1.   Abbott Laboratories Inc., Abbott Park, Ill., entered an alliance with Arqule Inc. to speed the development of the novel drug compounds.

2.   But the automation typically stops when drug compounds leave the research bench to be tested on mice or other animals.

3.   Computers systematically match libraries of drug compounds with models of genes.

4.   Drug and biotech companies maintain libraries that contain as many as a million different potential drug compounds.

5.   Enanta has developed a proprietary technology to turn problem drug compounds that do not enter the blood quickly into useful easy-to-swallow medicines.

6.   Genome Therapeutics Corp. and a subsidiary of Sepracor Inc. Monday said they signed a collaborative agreement to jointly research and develop drug compounds to treat bacterial infections.

7.   In a rapid-fire fashion, researchers can test thousands of drug compounds and spot the ones that dim the glowing genes.

8.   Researchers reported Wednesday that some strains of the virus are now able to simultaneously ward off the effects of as many as six drug compounds.

9.   Several other companies are also attempting to turn inducing molecules into drug compounds.

10.   The arrangement calls for both companies to pursue the research and development that leads to a drug compound, which they expect to sell to a large pharmaceutical company.