. - [AI Drug Discovery | Deep Learning for Drug Discovery | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/ai-drug-discovery): CDD Vault’s AI-powered platform accelerates pharmaceutical drug discovery by enabling rapid, secure compound searching, bioisosteric suggestions, IP evaluation, property prediction, and data curation to streamline candidate identification and optimization. - [Chemical Registration System | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/registration): CDD Vault’s Registration module enables pharmaceutical teams to efficiently capture, organize, and link all types of chemical and biological entities—such as small molecules, biologics, and mixtures—for streamlined data integration, traceability, and collaboration throughout the drug discovery process. - [Activity | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/activity): CDD Vault Activity provides a centralized, customizable platform for managing, analyzing, and reporting experimental assay data to streamline, standardize, and enhance decision-making in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [Scientific Data Visualization Software | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/scientific-data-visualization-software): CDD Vault’s scientific data visualization software empowers pharmaceutical drug discovery by enabling intuitive, collaborative analysis of chemical and biological data—streamlining lead identification, optimizing molecule properties, and facilitating secure, real-time decision-making across research teams. - [Assays | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/assays): The CDD Vault Assays platform enables streamlined, standardized, and searchable assay data management—supporting efficient assay registration, comparison, and FAIR data sharing to accelerate pharmaceutical drug discovery and integration with AI or other informatics systems. - [Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN)| An Easy and Trusted Online Lab Notebook](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/electronic-lab-notebook): CDD Vault's Electronic Lab Notebook provides secure, collaborative, and compliant documentation, data management, and rapid retrieval to streamline experimental workflows and protect intellectual property in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [Inventory Management Software | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/lab-inventory-management-software): CDD Vault’s lab inventory management software provides integrated, real-time tracking and organization of samples, chemicals, and biological reagents with customizable fields and cross-disciplinary data integration, optimizing efficiency and data accuracy for pharmaceutical drug discovery workflows. - [Curves | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/curves): The Curves functionality in CDD Vault enables automated, collaborative analysis and visualization of dose–response, ADME, PK/PD, and other assay data, streamlining the interpretation and sharing of key trends for drug discovery decision-making. - [AI⁺ Drug Discovery | Deep Learning for Drug Discovery | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/ai-plus-drug-discovery): The platform integrates AI-driven protein folding (AlphaFold2) and molecular docking (DiffDock) directly into CDD Vault, enabling pharmaceutical researchers to rapidly generate 3D structures, predict ligand binding, and accelerate drug discovery workflows within a secure, unified environment. - [Automation | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/automation): CDD Vault’s automation features, including robust APIs and custom data integration tools, enable pharmaceutical researchers to streamline data workflows, enhance data consistency, and accelerate drug discovery by automating the management and analysis of chemical and biological data. - [Chemical and Biological Research Applications | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/applications): CDD Vault provides a flexible platform for securely registering, organizing, and analyzing diverse biological and chemical data—including small molecules, macrocycles, proteins, PROTACs, antibody-drug conjugates, and mixtures—thus streamlining data management throughout the drug discovery process. - [Industries Served | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/industries-served): CDD Vault provides a secure, flexible data management platform that supports pharmaceutical drug discovery by enabling streamlined capture, organization, and sharing of chemical and biological R&D data across projects and collaborators. - [User Roles | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/user-roles): CDD Vault provides a centralized, secure, and collaborative data management platform with tailored roles for research, operations, legal/regulatory, leadership, investors, and startup founders to accelerate and streamline all stages of pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [Testimonials | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/testimonials): CDD Vault streamlines pharmaceutical drug discovery by providing a user-friendly, secure, and scalable platform for centralized data management, collaboration, and analysis of chemical and biological data, facilitating efficient workflows from early research through development. - [Case Studies | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/case-studies): CDD Vault’s case studies highlight how diverse organizations—from academia to biotech and pharma—use its platform to streamline data management, enhance collaboration, and accelerate drug discovery workflows for a wide range of therapeutic modalities. - [CDD Blog | Spotlight Interviews](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog/tag/spotlight-interviews): The "Spotlight Interviews" blog series features insights and experiences from leaders across