AstraZeneca Licenses Symyx Software.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Symyx Technologies Symyx Technologies NASDAQ: SMMX is a pioneer in the area of combinatorial chemistry applied to heterogeneous catalysis and homogeneous catalysis, polymer formulations, electronic and magnetic materials. , Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX) announced today that AstraZeneca (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AZN AZN Asian ) has entered into an expanded agreement to license Symyx Software electronic laboratory notebook (ELN Noun 1. ELN - a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade; "ELN kidnappers target ) applications and Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. for use in AstraZeneca's Global Process Research and Development (GPR&D) function. Symyx will also provide maintenance services. AstraZeneca is the fifth global pharmaceutical company to adopt Symyx Software ELN applications broadly. "Our experience with Symyx Software convinced us that we could apply it to achieve a sustained increase in our productivity," said David Haywood, Vice President of GPR&D, AstraZeneca. "This improvement will result from the software's ability to take laboratory data from both automated and manual processes and integrate it into one searchable repository, regardless of source, location or type of information. We also appreciate that Symyx Software provides a user interface which can be tailored specifically to different requirements across GPR&D." Paul Nowak, executive vice president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Symyx, said, "We are pleased that AstraZeneca has chosen our software for its Global Process R&D function. This deployment will increase access to laboratory information, and should immediately result in improved decision-making for this critical part of the AstraZeneca process development organization." Over 40 organizations around the world use Symyx Software, including many leading pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical and energy companies. About Symyx Symyx Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to helping customers maximize the effectiveness and success of their research & development programs. Symyx develops and applies high-throughput research technologies and research software for customers in the pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, electronics and other industries. Symyx performs research for customers using proprietary technologies to discover new and innovative materials, sells automated high-throughput instrumentation and licenses software for use in customers' own laboratories, and licenses discovered materials, sensors and intellectual property. Symyx has the largest portfolio of patents in the field of high-throughput materials discovery, with 290 issued patents and 380 patent applications on file worldwide. Information about Symyx, including reports and other information filed by Symyx with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is available at www.symyx.com. About AstraZeneca AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. It is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies with healthcare sales of over $21.4 billion and leading positions in sales of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, oncology and neuroscience products. AstraZeneca is listed in the Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance Sustainability Index (Global) as well as the FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. 4Good Index. For more information about AstraZeneca, please visit: www.astrazeneca.com. |
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