Tripos is a recognized global leader in the design, development and marketing of innovative scientific software products and services that enable life science researchers to improve the efficiency of their molecular discovery efforts. It provides innovative, scientific software and services to accelerate the identification and optimization of new compounds in the drug, chemical, research, food, flavoring and fragrance markets. The combined lab of computer-aided drug design in Shandong University was established in June, 2010, which plays an important role in the research of the new drugs.