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Software and Information Management Providers for Laboratory Automation

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Aber Genomic Computing (AberGC) is an informatics company based in Wales, UK. AberGC provides novel data mining , scheduling and predictive modeling solutions based upon evolutionary computing, machine learning and other supervised learning techniques. Our new product, gmax-bio , is the first commercial package to fully utilize these techniques and is designed for all aspects of drug discovery research. Gmax-bio is a novel informatics package based on genomic computing techniques which uniquely utilize Darwinian methods of natural selection to evolve mathematical algorithms to rapidly solve complex data-mining and predictive modeling problems.

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Accelrys is the leading provider of software for biologists, chemists, and materials scientists. Through computation, simulation, and the management and mining of scientific data, we accelerate product design, discovery, and development.

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Afferent Systems offers an integrated solution for combinatorial chemistry informatics, including instrument control and product data generation, access, and storage, all optionally using an Oracle-based enterprise-wide database.

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Anacapa specializes in software development for process automation. Our proficiencies include customization, documentation and legacy porting. Anacapa Group, Inc. also specializes in product marking and handling solutions for pharmaceutical manufacturing and research applications. We are experts in barcoding and data capture solutions for tubes and vials, microtiter plates/trays, syringes, ampules and other laboratory vessels.

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Automation Developers provides a wide range of custom software solutions. From our start in the field of laboratory automation for the pharmaceutical and analytical chemistry industry, to our integrated Microsoft office solutions for business we can assist you in creating the best software solution for your needs.

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While high throughput processes have dramatically increased the pace of research, they have also dramatically increased the complexity of research processes. As these processes have grown more complex, they have also grown more sensitive to even small process changes, making process optimization and process yield management essential to remain competitive. BergenShaw International's Focus software product enables high throughput laboratories to rapidly accelerate their response to change by quickly identifying those process factors and combination of factors associated with yield loss and yield gain.

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Bioreason is in the business of developing proprietary data mining tools and applications for chemical and biological information. Currently we are focused on developing data mining applications for drug discovery from high throughput screening (HTS) data. Our proprietary software systems are developed by combining existing and novel data mining techniques with chemical information and molecular modeling techniques. Bioreason will work with the data from pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms to discover and optimize drug leads in their HTS data.

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Institute a strategy that delivers constant, cost-effective controls for 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. Streamline administrative tasks, reduce costs, and improve efficiency by using the Coast Software Solutions EMT Pro equipment maintenance tracking system...uniquely designed for regulated industries.

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Columbus Molecular Software (CMS), founded in 1997, develops and markets decision support tools for use by life scientists engaged in drug discovery. The founders of the company have more than fifty years of combined experience designing and developing chemical information systems. This experience includes detailed knowledge of advanced informatics technology as well as the services necessary to help organizations effectively extract and visualize the valuable knowledge contained in research data. CMS is dedicated to working with clients to shorten drug development time and dramatically increase the quality of research decisions.

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CombiChem, Inc. engages in collaborations and partnerships to accelerate the discovery process for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agrochemical organizations. CCI's proprietary and unique discovery approach is a platform technology which integrates proprietary molecular design technology and rapid synthesis with chemistry expertise.

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CryoTrack provides inventory management system for cellular, molecular, biochemistry, IVF and clinical labs. CryoTrack products are ideal for all storage containers. Users benefit from numerous features such as import/export data, custom defined fields, frequently used fields, cell types, notes, transaction logs, edit history, tracking deleted records, graphical view, assays, protocols, reagents, printing labels, sending and retrieving messages, extensive search options and much more.

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dataBasyx - Laboratory instrumentation tracking, service and support application.

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Data validation and data processing technology from Datect increases the automation of scientific data analysis by alleviating the need for time consuming manual examination of all data and results. Datect’s technology also standardizes data validation and data analysis decision-making, eliminating any potential variability in individual judgement.