the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, offering practical perspectives on drug discovery challenges, innovation, and collaborative solutions relevant to advancing therapeutic research. - [CDD Blog](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/ko-kr/cdd-blog): The CDD blog provides insights, updates, and resources on digital data management and collaborative tools that enhance the efficiency and organization of pharmaceutical drug discovery workflows. - [CDD Blog](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/ja/cdd-blog): The CDD blog provides updates and insights on Collaborative Drug Discovery’s CDD Vault platform, highlighting its features—such as registration, assay management, data visualization, AI integration, and ELN capabilities—to facilitate and accelerate pharmaceutical drug discovery workflows. - [CDD Blog](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog): The CDD Blog provides updates, comparisons, and guidance on digital tools, platforms, and AI integrations that enhance data management, analysis, and collaboration in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [CDD Blog | News](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog/tag/press): The page highlights updates, partnerships, and feature enhancements to CDD Vault—a secure, collaborative informatics platform—demonstrating its expanding applications and integrations for improving data management, AI-assisted workflows, and collaboration in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [Upcoming Events | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/upcoming-events): The page lists upcoming international events focused on advances, networking, and technology—including AI and data management—for professionals in pharmaceutical drug discovery and development. - [Upcoming Webinars | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/upcoming-webinars): Upcoming webinars provide product updates and scientific discussions relevant to data management and innovation tools for enhancing pharmaceutical drug discovery workflows. - [CDD Blog | Webinars](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog/tag/webinars): The page compiles webinars and blog content highlighting the integration of AI, automation, and advanced informatics platforms for improving assay data management, compound registration, collaboration, and innovative modalities in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [CDD Blog | CDD Vault Updates](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog/tag/cdd-vault-updates): The CDD Vault Updates blog highlights frequent enhancements to CDD Vault—such as batch sequence registration, AI-assisted bioisostere suggestions, kinetic curve fitting, macromolecule rendering, ELN versioning, and inventory integration—all designed to streamline pharmaceutical drug discovery workflows and data management. - [CDD Blog | CDD Vault Snack](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog/tag/cdd-vault-snack): The CDD Vault Snacks blog series highlights new features and best practices for efficiently managing, visualizing, and analyzing assay and inventory data in CDD Vault, streamlining key workflows in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [CDD Visualization](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-visualization): CDD Visualization is a free, secure tool that enables pharmaceutical researchers to create, customize, and share publication-ready data visualizations and analyze chemical properties directly from their datasets for drug discovery projects. - [About Us | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/about): Collaborative Drug Discovery provides a SaaS platform, CDD Vault, that streamlines data management, collaboration, and informatics workflows for teams involved in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [Leadership | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-leadership): The CDD leadership page highlights an executive, advisory, and scientific board with deep expertise in pharmaceutical drug discovery, cheminformatics, collaborative data management, and software development, ensuring that CDD’s informatics solutions and collaborative platforms are shaped by industry-leading knowledge and practical experience directly applicable to accelerating and improving the drug development process. - [Partners | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/partners): Collaborative Drug Discovery partners with technology providers, scientific collaborators, CROs, and service organizations to integrate data analytics, workflow automation, AI, chemical informatics, inventory management, and collaborative platforms, enhancing efficiency and innovation in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [Publications and Citations | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/publications-citations): The publications and patents listed on the Collaborative Drug Discovery site detail the development, application, and validation of collaborative databases, computational tools, machine learning methods, and open science approaches that accelerate pharmaceutical drug discovery, particularly through improved data management, predictive modeling, assay analytics, and collaborative research for hit finding and optimization across a wide range of therapeutic areas. - [Security and Policies | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/security-policy): CDD Vault implements robust encryption, firewall, and privacy measures to protect sensitive chemical and bioassay data—critical safeguards for pharmaceutical drug discovery research and intellectual property. - [Careers | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/careers): Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) offers career opportunities focused on building user-friendly, innovative informatics software that empowers scientists