Founded in 1996 in Cleveland, Ohio, MultiCASE Inc. is a software company that specializes in developing and licensing programs for chemical and pharmaceutical companies. These programs are used by regulatory agencies, academic institutions, and industry players to design new chemical entities and assess their adverse effects and environmental impact during the early stages of development. MultiCASE's expert systems are widely utilized by government regulatory agencies, including the US, Canadian, Japanese, Danish, and OECD, in conjunction with the REACH program. The company's data for these systems has been developed in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration CDER office.