NextDocs Corporation Recognized as Winner of Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards 2010

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NextDocs Corporation today announced it is a winner of Microsoft Corp.’s Life Sciences Innovation Awards 2010.

The awards, announced at the Drug Information Association’s (DIA) 46th annual meeting in Washington, D.C., were given in recognition of innovative solutions in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. The awards honor companies that have demonstrated the successful application of available software and devices to revolutionize medicine, bring therapeutic breakthroughs to market faster, fight serious ailments, improve health and enhance people’s quality of life.

“Between pressure to bring new drugs and therapies to market faster and the persistent and pressing need to cut costs, life sciences companies today are facing tremendous challenges,” said Michael Naimoli, U.S. life sciences industry solutions director, Microsoft Corp. “This year’s awards recognize companies that have developed innovative technology solutions based on the Microsoft software platform to achieve significant benefits, whether speeding discovery, time to market, or enhancing collaboration.”

This award was presented to NextDocs Corporation in conjunction with Stanford University Medical Center for Stanford University Medical Center’s deployment of the NextDocs Document and Quality Management Suite. To automate its Event Discovery (EDR) process, Stanford deployed NextDocs Document and Quality Management Suite running on Microsoft SharePoint. The automated EDR process includes document review, approval, trending and reporting of all non-conformances to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and helps ensure compliance with FDA guidelines.

Award participants consisted of worldwide life sciences corporations in drug discovery, scientific research and basic science, medical devices, clinical trials, document and records management, knowledge management, manufacturing and bioprocessing, mobile workers, supply chain, sales and marketing, digital marketing and social networking, personalized medicine, infra-structure and desktop and application virtualization. Winners were selected by an esteemed panel of industry experts and are highlighted on the Microsoft website at http://www.microsoft.com/lifesciences.

About NextDocs

NextDocs is the worldwide leader in providing Microsoft SharePoint based compliance software solutions. Designed specifically for life sciences, NextDocs software includes solutions for Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing and Legal and provides full support for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and other industry regulations. For more information please visit www.nextdocs.com or email sales@nextdocs.com.