to accelerate pharmaceutical drug discovery through collaboration, data management, and advanced analytics. - [Carreras profesionales | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/es/careers): Collaborative Drug Discovery offers careers in developing and supporting their SaaS platform, CDD Vault, which accelerates pharmaceutical drug discovery by facilitating collaborative data management, visualization, and analysis for scientific teams. - [Careers | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/en-de/careers): The CDD careers page details opportunities to join a team building intuitive, collaborative SaaS informatics platforms that accelerate pharmaceutical drug discovery through data management, visualization, and machine learning solutions. - [QA Automation Engineer | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/qa-automation-engineer): The QA Automation Engineer role at CDD focuses on improving and maintaining robust automated testing for the CDD Vault platform, directly supporting reliable data management and analysis essential for efficient and accurate pharmaceutical drug discovery workflows. - [Contact Us | CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/contact-us): The page provides multiple contact options for Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc., supporting inquiries and technical assistance for their CDD Vault platform, which facilitates data management and collaboration in pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [A Buyer’s Guide for Scientific Data Management Platforms](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog/understanding-total-cost-of-ownership-in-biotech-saas-platforms): Evaluating the total cost of ownership (TCO) for biotech SaaS platforms like CDD Vault, Benchling, and Dotmatics is essential in pharmaceutical drug discovery, as platforms with rapid deployment, intuitive interfaces, and lower hidden costs can accelerate research timelines and maximize return on investment. - [CDD Blog | CDD Blog](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog/tag/cdd-blog): The blog covers recent updates, comparisons of analysis tools, AI integration, data management best practices, and platform partner integrations, all focused on accelerating and streamlining various aspects of early-stage pharmaceutical drug discovery. - [CDD Vault Update (June #2 2025): Bulk Register Sequences with Custom Monomers, Set X-axis Ranges in Plots, Filter AI Bioisostere Suggestions, Inventory Debits from ELN](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog/cdd-vault-update2-june-2025): The June 2025 CDD Vault update streamlines pharmaceutical drug discovery by enabling bulk registration of custom nucleic acid sequences, customizable data visualization axes, filtered AI bioisostere suggestions, and direct inventory debiting from ELN entries. ## Products - [CDD Vault](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/): Core features: entity registration, assay tracking, activity dashboards, visualization tools. - Add-ons: **ELN**, **Inventory**, **Curves**, **AI**, **AI⁺**, **Automation** :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}. ### [AI⁺ Drug Discovery](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/ai-plus-drug-discovery) - Integrations: AlphaFold2 for protein folding, DiffDock generative docking, bioisostere suggestions :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}. --- ## 🧪 Solutions ### **Applications** - Assay Data Management - Macrocycle workflows - Protein Therapeutics - CRISPR - PROTACs - ADCs (Antibody Drug Conjugates) - Small Molecule Mixtures :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4} ### **Industries & Roles** - Industries: Biotech, Pharma, CROs, Academia, Agritech, Consumer Goods, Collaborations - User Roles: Scientists, IT/Operations, Regulatory, Leadership, Investors, Founders :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5} --- ## 👥 About & Background - **Founded** in 2004 by Barry Bunin (spun out of Eli Lilly). Headquarters: Burlingame, CA :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}. - **Mission**: Democratize collaborative research—serving both humanitarian and commercial goals :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}. --- ## 🏆 Customers & Collaborations - Trusted by hundreds of organizations: X-Chem, Jubilant Biosys, Gates Foundation, VIB, Indiana University, and more :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}. - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supported CDD in TB drug research; CDD Public includes >3 million open-access molecules :contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}. --- ## 📚 Resources - **Blog & News**: Product updates, feature comparisons (e.g., vs. GraphPad), AWS integration :contentReference[oaicite:10]{index=10}. - **Webinars**: Topics include software collaboration trends :contentReference[oaicite:11]{index=11}. - **Support & Tutorials**: Guided product onboarding and in‑depth usage documentation :contentReference[oaicite:12]{index=12}. --- ## 🚀 Get Started - **Book a Demo** or request a personalized trial via the [homepage](https://www.collaborativedrug.com/). - **Contact**: - Sales: `sales@collaborativedrug.com` - Support: `support@collaborativedrug.com` - **Careers** & **Leadership** info available under the *About* section :contentReference[oaicite:13]{index=13}. --- ## 🔗 Quick Links | Section | Link | |----------------|------| | CDD Vault | https://www.collaborativedrug.com/ | | AI⁺ Discovery | https://www.collaborativedrug.com/ai-plus-drug-discovery | | Applications | https://www.collaborativedrug.com/applications | | About Us | https://www.collaborativedrug.com/about | | Blog & News | https://www.collaborativedrug.com/cdd-blog | | Support | https://support.collaborativedrug.com/ | --- *This Markdown summary is fair‑use-derived from public site content as of June 2025.*