The group's principal activities are to conduct chemistry research, drug discovery and development, focused on applications for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. It conducts research and development projects and collaborates with many leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and genomics companies and develops new chemistry technology for potential pharmaceutical products. The group's services are designed to permit customers to reduce overall drug development time and cost and to pursue greater number of drug discovery and development opportunities. It also conducts proprietary research and development to discover new lead compounds with commercial potential.