ST. LOUIS, MO – Certara™, a leading provider of drug discovery and development software and scientific consulting services and a Vector portfolio company, today announced agreement to acquire Simcyp Limited. Simcyp is a UK-based, leading research company providing a modeling and simulation platform for predicting the fate of drugs in virtual populations, including pediatric populations. […]

Global genomics software company Biomatters, the creators of Geneious, have appointed Karin Fredrikson to lead their New Jersey and San Francisco operations. Karin is experienced in next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and will take on the role of Vice President for US Operations in response to Biomatters’ rapid international growth. “I am excited about the […]

WESTBOROUGH, Mass., GenomeQuest Inc., a global provider of large-scale genomic software applications, today introduced new enhancements to its GQ-Dx genomic decision support system that enables molecular laboratories to produce routine, actionable diagnostic reports from next generation sequencing (NGS) runs. Highlighted by a proprietary genomic knowledge engine, GQ-Dx 2.0 transforms NGS diagnostics from slow, labor-intensive odysseys […]

Kitware is pleased to introduce “Visomics,” an open-source application for performing biological research pertaining to genomics, protemomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics. Visomics is built on top of Kitware’s powerful open-source toolkits and is easily configured to support underlying ‘omics applications, which can be customized to meet the particular needs of researchers. Currently in alpha/beta mode, Visomics […]

Micronic Holding BV, a leading manufacturer of innovative sample storage tubes and accessories based in Lelystad, The Netherlands, has announced the launch of Micronic America, a new supporting entity for the company’s traceable product portfolio in the U.S. and Canada. Micronic America will operate in conjunction with Micronic Manufacturing USA, Micronic’s U.S.-based production facility, to […]

Guildford, UK, and Burlington, Mass., IDBS, a global provider of innovative data management, analytics and modeling solutions, today announced that UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, has selected IDBS to deliver a data management and process development platform across its global research organization. UCB will deploy E-WorkBook Suite and BioBook across several research divisions to streamline […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., Complete Genomics Inc.,the whole human genome sequencing company, today introduced its Genomic Discovery Software Partners Program. Ingenuity® Systems, Golden Helix and DNAnexus have been chosen as initial partners because they have offerings that complement the information supplied with Complete Genomics’ sequencing service and can expedite the genetic research of its customers. “Researchers […]

PLANEGG, Germany, Biomax Informatics announces a new cloud-based online sequence analysis service. Starting today, the PEDANT™ Cloud Service offers the proven accuracy of the Pedant-Pro™ Sequence Analysis Suite as a subscription service enabling researchers to easily load sequences and receive a complete genome analysis online. The service is available at https://www.biomax.com/cloud. Building on the proven […]

Ann Arbor, Mich. and Cambridge, Mass., Compendia Bioscience today announced that it has signed a three-year licensing agreement with H3 Biomedicine, Inc. to Compendia’s full suite of Oncomine tools including Oncomine Concepts Edition and Oncomine Power Tools Edition. In addition, Compendia and H3 will work together to mine data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., DNAnexus, a DNA data management and analysis platform, today announced agreements with leading institutions – Geisinger Health System (GHS) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) – to develop clinically relevant workflows to provide new insights into the use of DNA sequencing in medicine. As part of these relationships, key laboratories […]