Unilever Licenses Cognia Information Management Solutions
Cognia Corporation announced the implementation and launch of Cognia Molecular for use by Unilever researchers as a centralized information management system designed to share and institutionalize Unilever’s research information. Cognia Molecular will be used by Unilever to efficiently capture, integrate, intelligently manage, and effectively utilize biological and chemical information relevant to drug discovery.
“Cognia Molecular will support Unilever’s Target Identification and Validation Team in assembling, organizing, sharing, and analyzing a great variety and amount of both experimental and bioinformatic data,” according to Jorge L. Cardenas, Bioinformatics Research Scientist and Leonard Shore, Ph.D., Unilever, Target Discovery Leader, Research and Development. “Cognia Molecular surfaced as the most appropriate choice after a series of software evaluations on numerous parameters and against other providers of similar data management and analysis technologies. The quality of Cognia’s software, ease of use, flexibility, expandability, together with robust features for annotation, experimental and informatic data visualization, data aggregation, data analysis, in addition to excellent customer service, efficiently assisted Unilever in selecting Cognia.”
“We are thrilled by the opportunity to work with Unilever on improving researcher productivity and accelerating discovery,” said David M. Rubin, Ph.D., CEO of Cognia Corporation. “The broad information integration capability of Cognia Molecular will have a profound impact on the value of the primary drug company asset: information.”
About Unilever
Unilever (NYSE: UL, UN), one of the world’s largest consumer products companies, aims to add vitality to life by meeting everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care. Each day, around the world, consumers make 150 million decisions to purchase Unilever products. The company has a portfolio of brands that make people feel good, look good and get more out of life.
In the United States these brands include recognized names such as: Axe, “all,” Ben & Jerry’s, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care products, Eternity by Calvin Klein, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Knorr, Popsicle, Promise, Q-Tips, Skippy, Slim-Fast, Snuggle, Suave and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are registered trademarks of Unilever. Dedicated to serving consumers and the communities where we live, work and play, Unilever in the United States employs more than 15,000 people in 74 office and manufacturing sites in 24 states and Puerto Rico – generating approximately $10 billion in sales. For more information visit www.unilever.com .
About Cognia
Cognia develops and distributes information solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that cost-effectively accelerate discovery and research processes. Cognia has spent five years managing customer relationships at over one hundred pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and non-profit research centers and learning about their unmet needs. This has resulted in the development of Cognia’s information solutions, including Cognia Molecular, Integrated Content Modules and Curation Services, that help discovery and basic research organizations optimize the use of biological and chemical information while effectively institutionalizing knowledge assets. For more information, please visit www.cognia.com or email Cognia at productinfo@cognia.com .
