Prestwick1 Collection


Number of compounds

1,120

Plate Numbers

1568-1571 (4 Plates)

Concentration Information

2 mg/ml in DMSO

Plate Format

384-well Plate

Plates 1568-1570:
Columns 1-2 and 23-24 (empty)

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Plate 1571:
Partial plate, see details below

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The Prestwick library was purchased by the New England Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (NERCE/BEID) in February 2006.  This library contains 1120 off-patent compounds that have been selected for structural diversity, collective coverage of multiple therapeutic areas, and known safety and bioavailability in humans.  Over 85% of the Prestwick compounds are marketed drugs.

Investigators wishing to screen the maximum number of FDA-approved drugs can achieve approximately 46% coverage (561 compounds) of the FDA set by screening both NINDS and Prestwick.  Including the ICCB Biomol Known Bioactives will increase coverage to ~47% of the FDA set, as there is some redundancy among these three libraries.

Many of the compounds in the Prestwick library can be obtained from Sigma-Aldrich, but they can also be ordered directly from Prestwick:

Prestwick Chemical, Inc.
Mona DePoitiers Rudnicki
1825 K Street NW Suite 1475
Washington, DC  20006

Click here to view a complete list of the compounds in this collection