The Glen Research concept was based on our perception that the research community required a supply of novel reagents which, at first glance, may have seemed of little commercial value to the larger suppliers. We saw these esoteric products as the potential vehicles for the development of novel strategies for use in diagnostics, sequencing, and therapeutics. At the same time, we foresaw a need to provide products for routine oligonucleotide synthesis backed with quality specifications, analytical techniques and certification at the highest level.The initial Glen Research offering in 1987 contained a complete set of reagent