Accelrys to Integrate Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Compound Catalogs into Cheminformatics Database
Accelrys, Inc., announced an agreement to integrate the Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ:SIAL) chemical compound catalogs into Accelrys’ chemical suppliers database, Chemicals Available for Purchase (CAP). The integration of these catalogs with CAP will provide researchers timely and accurate access to chemical product information, enabling them to identify and select compounds from the world’s leading supplier, quickly and efficiently. Accelrys’ CAP database is accessible from desktop PCs, and allows researchers to retrieve commercially available chemicals through innovative chemical search technologies.
“We’re excited to be working with Sigma-Aldrich to deliver a brand new offering to scientists. We believe our world-class search capabilities and targeted database, matched with the leading provider of chemical compounds, will provide our joint customers the solution that they’ve been asking for,” said Scott Kahn, chief science officer of Accelrys. “Sigma-Aldrich is one of the most customer-centric firms that we’ve partnered with to date. Our goal is to fill a clear customer need that is not currently being met by existing chemical database solutions.”
Accelrys’ Chemicals Available for Purchase (CAP) database consolidates the contents of top chemical suppliers’ catalogs into a single source, allowing access to up-to-date information quickly and easily from Windows-based PCs. CAP eliminates the need for chemists to rely on manually searching different suppliers’ catalogs in various formats, providing an efficient method of locating reagents and starting compounds. In addition, CAP features proven 2D and 3D search technologies that will allow researchers to retrieve commercially available chemicals through exact structure, substructure, and similarity searching.
“We’re partnering with Accelrys because we feel our mutual customers will be best served by the integration of our catalog data with the Accelrys tools and modeling capabilities,” said Brad Johnson, Director of E-Business at Sigma-Aldrich. “This relationship enables customers to have ready access to our rich portfolio of product information directly from a cutting edge cheminformatics toolset that serves their needs and research goals.”
About Accelrys
Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL) is a leading provider of software for computation, simulation, and the management and mining of scientific data used by biologists, chemists and materials scientists, including nanotechnology researchers for product design as well as drug discovery and development. Accelrys technology and services are designed to meet the needs of today’s leading research organizations. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information about Accelrys, visit its website at http://www.accelrys.com/ .
About Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Our biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and chemical manufacturing. We have customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals, and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use our products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 34 countries and has 6,000 employees providing excellent service worldwide. We are committed to the success of our Customers, Employees and Shareholders through leadership in Life Science, High Technology and Service. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, please visit our award-winning website at www.sigma-aldrich.com .