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DoubleTwist, Inc. is a leading provider of genomic information and bioinformatics analysis technologies. The company provides research environments that leverage information technology and the World Wide Web to simplify and accelerate genomic research.

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EMAX Solution Partners integrates chemical information systems to speed productivity and compliance for major corporations. The company specializes in solutions for both research and operations. In the competition to find breakthrough products, discovery research groups generate huge data stores through the use of combinatorial chemistry and high throughput screening. OPTIMA from EMAX® can accelerate the drug discovery process by integrating proprietary and commercial substance information into a software infrastructure for rapid access. The complete OPTIMA solution is an advantage in the race to increase promising drug leads and feed the new product pipeline.

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Enodar BioLogic Corporation is a Seattle-based and privately held Washington company. Licensing a patent-pending technology from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ("FHCRC"), the Company holds exclusive and worldwide rights to a software technology for analyzing gene expressions as well as for analyzing protein expressions in all fields of uses. Based upon this patent, scientists and programmers at Enodar have turned this technology into a user-friendly software technology, referred as GenePlus(tm), which is commercially available and is adopted by several reputable institutions in United States. Additionally, the Company is actively developing additional proprietary technologies for correlating genomic data (SNPs, gene expressions and protein expressions) with clinical information with the ultimate goal of advancing genomic biology/medicine. The long-term goal of the company is to build a suite of commercial software products that may become a unified analytical platform for all genomic data analysis needs, from data storage, processing, management, visualization and analysis.

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Exegetix, Inc. was created to solve challenges presented by the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. The mission of Exegetix, Inc. is to assist pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the discovery of new breakthrough medicines and therapeutics by providing products and services that guarantee rapid data capture, storage and thorough analysis. Exegetix, Inc. is distinguished from its competitors by its modular bio-informatics solutions backed by expert R&D and software development experience.

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Since 1986, Galactic has been dedicated to designing and developing state-of-the-art scientific software for the spectroscopy and chromatography communities. We offer open architecture software solutions compatible with virtually any laboratory instrument. Our unique approach provides a single software platform to integrate all laboratory data in one common package for archival storage, data viewing, processing, plotting, and management.

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GeneData specializes in the computational analysis of genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, and metabolomes as well as compound libraries, and offers a network of communicating software modules, each of which addresses a critical step in the product development cycle of life science companies. For the analysis of high-throughput screening (HTS) data the company provides a modular and scaleable software solution, GeneData ScreenerTM, that improves the understanding of biological activity of compounds.

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geneticXchange is a software product company that produces the K1 System Data Integration Middleware Platform for any Biotech needing a solution to the biological data integration challenge.

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Gensym Corporation is a leading supplier of software products and services for intelligent real-time systems that help organizations manage and optimize complex dynamic operations. Common applications include quality management, process optimization, dynamic scheduling, network fault management, energy and environmental management, and abnormal situation management.

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IBM offers technology infrastructure in high-performance computing, data integration, knowledge management, storage, e-business, and information services. Today, IBM systems include 215 of the world’s top 500 most powerful high performance computers; the world’s fastest supercomputer (ASCI White, 12.3 trillion calculations/sec); the world’s largest established database (116 terabits); the most advanced storage management; and a world-renowned computational biology center. IBM is dedicated to bringing powerful products and expertise to help researchers and scientists speed their processes and optimize results.

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IDBS' specialised applications are used by thousands of scientists across the globe to acquire, manage, integrate and visualise chemical and biological data ranging from the large amounts of data generated in High Throughput Screening and combi-chem programmes, through multiple IC50 determinations and profiling, to the complex experimental protocols of toxicology studies.

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With over 14 years experience in scientific software development, Labtronics is recognized as an industry leader in laboratory automation and instrument interfacing.Whether you just have one balance or an entire lab to automate, Labtronics has an Innovative Software Solution for you.

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LabVantage Solutions is a global provider of state-of-the-art software, implementation services, and consulting to leading discovery-oriented, conventional research, and quality control laboratories. We offer configurable, industry-specific solutions for in a variety of industries including high throughput screening, genomics, proteomics, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, process chemicals, food and beverage, environmental, and forensics.

