Ondine Biopharma Corporation Implements For Quality Management And Operational Excellence
Agile Software Corporation , the leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Ondine Biopharma has implemented Agile Advantage(TM) 2005 as its PLM system. Agile OnDemand(TM), the Agile Advantage 2005 solution, is delivered in the form of a Software as a Service (SaaS) package, resulting in compelling benefits of particular importance for an emerging enterprise like Ondine Biopharma. In less than one week, implementation and training were completed and Agile Advantage began delivering value. This quick time-to-value proposition was critical to Ondine’s selection of Agile Advantage 2005.
“Choosing Agile Advantage allowed us to implement a world-class PLM solution to ensure excellence in our quality and operational systems, while avoiding a significant investment in IT,” said Dr. Nicolas Loebel, chief technology officer, Ondine Biopharma. “We weren’t forced into an expensive and lengthy IT initiative in order to implement the PLM solution that we needed. Agile’s track record of success with medical device and biotechnology firms means that we can rely on a proven partner and focus on product innovation, allowing us to concentrate on maximizing patient benefit rather than infrastructure expenditures resulting in bottom line profits for our company.”
Ondine Biopharma is a biotechnology company engaged in the development and commercialization of innovative therapies covering broad-spectrum treatments of bacterial, fungal and viral infections.
“We find Agile Advantage critical in streamlining our clinical and regulatory operations,” said Dave Hammond, director of clinical affairs, Ondine Biopharma. “Agile Advantage frees my team to run clinical studies and manage regulatory compliance paperwork, and it frees our operations staff to deal with manufacturers and to implement the quality systems that we need. It enables us to do the job the shareholders expect: getting products to market for the benefit of our patients.”
“Agile OnDemand, along with our Validation Protocol Packs (VPPs) are intended to meet the requirements of biotechnology companies like Ondine Biopharma,” said Joe Hage, general manager, Agile Small Business Solutions. “Without any investment in IT infrastructure, emerging technology enterprises can achieve the benefits of a flexible and scalable PLM solution, without the risk of lengthy and costly implementations. Agile’s track record as a proven partner to enterprises in the life sciences industry is equally important for Ondine Biopharma and other customers seeking a guaranteed return on their investment.”
About Ondine Biopharma Corporation
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, with research laboratories in Redmond, Washington in the United States, Ondine Biopharma Corporation is developing an innovative laser-activated approach to broad-spectrum disinfection, capitalizing on a decade of successful preclinical research. Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms are flourishing world wide, prompting an intensive search for new antimicrobials that do not induce bacterial resistance. Ondine’s patented PhotoDynamic Disinfection (PDD) technique targets bacteria for rapid destruction without damage to human host cells in vitro and without encouraging the formation and spread of bacterial resistance. Ondine expects to first introduce this innovative technology into the multi-billion dollar periodontal disease market. For more information, visit www.ondinebiopharma.com .
About Agile Software Corporation
Agile Software Corporation helps companies drive profits, accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle. With a broad suite of enterprise-class PLM solutions and time-to-value focused implementations, Agile helps companies get the most from their products. Small and medium enterprises including Colubris Networks, McAfee, Ondine Biopharma, OnStor, Sonic Innovations, Visx, as well as large and global enterprises such as Alcatel, Boeing, Dell Inc., Flextronics International, Hitachi, Leapfrog, Lockheed Martin, Magna Steyr, Siemens, QUALCOMM and ZF are among the nearly 10,000 customers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer products, electronics, high tech, industrial products, and life sciences industries that have licensed Agile solutions. Agile OnDemand is a Software as a Service (SaaS) version of the Agile Advantage solution. Agile also offers an Agile OnDemand PLM Small Business Startup Pack, at no charge, for qualified customers in the small enterprise market. Agile OnDemand is the lowest total cost of ownership PLM, guaranteed. For more information, call 408-284-4000 or visit http://sme.agile.com .
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