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Pfizer has joined Accelrys consortium

06 February 2007

Pfizer has joined the Accelrys Enterprise Cheminformatics Consortium - a collaborative project to develop cheminformatics software components and services for commercial companies.

Cancer Research UK increases usage of Lasergene

02 February 2007

Bioinformatics company DNAStar has expanded its license agreement with Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) to include the Cambridge Research Institute and The Paterson Institute for Cancer Research.

AstraZeneca uses genomics and proteomics software

31 January 2007

AstraZeneca is using Cambridge Cell Networks (CCnet) genomics and proteomics software ToxWiz to predict the effects of drugs used to treat liver disease.

Katalysis distributes LimsLink to Brazil

31 January 2007

Katalysis is to distribute Labtronics' LimsLink suite to the Brazillian market. The software includes LimsLink and LimsLink CDS, a bi-directional interface between any LIMS system and any CDS.

VSNi appoints Maplesoft president to its board of directors

31 January 2007

VSNi has appointed Jim Cooper as it first non-executive chairman. Cooper is CEO and president of Maplesoft, and will help steer VSNis planned future growth and development.

GeneGo and Spotfire integrate flagship products

31 January 2007

GeneGo and Spotfire have integrated their flagship products. The agreement will allow users of GeneGos MetaCore and MetaData products to analyse genomics data more easily and accurately in Spotfires DecisionSite.

Reel Two licenses ADC/Labs nomenclature software

31 January 2007

Reel Two is using Advanced Chemistry Developments (ACD/Labs) nomenclature software for the challenging task of converting chemical names found in its patents database to chemical structures.

Cornell University joins science grid

31 January 2007

A research centre at Cornell University is collaborating with the National Science Foundations TeraGrid to provide an internet interface for the Arecibo Observatory.

Organon installs additional ActivityBase module

31 January 2007

Organon has introduced the XE module of IDBSs ActivityBase into its molecular pharmacology departments. Organon is a long-time user of ActivityBase, having first installed it in 2002.

First installation of Genologics' Geneus

31 January 2007

GenoLogics' genomics product Geneus, has been installed at a first customer site, the University of Pittsburgh Genomics and Proteomics Core Laboratories (GPCL).

Siena Biotech extends licence of AKS2

31 January 2007

Siena Biotech has extended its license of Bioalmas knowledge mining system, AKS2. AKS2 provides a rapid way to explore information in published literature and results from itsproteomics platform.

Thermo Fisher Scientific joins BioIT alliance

31 January 2007

Thermo Fisher Scientific has joined Microsoft in the BioIT alliance, an organisation of more than 40 companies with the aim of realising the potential of personalised medicine.

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