Accelrys And Wiley To Deliver New Structure-Searchable Chemical Reaction References
SAN DIEGO, CA, March 24 2003
Accelrys, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pharmacopeia, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCOP), and John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) today announced a collaboration that will create a new series of electronic references for chemists seeking to maximize the value of superior chemical information through advanced chemical search, storage, and retrieval technology. The project will augment the well-established product portfolios of each company and will serve as a strong foundation on which to develop future collaborative products.
Initially, the two companies will develop and deliver three key chemistry databases based on highly acclaimed reference series:
Each offers the best information resources for organic chemists to create new, improved, and faster synthetic methods and pathways by placing authenticated content in structure, substructure, and reaction searchable format.
Over the coming months, each of these products will be accessible over the Internet via Wiley’s dynamic content service, Wiley InterScience (http://www.interscience.wiley.com), which has over 12 million authorized users around the globe.
Accelrys will serve the needs of drug discovery firms through the development of intranet solutions based on its Accord Enterprise Informatics system. The Accelrys intranet solution will incorporate each product’s reactions and full text into its existing database formats.
Making the structure search capacities of the products possible for both Internet and intranet delivery is Accelrys’ sophisticated management and search technology. The Accord for Oracle Cartridge will be integrated into Wiley InterScience, enabling online storage and management of chemical structure data, and the provision of Accord Chemistry Control through the online platform will allow users to search the system and view results on their PCs.
“We are delighted that the combination of Accelrys technology with these highly regarded Wiley chemistry publications will enable chemists to make more effective use of a popular chemistry resource,” commented Dr. Patrick Kelly, vice president, new business development, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
“This agreement provides an excellent example of the continuing integration of chemical computing tools into the research chemist’s everyday workflow,” says Dr. Scott Kahn, chief science officer at Accelrys. “The result should be better use of available information and thus a faster and better-focused research process.”
About Wiley InterScience
Wiley InterScience, Wiley’s online content service, was launched in the fall of 1997 to respond to the growing worldwide demand for important, reliable, and timely scientific, technical, medical and professional information. Since January 7, 1999, more than 350 journals in full text dating back to January 1997, as well as the full range of services available from Wiley InterScience, are accessible to subscribers and their authorized users. In the year 2000, Wiley InterScience also became the online platform for major reference works, including the Current Protocols Online laboratory manuals series and other definitive works such as the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry.
In April 2001 Wiley InterScience launched the first of its growing collection of chemical databases, with the Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis Online. Resulting from a range of acquisitions, links, partnerships and Wiley’s vast reservoir of chemistry data, Wiley InterScience Chemistry Databases combine standard Wiley InterScience full-text functionality with powerful database features such as property range searching and chemical reaction searching – designed to make the research process simpler, faster and more effective for the working chemist.
In November 2001, Wiley InterScience launched OnlineBooks. With the complete contents of essential print works re-purposed for the online environment, OnlineBooks offers a substantial collection of monographs and handbooks. With hundreds of titles online, and new titles being added on an ongoing basis, they are organized into four libraries – Chemistry, Life & Medical Sciences, Electrical Engineering / Telecommunications, and Mathematics and Statistics.
About John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley’s Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com/.
About Organic Syntheses, Inc.
Organic Syntheses was established by Roger Adams at the University of Illinois in 1921 to develop, check, and publish safe, reliable experimental procedures for preparation of multi-gram to kilogram quantities of useful organic chemicals for university, industrial, and government research laboratories in the US, and eventually for the international community of organic chemists. Since its inception, the procedures verified, edited, and copyrighted by Organic Syntheses, Inc. have been published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in the form of annual volumes containing 20-30 new protocols that are later integrated into Collective Volumes at 5- or 10-year intervals. Procedures describing new synthetic methods for preparing useful compounds are contributed by practicing chemists around the world and are carefully checked by the Board of Editors and their co-workers. Organic Syntheses procedures are prized not only for their thorough, certified descriptions, but also for the complete characterization data provided, and for the accompanying practical advice about apparatus, analytical methods, safe lab operations, and waste disposal.
About Organic Reactions, Inc.
The aim of Organic Reactions since its initial publication in 1942 has been to assist organic chemists in the design of new experiments by providing “critical discussions of the more important (synthetic) reactions”. Organic Reactions is unique in providing an authoritative discussion of the topic reaction accompanied by tables that organize all published examples of the reaction being reviewed. This combination of critical discussion and thorough coverage is responsible for the leading position this series occupies for scientists interested in the reactions of organic chemistry. An additional distinctive feature of this series is that it is assembled almost entirely through voluntary dedicated efforts of our authors, editors and editorial assistants.
