Company Announcements

Genedata and Insilico Biotechnology integrated their respective Genedata Selector and Insilico Discovery simulation software to create an end-to-end platform for industrial biotechnology research.

In September, ChemAxon opened a new East Coast headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Ingenuity Systems partnered with Life Technologies in October to develop a joint solution for interpretation of molecular profiling information from Life Technologies’ diagnostic tests. The software and content will be provided to physicians in a dedicated portal.

Dotmatics opened an office in Germany in October.

Oracle Health Sciences joined the Worldwide Innovation Network in personalized cancer medicine consortium, a network of 14 academic institutions and industries, in October.

The Broad Institute selected Appistry to distribute to users at for-profit companies its Genome Analytical Toolkit software for data processing and variant calling of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. GATK 2 will remain freely available to nonprofit users. GATK 1.0, now called GATK-lite, will remain free to all users.

BioSoft Integrators opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

KineMatik and Scilligence announced a strategic alliance and reseller agreement in October. KineMatik embedded Scilligence’s TouchMol technologies into its eNovator electronic laboratory notebook.

Product Introductions

Accelrys introduced in September the new integrated Accelrys Process Management and Compliance Suite of software products, comprised of the Enterprise Platform, Lab Execution System, Electronic Lab Notebook and Electronic Batch Records.

Cresset launched sparkV10, the next generation of its bioisostere software tool FieldStere, featuring new clustering algorithms.

Cresset released torchV10 molecular design and 3D Structure Activity Relationship software.

CSC introduced in September CSC LabAssure, a total quality management solution for labs that features the FuturEdge modular services suite and incorporates the Thermo Scientific Informatics product portfolio.

Knome launched knoSYS 100, a plug-and-play, fully integrated hardware and software system designed to help researchers in medical and academic institutions interpret human whole genomes. It allows developers to create in silico gene tests and accepts NGS data from leading sequencers. Prices start at $125,000.

In October, GenoLogics released the Clarity LIMS, which is specifically designed for sequencing. It combines information management essentials for CLIA-certified and regulated labs.