Find-a-drug

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Find-a-Drug (often abbreviated as 'FAD') is a not for profit distributed computing project which was set up by Treweren Consultants, the company who developed the THINK software. Find-a-Drug aims to run a series of projects in parallel addressing a number of diseases which have a major impact on health. The project seeks to collaborate with the world's leading experts including academics in each therapeutic area.^{[verification needed]}

The first internet based computing project which used the THINK virtual screening software was hosted by United Devices in collaboration with the Oxford University. Funding for the original project came from the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) and Intel Corporation. The science for this project was directed by Keith Davies while he was an honorary research fellow at Oxford University. Keith was a founding Director of Treweren Consultants and Find-a-Drug. The Find-a-Drug cancer project was a reflection on Keith's personal motivations and interest in continuing the work begun with United Devices developing therapies for a disease which affects one in four individuals.^{[verification needed]}

Find-a-Drug has closed on 16 December 2005.