FutureLab is a project with a global geographic dimension since its inception, which aims to use modern software tools and cloud architecture to create an environment that connects all elements of chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D and manufacturing, thus increasing their productivity and efficiency and transcending geographical barriers. The system offers value by using chemo-information and analytical chemistry technology to connect chemists, biochemists and other support functions in these traditional industries with their counterparts in academic institutions and service companies (CROs) and with analytical instruments and their manufacturers. This creates a global community and marketplace in which collaboration, outsourcing and service delivery are encouraged and with which individuals, entities and instrumentation interact directly.