Aegis Analytical Releases Discoverant 3.1 for Life Sciences Manufacturers

LAFAYETTE, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aegis Analytical Corporation, a leading provider of software solutions and services for life sciences manufacturers, announced today it has released Discoverant 3.1, an enhanced version of its manufacturing process management software suite.

Discoverant 3.1 provides the data access platform for all Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) compliant client applications, providing end-users direct access to data in multiple data sources for use with third-party applications. Real-time, on-demand data access and cause-and-effect analytics in the same collaborative environment make Discoverant the only fully integrated software solution that allows process development and manufacturing teams to identify and understand the sources of process variability to improve the quality and yield of batch processes.

Discoverant 3.1 offers several enhancements including Analysis Group Access, Stability Analysis, Expiration Dating, Oracle Platform Support and Annotated Results. Highlights include:

  • Analysis Group Access is used by any ODBC compliant application, such as Oracle, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Cognos, SAS, Minitab, and MS Access to access Analysis Group data from Discoverant.
  • Stability Analysis and Expiration Dating enable monitoring of product stability and expiration date calculation.
  • Oracle Platform Support extends certification for UNIX- or Linux-based Oracle databases.
  • New Email Capabilities offer user notifications and ability to email results.
  • Annotate Discoverant Results provides enhanced collaboration with annotation and customized reports.

Discoverants patented, real-time data access platform can now push data to a wide range of useful tools outside of Discoverant, said Justin Neway, Ph.D., Aegis executive vice president and chief science officer. Leveraging the capabilities of their process analytical technologies and other process improvement tools to compete more effectively is vital to competing and complying in the life sciences environment.

Discoverant provides easy access to all continuous and discrete production data in a uniquely integrated platform. It is complementary to manufacturing IT systems that provide various levels of process control, connectivity, batch management, workflow control, plant and process modeling and other critical functions.

Aegis built its Discoverant software solution specifically for process development and manufacturing end-users who need real-time collaborative analysis that spans all of their processes and global manufacturing infrastructure systems, end-to-end. Discoverant addresses users diverse requirements to easily access, trend and analyze data and report critical results in a timeframe relevant for taking appropriate action. Discoverant is validatable and it is built to meet the requirements for Good Automated Manufacturing Practices (GAMP).

About Aegis Analytical Corporation:

Aegis Analytical Corporation (Aegis) provides the only fully integrated manufacturing process management software system that enables life sciences companies to accelerate products to the market, improve operating efficiencies and satisfy regulatory obligations. Aegis Discoverant software solution presents a complete view of the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product to provide on-demand data access integrated with user-centric investigational analytics and reporting capabilities for all data types. To learn more about Discoverant, visit: http://www.aegiscorp.com