AI-Designed Routes · Lab-Synthesized Compounds

Bring us a target.
We design the route —
and make the molecule.

An AI-driven, expert-reviewed CRO & CDMO. A curated AI engine proposes retrosynthesis routes, our knowledge base grounds them, and a PhD synthetic chemist verifies, scales and costs every one — then our lab synthesizes and delivers the compound, from mg to multi-kg. You get both the decision-ready report and the material.

mg → multi-kg
Synthesized & delivered
Design + synthesis
One IP context, no hand-offs
PhD-verified
Every route & batch
NDA-backed
Confidential by design
About Us

An AI-driven, expert-reviewed CRO, built to scale

Astinova Bio Labs is an AI-driven, expert-reviewed contract research and manufacturing organization — every route AI-designed and verified by PhD synthetic chemists — delivering pioneering chemistry across pharmaceutical intermediates, specialty chemicals, impurities and active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Founded by synthetic chemists with a vision to provide best-in-class pharmaceutical services, we pair a curated AI retrosynthesis engine with the judgment of a PhD synthetic chemist — so automation makes us fast, and expertise makes us right.

Custom synthesis

Specialty chemicals, organic materials and key intermediates.

Process R&D

Non-infringing route development and scheme optimization.

APIs & intermediates

Active pharmaceutical ingredients and key starting materials.

Contract research

mg to multi-kg deliveries under GMP-standard quality.

What We Offer

Three ways to engage our chemistry team

01

Custom Synthesis

FFS Model

Synthesis of listed and non-listed products from mg to kg scale, with quality analysis and specification setting for every deliverable.

02

Contract Research

FTE Model

Challenging projects with little or no literature precedent. A dedicated scientist is assigned, with weekly progress reporting to the client.

03

Process Development

One-time Basis

Literature search, route scouting and scheme optimization for cost-effective, eco-friendly non-infringing processes, ready for scale-up.

Our Solution

From AI route design to compound in hand

The engine proposes, our knowledge base grounds it, a PhD synthetic chemist verifies — then our lab synthesizes and delivers the molecule. You get the decision-ready report and the material, from one team. Automation makes us fast; expertise makes us right.

01

AI Engine

Curated retrosynthesis search proposes candidate routes for any target, known or novel.

02

Grounded Knowledge

Industrial templates, textbook and FDA-drug corpora anchor the chemistry.

03

Expert Curation

A PhD synthetic chemist corrects, scales and costs every route before it ships.

04

Verified Report

A cited, hazard-aware, scale-matched deliverable you can fund, run and stand behind.

05

Synthesized & Delivered

Our lab runs the route and ships the physical compound — mg to multi-kg, with CoA and full documentation.

“Sell the chemist, not the script.”

The platform scales our throughput — it never replaces the expert judgment our clients pay for.

What We Deliver

Two deliverables: the report — and the compound

Engage us for expert-reviewed synthesis intelligence, for physical compounds made in our labs, or both — from one team, in one IP context.

Reports & synthesis intelligence

Multi-Scale Synthesis Reports

Lab, kilo and commercial routes for one target, each scale-matched with conditions, yield, cost and hazard.

NCE Route Design

Top-route portfolios for novel chemical entities, with scaffold / fragment analysis and synthetic-feasibility review.

Generic API Routes

Originator-patent-grounded routes for commercial APIs, with operational detail from the granted-patent examples.

Cost & Process Workbooks

Step-wise costed workbooks with route-vs-route economics and dominant-cost-driver analysis.

Process Development

Current-vs-recommended optimization of a fixed route for cost, safety and yield.

IP-Aware Route Options

Disconnection diversity and IP-landscape-aware design (informational; not a legal FTO opinion).

Physical compounds — made & shipped

Custom Synthesis

Bespoke synthesis of listed and non-listed compounds, mg to multi-kg, with quality analysis and specification setting per deliverable.

APIs & Intermediates

Active pharmaceutical ingredients, key starting materials and advanced intermediates, delivered to specification.

