Daylight Chemical Information Systems

Daylight Chemical Information Systems is a foundational provider of cheminformatics software and standards for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The company is most famous for the development and promotion of the SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) and SMARTS languages, which are industry standards for representing and searching chemical structures. Their software suite, including the Thor database and Merlin search engine, provides high-performance tools for chemical data management and molecular modeling. Daylight's technologies are integrated into the research workflows of major global pharmaceutical companies to facilitate drug discovery and lead optimization.