Abstract: A drug discovery research system which includes a plurality of computers. The drug discovery research system provides for at least one of the plurality of computers to run a multi-platform object oriented programming language, and at least one of the plurality of computers to store drug discovery related data. The system has a network architecture interconnecting the plurality of computers. The network architecture allows objects to transparently communicate with each other. The drug discovery research system provides for integrating and organizing data to facilitate drug discovery research.