Company Announcements

Life Technologies partnered with BioTeam in February to provide extended service and support for the Ion Torrent Server and Torrent Suite Software, including a subscription-based support package.

In February, Ingenuity Systems announced a collaboration with Covance Genomics Laboratory for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis.

Pacific Biosciences named Biomatters an Informatics and Computational Infrastructure Partner.

In March, Accelrys partnered with Oxford Nanopore Technologies to develop software for analyses of data from Oxford Nanopore’s single-molecule analysis system. The Oxford Nanopore data analysis pipelines for Pipeline Pilot will be offered as the preferred and supported solution for secondary and higher-level data analysis.

In April, Thermo Fisher Scientific added Pilgrim Software to its Informatics Global Partner Alliance.

In April, LABVANTAGE acquired Software Point, which was its distributor in Northern Europe.

Cognizant and Eagle Genomics are working with the Pistoia Alliance to develop a conceptual cloud-based platform to facilitate access of gene sequence data.

Product Introductions

CLC bio released in February CLC Main Workbench 6.0 and CLC DNA Workbench 6.0, which offer improvements for in silico cloning and BLAST.

GenoLogics launched its Rapid Scripting Application Programming Interface for adapting its LIMS to new applications.

Accelrys released the NGS Collection for Pipeline Pilot for performing common NGS workflows.

Accelrys launched the web-based QSAR Workbench for streamlined model development.

Accelrys released the Modeling and Simulation Suite, a pillar of its new Enterprise R&D Architecture. It includes Discovery Studio, Materials Studio, Pipeline Pilot Life Science, and Materials Modeling and Simulation Collections.

Genedata introduced Genedata Biologics, an off-the-shelf software solution for streamlining and automating lead generation and process optimization for biologics.

In March, Quality Systems International released the WinLIMS Cloud Edition.

Optibrium launched the Nova module for its StarDrop platform. The module stimulates the search for high-quality compounds by generating new chemistry ideas, prioritized against defined property profile requirements.

In April, Simulations Plus released MedChem Studio 2.0, featuring the new MedChem Design drawing tool.

BIOBASE launched the BioKnowledge Transfer Tool for its PROTEOME product. It is a custom annotation tool for aiding in the functional annotation of new sequences.