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Your pipeline is multimodal. So why isn’t your data management platform?


November 05, 2025

Drug discovery is no longer a single-modality game. What once looked like a world dominated by small molecules has evolved into a landscape where antisense oligos, siRNA, peptides, antibodies, etc., ...

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August 12, 2025 • 1 min read
Using vocabularies to enforce data consistency

Research data is a valuable asset, and ensuring it is findable and accessible to other scientists is, of course, key to maximising its value. However, this alone is not enough. You also need to ensure that it's interoperable and reusable, meaning others can easily understand and use the data.

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June 30, 2025 • 2 min read
A smoother way to upload data to your data store

Most people can see the value of a central database with FAIR data that can be accessed across departments and organisations. It creates the best foundation for an efficient drug discovery process and ultimately increases the chances of getting new medicines to market faster. But while agreeing on ...
May 21, 2025 • 2 min read
Two weeks into going open source - what did we learn so far?

We are now two weeks into our new open source grit endeavour. So, what happened after the big launch day? When you spend a lot of time preparing for launching or, in this case, opening, it's always a bit scary. And one is naturally excited to see what will happen. If anything. That would be the ...

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May 05, 2025 • 1 min read
Launch day: The open source version of grit is now live

In October, we decided to turn our business upside down and offer our main product, the scientific data management platform grit, for free and as open source.

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March 31, 2025 • 7 min read
Open source: The benefits, the drawbacks and the things to consider

At grit42, we have decided to change direction and offer our Scientific Data Management Platform, grit, as open source. We have done so, because we believe it can prove valuable to both a broad range of pharma and biotech companies as well as academic institutions. We have, ourselves, benefited ...

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March 24, 2025 • 2 min read
We’re launching our open source platform with a brand-new data model

Sometimes doing things right takes a bit of time. Since we made the decision to open source our grit Scientific Data Management Platform, we've been itching to get the new version ready so that we could offer it to the many people who have fortunately shown interest in it. At the same time, ...

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January 28, 2025 • 2 min read
How open source software can support sustainability in research projects

Sustainability in public-private partnership research projects is typically as challenging as it is important, and often, the software or database used in the projects plays a key role.
January 21, 2025 • 2 min read
First VICT3R paper: grit42’s database a core part of the project

The VICT3R project aims to replace the use of live animal control groups in animal studies with Virtual Control Groups based on high-quality historical control data.

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December 02, 2024 • 2 min read
Software selling is broken

It feels like we all took a wrong turn somewhere.

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