Bayer Selects InforSense for Next Generation Integrative Analytics Infrastructure; InforSense KDE to Provide Workflow-based Cheminformatics Platform.LONDON & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- InforSense Ltd, the leader in integrative analytics platforms, today announced that Bayer Healthcare AG, a member of the Bayer Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BAY), has selected InforSense technology to enhance their drug discovery informatics infrastructure. InforSense's workflow-based integrative analytics environment, InforSense KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. , will provide Bayer with a highly flexible rapid application development platform to optimize their drug discovery decision-making. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "To identify and optimize potential drug leads, Bayer's chemists need both rapid processing of large compound libraries via chemical cartridge technology coupled with easy access to best of breed proprietary and third party analytic tools and visualizations," said Dr. Alexander Hillisch, Head of Computational Chemistry Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computers to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses the results of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids. at Bayer Healthcare AG. "InforSense Open Discovery Workflow(TM) technology offers the appropriate environment for rapidly composing data and applications, including our in-house in silico ADMET ADMET Acyclic Diene Metathesis ADMET Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity (drug properties) tools, to optimize our high-throughput cheminformatics analysis." "We are delighted that Bayer has chosen InforSense," commented Joseph F. Donahue, Chief Business Officer, InforSense. "InforSense KDE will facilitate the composition, integration and deployment of a wide range of cheminformatics applications by giving Bayer's computational chemists access to their chosen set of tools via cutting-edge workflow technology Workflow technology is a new field of software products designed to improve the design of information systems. It involves use of workflow engine to execute models of processes. The models can be edited by persons not experienced in programming (e.g. ." About Bayer Healthcare Bayer HealthCare AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG Bayer AG German chemical and pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), it now operates plants in more than 30 countries. Bayer has originated scores of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and synthetic materials; it was the first developer and , is one of the world's leading, innovative companies in the health care and medical products industry. In 2004, the Bayer HealthCare subgroup generated sales amounting to some 8.5 billion Euro. The company combines the global activities of the divisions Animal Health, Biological Products, Consumer Care, Diabetes Care, Diagnostics and Pharmaceuticals. Bayer HealthCare employed 35,300 people worldwide in 2004. Bayer HealthCare's aim is to discover and manufacture innovative products that will improve human and animal health worldwide. The products enhance well-being and quality of life by diagnosing, preventing and treating disease. About InforSense InforSense Limited, the leader in integrative analytics, enables organizations to orchestrate and optimize their business-critical decision-making processes. Leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, financial services companies, and research institutes are using the company's flagship product, InforSense KDE, to enhance productivity across life science R&D, healthcare, and business analytics. The company is privately held, with European headquarters in London, UK and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. About InforSense KDE Using InforSense KDE, enterprises rapidly integrate and deliver virtually any data source, analytic software tool, service or application within a single informatics framework. Users link these components via visual workflows to dynamically answer any question using their data, however complex or transient. Organizations can also mine their analytical processes to discover and deploy expertise and best practices. InforSense KDE provides an open, extensible service-oriented architecture, built using industry standards including J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. , XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , and WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. . The InforSense Oracle Edition is a state-of-the-art solution for enterprise-wide integrative analytics using Oracle's advanced information management and processing capabilities. For further information on InforSense products and solutions, visit www.inforsense.com. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion