Biotique Systems Announces International Expansion and New Executive Appointments.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2003 Expansion Includes Distribution Agreement with Tomy Digital Biology in Japan, New European Office Marking the company's second anniversary and building on the market success of its Biotique Local Integration System (BLIS BLIS Blind Spot Information System (Volvo) BLIS Building Lifecycle Interoperable Software BLIS Blood Information System BLIS Base Level Inquiry System BLIS Basic Load Inspection System BLIS Bell Laboratories Interpretive System ) for biological data integration, analysis and visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all , Biotique Systems, Inc. today announced that it is expanding its operations internationally. As part of this expansion, Biotique Systems has signed an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement for its complete product line with Tomy Digital Biology Co. Ltd. in Japan, and has opened a new European office in Basel, Switzerland. The company also announced the appointment of two new executives: Claudio Schmid, Ph.D., as vice president and general manager of Biotique's European office, and Brad Lomas, J.D., general counsel and vice president, business development. "Customer acceptance for our BLIS product suite has grown rapidly, and we are delighted that this success has enabled us to expand our operations internationally to meet market demands," said John Burke For other persons named John Burke, see John Burke (disambiguation). John Burke (February 25 1859–May 14 1937) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from North Dakota. Burke was born in Keokuk County, Iowa and moved to the Dakota Territory. , president of Biotique Systems, Inc. "The BLIS product suite is an excellent complement to our portfolio of leading technologies for the life sciences," said Ken Tominaga, president and chief executive officer of Tomy Digital Biology Co. Ltd. "We look forward to introducing these novel technologies and solutions to the Japanese life science marketplace, as well as to designing integration solutions for our customers based on complimentary technologies that we offer or distribute, such as the GeneSpring solution from Silicon Genetics." "Biotique offers an integrative solution to meet the critical needs of organizations wishing to manage, apply and rapidly expand knowledge associated with biological data from public, third-party and proprietary sources," said Claudio Schmid, Ph.D., vice president and general manager for Biotique's new Europe New Europe is a rhetorical term used by conservative political analysts in the United States to describe European post-Communist era countries. "New European" countries were originally distinguished by their governments' support of the 2003 war in Iraq, as opposed to an "Old office. "I am excited about the opportunity to expand Biotique's operations into the European marketplace and am confident that we will experience rapid market acceptance." Biotique's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. is the Biotique Local Integration System (BLIS) -- a data integration, analysis and visualization platform that facilitates target discovery and drug development. BLIS is designed for organizations that have large amounts of proprietary target data and require a way to organize, apply and share this knowledge. The company also offers the following extensions for BLIS, which can be licensed or performed as a service: -- Biotique Model Organism A model organism is a species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the organism model will provide insight into the workings of other organisms. Module (BMOD) - Enables comparative analysis between human and common model organisms. -- Biotique Expression Analysis Module (BEAM) - Integrates quantitative expression data with genomes and biological annotations. -- Biotique Expert Data Refinery (BEDR) - Generates novel content from in-house data to enable more efficient validation of information and targets. -- Biotique Any Genome Module (BAGM) - Enables integration of proprietary genomic data into the BLIS system for comparative analysis using public and proprietary versions of genomic reference sets. Biotique also performs chip and probe design services for customers using the BLIS system who wish to design custom arrays. About Biotique Systems Biotique Systems, Inc. was founded in 2001 to solve critical issues in the life sciences. The Company provides decision support tools and services for the emerging field of pharmacogenomics Pharmacogenomics is the branch of pharmacology which deals with the influence of genetic variation on drug response in patients by correlating gene expression or single-nucleotide polymorphisms with a drug's efficacy or toxicity. . Biotique's pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers have adopted the Company's solutions to integrate their proprietary, third-party and public data sources, optimize biochip biochip Small-scale device, analogous to an integrated circuit, constructed of or used to analyze organic molecules associated with living organisms. One type of theoretical biochip is a small device constructed of large organic molecules, such as proteins, and capable of designs and other assays, and perform comparative genomics Comparative genomics is the study of relationships between the genomes of different species or strains. Comparative genomics is an attempt to take advantage of the information provided by the signatures of selection to understand the function and evolutionary processes that act on . As a result, Biotique is enabling the next generation of pharmaceutical discovery and development. For more information about Biotique Systems, call 510/595-3110, or e-mail inquire in·quire also en·quire v. in·quired, in·quir·ing, in·quires v.intr. 1. To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. 2. @biotiquesystems.com, or visit www.biotiquesystems.com. About Tomy Digital Biology Tomy Digital Biology Co. Ltd. was founded in 2001 as a spin-off The situation that arises when a parent corporation organizes a subsidiary corporation, to which it transfers a portion of its assets in exchange for all of the subsidiary's capital stock, which is subsequently transferred to the parent corporation's shareholders. company of Tomy Seiko. The company's mission is to provide new technologies and solutions that will revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. life science research. As a result, Tomy Digital Biology is offering solutions, such as the BLIS platform, that it believes will open up new opportunities for genomic and pharmacogenomic research in Japan. For more information about Tomy Digital Biology, visit www.digital-biology.co.jp, or email info@digital-biology.co.jp, or call +81-3-5834-0810. Biotique Systems, BLIS and the Biotique logo are trademarks of Biotique Systems, Inc. |
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