Fourth Generation of Pipeline Pilot Released; Innovative Data Pipelining Solution for Drug Discovery Informatics

SciTegic(R), Inc. today announced the fourth generation release of Pipeline Pilot(TM) for drug discovery informatics research. This new software version is the result of numerous architectural enhancements designed to provide superior scalability, administration, and integration. These extensions make this leading data pipelining technology even better suited to the enterprise-wide challenges present in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, and automated assay data analysis.

SciTegic continues to focus heavily on data and application integration, and many of Pipeline Pilot’s 4.0 architecture changes will make it even easier for customers to integrate externals tools and services. The new release includes a WSDL browser for simplified integration with external web services, an upgraded OBDC driver for faster database access, and new Java and Perl libraries for easier component development and integration with 3rd party tools. In addition, enhancements to the data representation in Pipeline Pilot will facilitate the creation of new applications in new areas like bioinformatics and report generation.

“This release represents a generational leap forward for the product,” said Mathew Hahn, Ph.D., CEO of SciTegic. “After several years of validation in growing-scale customer environments, we made a commitment to major advances in enterprise scalability, security, and portability — some of the accomplishments in this new release.”

About SciTegic

SciTegic, Inc. is a privately held San Diego company that develops and markets informatics software to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The company is pioneering a new technology approach called “Data Pipelining” to process drug discovery data with unprecedented flexibility. This new methodology has established its utility by accelerating informatics research for nearly one thousand users at over one hundred customer sites worldwide. Further information about SciTegic is available on the World Wide Web at: www.scitegic.com .

Note to Editors: SciTegic is a registered trademark and Pipeline Pilot is a trademark in the United States of SciTegic, Inc. All rights reserved.