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Managed Ventures has developed custom application components in Java for High Throughput Screening (HTS), compound registration, inventory and proteomics. Services include the implementation of solutions for drug discovery using pre-built components to rapidly deliver working web-based applications in your organization. Join the growing group of teams that have forgone higher risk lengthy commercial implementations in favor of cost-effective accelerated discovery software integration. HTS and other informatics applications have been integrated for Managed Ventures clients in less than 8 weeks using open source Java, XML, SOAP and any JDBC-compliant database (Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, mySQL).

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MDL Information Systems Inc. is the leading provider of integrated scientific information management systems, databases, and services used worldwide in pharmaceutical, chemical, agrochemical, and biotechnology research and development, and in other industries that use chemical products.

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The NuGenesis® Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) is an application-independent software and database platform that automatically creates a common electronic format for laboratory data and scientific information that can be unified, managed and shared throughout the enterprise. NuGenesis Technologies also offers comprehensive consulting, support and training programs.

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Odysis supplies scheduling software technologies and services for building more reliable, productive and flexible automated systems for a broad range of industrial, scientific and commercial applications.

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Combi-chem and HTS strategies have created a wealth of information in the drug discovery pathway. Pharma Algorithms, innovators in silico, provide a comprehensive QSAR approach to resolve and accelerate the process of data evaluation contributing to early lead optimization. Our software introduces the unique capability of developing and building computational algorithms in-house utilizing comprehensive yet flexible statistical and fragmental approaches. These are the tools that will help take you from your data to your decision.

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Process Analysis & Automation: Originally written to control the equipment for the National DNA Database at the Forensic Science Service in the UK, OVERLORD is available with over 100 drivers and with an installed user base of 100 systems worldwide. OVERLORD is the independent software control system of choice. We have robot drivers for Hudson Plate Crane, Zymark Twister I & II, Hamilton SWAP/Labsystems Relay, Sands Technology and Mitsubishi robots; and pipetting workstation drivers for Hamilton, PE Life Sciences (Packard), Tecan and Qiagen. OVERLORD Developer is available for in-house developers, and incorporates a full licensed version of VBA (as in Microsoft EXCEL, Word and Access) for the user to write the extensions required for their application. See www.paa.co.uk under Laboratory automation or contact mjc@paa.co.uk.

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Pangea Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of software for advanced bioinformatics -- the application of information technology to life science research and development. The company's mission is to provide pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with operationally proven software applications, unique computational tools, an open computing environment, and value-added professional services that integrate the collection, organization and analysis of biological and biochemical information. In doing so, Pangea's products simplify and accelerate the drug discovery process in ways never before achieved.

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Partek Pro 2000 is a comprehensive data visualization and pattern recognition system that is being widely adopted in the market. This is due to Partek's unique combination of interactive visualization and strong statistical, neural, and other numerical analysis techniques. Partek is also being used in cheminformatics, combinatorial chemistry, high throuput screening, and in analysis of clinical data.

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Prelude Computer Solutions, Inc. provides a wide variety of consulting services for regulated industry. Prelude specializes in 21 CFR Part 11 compliant document management, including integration with LIMS systems and electronic publishing systems. Additionally, Prelude's business partners include IBM, Lotus, Microsoft, and CDC Solutions. If you are looking for an affordable "Turn-Key" solution for document management, Prelude has a solution for you!

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QUMAS is dedicated to the design and development of Enterprise Compliance Management Solutions for companies in regulated industries. For over a decade, QUMAS has consistently delivered finished compliance management solutions to market leaders in the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, and contract research industry sectors. QUMAS enterprise compliance solutions offer immediate payback through; pre-packaged compliance with FDA, EMEA and other international regulations in particular 21 CFR part 11 (electronic signature and records), rapid deployment, validation, user training, and by automating critical document processes to dramatically reduce document cycle times. With locations across the USA and Europe, QUMAS is ideally placed to provide the extensive support structures required for these regulated industries.

