Company Announcements

GeneGo and OmicSoft integrated their respective MetaCore pathway analysis platform and Array Studio.

Accelrys’s fiscal 2009 revenues for the year ended March 31 rose 1.6% to $81.0 million. Operating loss decreased from $855,000 in the previous year to $319,000 (see IBO 6/15/09). US sales rose 0.5%, European sales fell 1.6% and Asia-Pacific sales grew 8.1% to 48%, 28% and 24% of revenues, respectively.

In June, Accelrys named Scipio “Max” Carnecchia CEO and president. Most recently, he served as the president of Interwoven, a content-management solutions firm.

GenoLogics plans to integrate its Geneus lab and data management solution with SAS’s JMP Genomics statistical discovery application.

IDBS introduced the “innovation through partnership” program, an expansion of its existing partnership program, and expanded its consultative partnerships.

In May, LIMS provider Accelerated Technology Laboratories joined Microsoft’s BioIT Alliance.

Hach and Accelerated Technology Laboratories (ATL) announced in June a joint marketing and technology partnership, as well as a customer migration partnership to allow users of the discontinued Aspen LIMS software to easily transfer to ATL’s Sample Master LIMS.

Integromics SL integrated its RealTime StatMiner and Integromics Biomarker Discovery to TIBCO Spotfire with Ingenuity Systems’ Ingenuity Pathway Analysis.

PREMAS Biotech will act as Synamatix ’s representative in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Product Introductions

Contur Software introduced iLabber, an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) based on its ConturELN that is available as an online service for $60 per month for users at commercial organizations. Academic organizations pay half of that. ConturELN is free for single researchers and research groups with a maximum of 15 users.

Hach released the Hach WIMS (Water Information Management Solution) 7.0, featuring the BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) Manager for use with Hach’s meters.

In May, PREMIER Biosoftware International released the Enterprise Edition of SimGlycan, its glycan and glycopeptide MS/MS data analysis tool.

Advanced Chemistry Development launched ACD/IntelliTarget for target analysis of LC/MS and GC/MS data sets.

Pharsight introduced the Phoenix WinNonlin 6.0 for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling and noncompartmental analysis; Phoenix Connect for integration with third-party analysis and modeling tools; and Pharsight Knowledgebase Server 4.0.

In June, Agilent launched the Kalabie ELN 4.0, featuring a new Smart Import function, Dynamic Fields and Forms, and integration with Agilent’s OpenLAB ECM.