Scientific work in Pharma R&D requires a reliable high-quality body of data and knowledge. Bayer Pharma R&D has an extremely large amount of scientific data. The use of a Data Catalog significantly improves the findability of data and serves as a key pillar in the implementation of a comprehensive data strategy.

Collaborations with external partners may lead to joint legal rights for compounds and data, which may restrict reusage in other projects. With the increasing number of collaborations at Bayer and with advancing time, memories of the project details fade, and reconstruction of the status will be nearly impossible. Therefore, we aim for a system to document the role of compounds, which will facilitate decisions on further usage in other collaborations. For more information contact: Miriam Wollenhaupt. Images taken from Microsoft Office free for use pictograms.