Scale-Up & Manufacturing

Verified routes carried through to gram-to-multi-kg batches under GMP-standard quality, with CoA and batch records.

Reference & Impurity Standards

Synthesized and characterized impurity, metabolite and isotope-labeled standards, made to order.

Advanced-Modality Components

PROTAC, molecular-glue, ADC payload/linker and ionizable-lipid building blocks via convergent synthesis.

Building Blocks & KSMs

Custom building blocks and key starting materials from our catalog and by request — the chemistry behind the routes.

Proven Capability

Outcomes our route work has delivered

18 → 4
Steps

Route simplification by recognising a one-step core disconnection the engine alone missed.

7.4% → 24.6%
Overall Yield

Process-route redesign tripling end-to-end yield via a late-stage strategy change.

Lab → Ton
One Target

Three scale-matched routes delivered for a single molecule, discovery through manufacture.

Representative, anonymised results from delivered client and internal case studies. Figures reflect specific projects and are not guarantees.

In-House Innovation

Our own discovery pipeline

Beyond services, we invest in first-in-class chemistry of our own — an internally funded discovery program advanced in-house.

ProgramABL-2025-07 · NCE #1
ModalityOral PROTAC degrader
IndicationBreast cancer (HR+)
AttributesFirst-in-class, orally bioavailable

CRBN ligand (pomalidomide-type)

Pomalidomide-type CRBN ligand structure
HIT
2026
LEAD
2027
GLP Tox
2028
Breadth Beyond Small Molecules

Advanced modality chemistry

Route design and expert-verified chemistry across the modalities driving modern drug discovery.

Small-molecule NCE

Small Molecules

NCE route design, multi-scale routes and generic API routes.

PROTAC CRBN ligand

PROTACs & Glues

Warhead–linker–E3 ligand assembly and degrader route design.

Heteroaromatic API core

ADCs & Lipids

Linker-payload components and ionizable LNP lipids, with honest scale caps.

Chiral building block

Hard Stereochemistry

Multi-centre chiral building blocks and divergent disconnection maps.

Quality & Trust

Why clients act on our reports

Structured review gate

Every deliverable passes a 6-point audit — structures, disconnections, conditions, quantitative claims, citations and protecting-group logic — before it ships.

Verified, not guessed

Citations checked against Crossref / PubMed / USPTO; CAS confirmed on PubChem. Where conditions are uncertain, we leave them blank rather than wrong.

Confidential by design

Client structures are covered by NDA, stored encrypted, never reused or used to train models. Your chemistry stays yours.

Honest reporting

When the engine misses or a route is weak, we say so — and show the real chemistry. Credibility is the product.

How We Engage

Start small, scale as you trust us

Per-Project

Single target, fixed scope

  • One molecule, one report
  • Multi-scale / NCE / generic
  • Fixed price & turnaround
  • Ideal first engagement
Most Popular

Retainer

Ongoing route pipeline

  • Set volume of targets / month
  • Priority turnaround
  • Best value per report
  • Recurring partnership

Client Portal

Self-service intake (coming)

  • Submit targets via portal
  • Track status & download
  • Expert-curated behind the scenes
  • Scales your team
Why Astinova

Bench-grade chemistry, AI-grade speed

Dual expertise

Discovery medicinal chemistry and scalable process chemistry under one roof.

Proprietary tooling

A curated AI stack you cannot buy off the shelf — engine, drug corpora and retrieval combined.

Founder-led, chemist-built

Founded and led by a PhD synthetic chemist with postdoctoral process-chemistry experience — every report carries that bench-and-plant judgment.

Verification culture

A discipline of checking every claim — the reason clients trust what we hand them.

Confidential partner

NDA-backed, single-expert handling — built for sensitive early-stage chemistry.

Automation makes us fast. Expertise makes us right. That balance is the whole company.

Let's design your next route.

Bring us a target — known or novel. We return scale-matched, costed, verified routes your team can act on.

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