Synthon Selects Agile to Drive Quality Management

Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL), a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Synthon, a Netherlands-based developer of advanced pharmaceuticals, has selected Agile as the basis of its quality management system (QMS) in order to streamline change management and corrective actions across its rapidly growing product portfolio. With Agile, Synthon expects to improve product compliance, reduce costs and meet critical time-to-market goals.

The Agile-based QMS solution will feature document management, product record control, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) management, which will enable Synthon to meet strict, international compliance requirements pertaining to product quality, safety and efficacy across its diverse portfolio. The solution will also help Synthon manage its rapidly expanding product portfolio and create transparency across its complex development and supply chain.

“The Agile PLM system will bolster three of our core capabilities –innovation, fast-track R&D, and superior quality across our offerings — while helping us achieve our critical time-to-market goals,” said Joris Priem, director of operations, Synthon. “With our product range rapidly expanding, we required a solution that would provide our global, multidisciplinary teams with visibility into product development and quality status, to enable decision support across multiple product lines in various stages of the pipeline. With Agile PLM, our teams will be able to collaborate from initial chemical development through to the pharmaceutical development of the finished dosage.”

Founded in 1991, Synthon is an independent group of affiliated pharmaceutical companies, with a global network spanning five countries and more than 600 employees. The company is dedicated to the development, registration, production and distribution of a wide range of advanced pharmaceutical products. Prior to its selection of Agile, Synthon relied upon paper-based processes and disjointed, point technology solutions.

“Pharmaceutical companies such as Synthon are quickly recognizing the value of PLM-based solutions for improving products from a 360-degree vantage point,” said Jay Fulcher, Agile president and COO. “We are pleased that Synthon selected Agile. We look forward to providing Synthon a PLM platform that will enable them to accelerate time-to-market for new products, improve margins for existing products, and comply with the highest quality standards and regulatory mandates.”

About Synthon

Synthon is an independent group of affiliated pharmaceutical companies dedicated to the development, registration, production, marketing and distribution of a wide range of pharmaceutical products. Founded in 1991, Synthon has developed into a successful and dynamic organization that operates on a global scale, combining its own strength in the field of R&D with the distribution and sales expertise of its marketing partners. Synthon’s innovative character is reflected by the number of global patents held by its group members. In the USA, Synthon Pharmaceuticals also manages their own sale, distribution, and marketing so-called “branded generics”.

About Agile Software Corporation

Agile Software Corporation (NASDAQ: AGIL) helps companies drive profits, accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle. With a broad suite of enterprise-class PLM solutions, time-to-value focused implementations, and a unique Guaranteed Business ResultsSM program, Agile helps companies get the most from their products. Alcatel, Boeing, Dell Inc., Flextronics International, GE Medical, Haemonetics, Hitachi, Johnson & Johnson, Leapfrog, Lockheed Martin, Magna Steyr, Siemens, QUALCOMM and ZF are among the nearly 1,200 customers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer products, electronics, high tech, industrial products, and life sciences industries that have realized high impact results through their use of Agile solutions. For more information, call 408-284-4000 or visit www.agile.com .