The BioAnalytics Group and BIOSoftware Systems Provide Systems Biology Solution to Roche
The BioAnalytics Group (‘TBAG’) and BIOSoftware Systems (‘BSS’), through their joint partnership, are providing Roche with physiological models in their systems biology process for drug discovery.
Scientists from TBAG collaborate with Roche scientists to develop systems biology applications that feature the computer simulation of biological processes. This approach requires good communication between modeling scientists, who think mathematically, and laboratory scientists, who understand the biology. The software tools used must be powerful and intuitive to both modeling scientists and biologists. TBAG and Roche jointly chose BioPathway Explorer, a software solution provided by BSS. “BioPathway Explorer is a wonderful solution. It allows us to develop simulation models and data analysis technology and deliver them in a package that can be used easily at Roche.” said Scott Lett, President of TBAG.
The software allows the researchers to work interactively with the models in a user friendly environment, and encourages continued collaboration by presenting the models in a biologically oriented package. “BioPathway Explorer is an ideal platform for delivery of the models because it stores the mathematical description of the model while providing seamless access to additional notes and supporting information. This extra information provides the context necessary to fully understand the system,” commented Bob Thorn, president of BSS. From Roche’s perspective, Dr. Cristiano Migliorini stated that “We have chosen BioPathway Explorer because it is possible to develop complicated models very efficiently in a user friendly environment accessible to biological scientists.”
About The BioAnalytics Group, LLC
The BioAnalytics Group LLC provides products and services that use biological simulation to design experiments, analyze data, quantify the effectiveness and toxicity of therapies, and diagnose the presence and mechanisms of disease. Their principal scientists have over 25 years combined experience in modeling, numerical analysis, algorithm development, data analysis and visualization and software development. For more information, visit their website http://www.bioanalyticsgroup.com or contact them via email at info@bioanalyticsgroup.com or by phone at +1-609-598-4668.
About BIOSoftware Systems, Inc.
BIOSoftware Systems, Inc. is a Delaware corporation that provides software solutions to biological researchers. Its primary product, BioPathway Explorer, is used to create, edit, annotate, analyze, simulate, and export biological pathways. For more information, please contact BSS via email at [email]info@biosoftwareinc.com[/email], visit their website at http://www.biosoftwareinc.com or call BSS at (856) 342-7888.
About Roche
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world’s leading innovation-driven healthcare groups. Its core businesses are pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Roche is number one in the global diagnostics market, the leading supplier of pharmaceuticals for cancer and a leader in virology and transplantation. As a supplier of products and services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, the Group contributes on a broad range of fronts to improving people’s health and quality of life. Roche employs roughly 65,000 people in 150 countries. The Group has alliances and R&D agreements with numerous partners, including majority ownership interests in Genentech and Chugai.