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ReTiSoft is a software research and development enterprise. Products include a software framework Genera which simplifies instrument integration, scheduling software Supra, 3D simulation viewer SimView, and instrument testers Clones for the laboratory automation market.

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SONALYSTS, Incorporated was founded in 1973 as a technical service company providing support to the United States Navy. Since this beginning, Sonalysts has grown to a multifaceted company providing products and services in the core business areas of: Systems Engineering, Program Management, Education and Training, Naval Warfare, Modeling and Simulation, Computer Software Development, Operations Research, a full service Media Center, Interactive Multimedia,  and Energy and Industrial Services.

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Spotfire, Inc. provides software solutions that empower scientists and engineers-and their enterprises-to make decisions in eTime that get products to market first. Our Web-based offerings are used by life- and material-sciences companies worldwide for such activities as high-throughput screening, genomics, lead optimization, combinatorial chemistry, formulation development, and bioinformatics.

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Structural Bioinformatics, Inc. (SBI) is a world leader in proteomics-driven drug discovery – the large-scale generation and use of protein structural information to accelerate the discovery and optimization processes.

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Symyx is pioneering high-speed combinatorial technologies for the discovery of new materials. The Renaissance (TM) software and database platform provides tools to enable the implementation of complete workflows for high throughput design, synthesis and screening of materials.

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Labstar from System Services Inc. is a comprehensive PC based laboratory automation software package designed to simplify data handling needs. The package includes VisualMicroplate graphical display, robust file import/export, graphing, calculations, reporting, and data sorting. Laboratory data from HTS machines and other sources can be easily managed to help detect anomalies, compare data visually, identify errors and sort large volumes of information.

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TAL Technologies is committed to providing quality software tools to simplify data acquisition and bar code data collection.

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Taratec Development Corporation (email)

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Titian Software specialises in sample management software for the life sciences. Our software tracks sample inventory, manages workflows and seamlessly integrates with laboratory workstations. We help you track what you have, where it is, what it's being used for and where you can get more of it from. Whether you are running a centralized global sample bank or managing samples within your laboratory, we can help you streamline your operation.

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Viaken is an application service provider (ASP) that provides, manages and supports Bioinformatics applications for the small to mid-size Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Agriculture company. Viaken offers complete application solutions in the areas of Genome Informatics, Chem Informatics and Pharmaco Informatics. The Viaken solution includes architecture design, implementation, secure hosting, network infrastructure, 24x7 user support, application and server management. Viaken's turn-key solutions, called "Technology Templates TM" * fulfill the research and development needs of its customers by providing solutions that can be rapidly implemented to meet common R&D IT needs. Additionally, Viaken can design and implement custom solutions to meet any of its customers' IT needs.

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Vizicon Technologies is an Information Technology consulting company, whose mission is to design, integrate and manage strategic business solutions using emerging technologies that enhance productivity to create an immediate impact on businesses. Vizicon's wealth of knowledge and expertise in implementing cost-effective solutions gives organizations a competitive edge in achieving their business objectives on schedule.

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PrintFaqtory from Webfaqtory is a revolutionary new product that replaces your printers (and their expensive consumables) and turns your printed or file reports into real data, in a database and accessible via OPC, DDE, Modbus and ODBC. No matter how complicated are the reports or diverse the devices, PrintFaqtory has the versatility to handle ALL report data requirements.

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White Carbon brings software-based solutions to life sciences. Our Pathways workflow system crosses the boundary between conventional LIMS systems and workcell control software, offering unrivalled integration and analysis capabilities. Pathways can be used to develop workflow systems rapidly and incrementally, enabling controlled process evolution and the capture of best practice.

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Windmill specialise in Windows data acquisition and control software. Amongst other things, they offer a free serial driver to interface laboratory instruments with RS232 ports to PCs.

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