Practical Considerations of Liquid Handling Devices in Drug Discovery

Automated liquid handling has become an indispensable tool in drug discovery, particular‐ ly in screening campaigns ranging millions of compounds. Intense innovations of these de‐ vices go hand in hand with the progression towards assay miniaturization, accelerating dramatically the discovery of drug candidates and chemical probes for querying biological systems. The advancement in this technology is driven in large part by much impetus in cost reduction and efficiency. In addition to increased throughput, streamlining screening opera‐ tions using automated fluid devices ensures consistency and reliability while avoiding hu‐ man error.

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