Asterand and BioWisdom Announce Agreement to Integrate Asterand's Quantitative Human Gene Expression Database with BioWisdom's Integrated Discovery Platform.DETROIT -- Asterand plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : ATD ATD Anthropomorphic Test Dummy ATD Attention to Detail ATD Advanced Technology Demonstration AtD Achieving the Dream ATD Atmospheric Technology Division (US National Center for Atmospheric Research) ATD Assistant Technical Director ), a leading provider of human tissue and services to pharmaceutical companies engaged in drug discovery research, and BioWisdom Ltd, a market leader in delivering healthcare intelligence to the pharmaceutical industry, announce that the Companies have entered into a data syndication agreement to provide value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. delivery of Asterand's human gene expression profiles through BioWisdom's intelligence solutions. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Through this agreement, BioWisdom gains access to the data within Asterand's proprietary Target Evaluator[TM] database. The database consists of quantitative human gene expression profiles that chart the expression topography of more than 2,500 commercially relevant gene transcripts across a panel of 72 human tissues. These profiles are systematically generated using high quality human RNA RNA: see nucleic acid. RNA in full ribonucleic acid One of the two main types of nucleic acid (the other being DNA), which functions in cellular protein synthesis in all living cells and replaces DNA as the carrier of genetic and a sensitive RT-PCR RT-PCR reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. See PCR1. protocol. BioWisdom will harmonise the data with its industry leading software solutions enabling the information to be combined with other public and private sources or utilised independently as raw data or assertional meta data. The harmonised Adj. 1. harmonised - involving or characterized by harmony consonant, harmonical, harmonized, harmonic harmonious - musically pleasing Asterand data are available as an entire dataset or sub-sets of selected targets and tissues. BioWisdom's ontology ontology: see metaphysics. ontology Theory of being as such. It was originally called “first philosophy” by Aristotle. In the 18th century Christian Wolff contrasted ontology, or general metaphysics, with special metaphysical theories powered intelligence solutions ease the integration and display of data enabling researchers to visually analyze text, numerical, categorical and sequence data in a single integrated environment. As a result, researchers are quickly able to relate divergent data sets to uncover previously unknown associations and answer key scientific questions. Martyn Coombs Coombs can refer to:
"We are pleased to enter this partnership to further commercialise the Target Evaluator[TM] database. BioWisdom is a market leader in the integration and syndication of medical intelligence. The combination of Asterand's human gene expression profile data with BioWisdom's ontology software solutions will be a powerful tool in the discovery of new pathway specific therapeutic strategies, biomarker applications and potential side-effect liabilities for drug candidates that interact with specific targets. In addition, BioWisdom's hands-on experience in the drug discovery market will ensure that we are able to maximise the return from our considerable investment in creating Asterand's human gene expression database over several years." Gordon Smith
Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is Oregon's junior United States Senator, currently serving his second term. He is a member of the Republican Party. Baxter, Chief Executive Officer of BioWisdom added: "This partnership is the first of many we plan to secure with providers of high quality premium data. Data on its own can provide value, but it is in the context of other data that it really begins to enlighten. Our ontological approach is perfectly suited to the task of integrating diverse data sets and we are delighted with the opportunity that this relationship provides." Notes to Editors About Asterand plc Asterand is a leading supplier of high quality human tissue and tissue-based services. Their comprehensive approach to human tissue and research services offers pharmaceutical, biotech and diagnostic companies the unique opportunity to have one company meet all of their human biomaterial biomaterial /bio·ma·te·ri·al/ (bi?o-mah-ter´e-al) a synthetic dressing with selective barrier properties, used in the treatment of burns; it consists of a liquid solvent (polyethylene glycol-400) and a powdered polymer. needs along the continuum of drug discovery and development. Their mission is to accelerate target discovery and compound validation and enable pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies Top 100 Biotechnology Companies The following is a list of the top 100 biotechnology companies ranked by revenue. The first nine companies qualify for the list of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies. to take safer and more effective drugs into the clinic. For more information please visit www.asterand.com About BioWisdom BioWisdom delivers intelligence for the Healthcare Industry and helps clients to navigate the complex scientific and commercial issues involved in developing successful healthcare products. The company provides a powerful suite of software tools for the formatting, search, visualization and high value analysis of healthcare intelligence. The BioWisdom team combines extensive experience of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries with proven expertise in life science software development. For more information, please visit www.biowisdom.com |
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