IDBS’ ActivityBase is named a Top Chemistry Product of the Year by Scientific Computing & Instrumentation magazine.
Guildford, United Kingdom, February 18, 2004 — IDBS, leading provider of integrated data management, analysis and decision-making software for the drug discovery industry, announced that its flagship application, ActivityBase has been named a Top 5 Chemistry Product of the year by Scientific Computing & Instrumentation magazine, based on reader response.
Suzanne Tracey, Editor-in-Chief of Scientific Computing & Instrumentation said, “Scientific Computing’s Top Products of the Year honour those products that received the highest response from our readers during the past 12 months.” IDBS has also recorded unprecedented levels of interest in the chemistry aspects of ActivityBase during the past year. Over eighty biotechnology companies now employ ActivityBase for managing both their chemical and biological data, and it is widely recognised as the application of choice for biotechnology companies that require both data integration and scalability in their data management platforms. The majority of the top 20 large pharmaceutical companies worldwide also use ActivityBase.
The ActivityBase suite is an integrated discovery database combining the management of biological results data with chemical information. It allows scientists to create SAR reports, which illuminate real trends in the data and improve the chemical design process. Neil Kipling, Chairman and CEO of IDBS commented, “An increasing number of customers are discovering that IDBS has strength in both chemistry and biology, where usually a company would only excel in one of these fields.” He continued, “The real benefit of this system is the ability to share information between scientists across the lab or across the world without the need for complex systems integration.” In addition to ActivityBase, the IDBS chemistry offering also includes applications for reagent management, building and deploying knowledge models for activity/physiochemical properties, as well as technology and professional services capabilities for developing bespoke cheminformatics solutions.
About Scientific Computing & Instrumentation
Published monthly, Scientific Computing & Instrumentation writes about new products, systems and software for those whose work involves technical computing. Its US readership – which numbers 53,000 – includes IT/IS managers, lab managers, R&D directors, scientists and researchers. The complete results of the 2003 Readers’ Choice Awards, including all winners in all categories, were announced in Scientific Computing & Instrumentation’s December 2003 issue and they are also posted on the website. For more information, visit the magazine’s web site at http://www.scimag.com.
About IDBS
IDBS works with discovery organisations to maximise the value of research data, by providing software solutions to capture, manage and use biological and chemical information in an integrated framework. Unlike resource-intensive tool-based solutions, IDBS delivers complete — and proven — applications that bridge the gap between IT and science. Headquartered in Guildford, United Kingdom, IDBS has offices in Emeryville, California; Parsippany, New Jersey; and, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1989, IDBS employs over 150 people worldwide. For the results of IDBS’ customer satisfaction survey 2003 visit: http://www.id-bs.com/support.
About ActivityBase
ActivityBase is an integrated data management software application used by nine of the ten largest pharmaceutical companies and many leading biotechnology firms. The software incorporates high-throughput and high-content screening, high throughput multiple IC50 determinations, lead optimisation, pharmacology, ADME, toxicology and DMPK studies, quantitative expression data handling and inventory, combined with the ability to register, manage and display chemical structures and reactions. Through the implementation of ActivityBase, scientists can easily define and run experiments, capture, visualise and analyse the information obtained and then share the data throughout the company and with collaborators to help streamline the discovery research process.
For more information please contact:
Beth Thomas, Marketing Communications Manager
IDBS, 2 Occam Court, Surrey Research Park
Guildford, Surrey GU2 7QB, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1483 595010
Fax: +44 (0) 1483 595001
Email: bthomas@id-bs.com
