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Michelle Szklaruk, an R&D Technician, stands among 120,000 compounds. As one of the first steps in the drug discovery process, scientists will screen compounds for their potential.

AbbVie scientists can request compounds in liquid, solid or powder forms which are preserved at all temperatures. Here, Eric Rice, an R&D technician, sorts through a tray of frozen compounds inside a room-sized freezer.

Nora Ramales, who works in the R&D Chemical Supply Operations organization, is part of the team that provides compounds to scientists in AbbVie labs located all over the world including Worcester, Massachusetts; Redwood City, California; and Ludwigshafen, Germany.

AbbVie teams sent hundreds of compounds to our collaborating research and academic partners so the best minds inside and outside of AbbVie can better understand future global pandemics.