Biotique Systems Announces New Customers and Expanded Offerings for Pharmaconformatics.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers BIOWIRE2K EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003 Biotique Systems today announced that Monsanto, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company with activities spanning the length of the pharmaceutical product pipeline, from target identification through to clinical trials and marketing. and the National Yang-Ming University of Taiwan have subscribed to the company's products and services for biological data integration, analysis and visualization. The company also announced it has introduced expanded security and consortia management tools for the 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 ) to enable customers to better integrate and share data across research groups and geographical sites. "We have chosen to work with Biotique because they have the right expertise in genomic data analysis and the type of client service approach that fits our needs," said David Kovalic, senior bioinformaticist, Monsanto. "We are delighted to be working with leading organizations like Monsanto, Vertex and Yang Ming yang ming (yäng ming), n in Chinese medicine, one of the six principal meridians through which the vital force qi flows; further subdivided into yin division (stomach) and yang division University to help them apply advanced informatics solutions that can bridge the gap between biological information, discovery research, and the development of important new therapies and products," said Stephen Sanders, chairman and chief executive officer of Biotique Systems. In the latest version of BLIS, Biotique has introduced new security and consortia management tools that complement information integration by enabling knowledge sharing among user groups and geographically dispersed sites. "This global integration capability allows customers to safely connect different aspects of the R&D process," 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 and chief scientific officer of Biotique Systems. "By performing data integration in a manner that adapts to the structure of their organizations, our customers can achieve more productivity in their experiments and less waste on redundant reagents." 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 flexible, cost-effective, and customizable framework for biological data integration that helps scientists bridge "data islands" to promote knowledge sharing and simplify the application of information assets to discovery and development. The system's flexibility and intuitive operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. offer opportunities for organizations to increase the value of their proprietary and third-party data resources and ultimately increase productivity. Biotique offers a series of modules for BLIS designed to facilitate common functions, such as transcript profiling (BEAM) and comparative genomic tools (BMOD, BAGM), as well as a data refinery tool (BEDR) for the generation of novel intellectual property through splice variant detection. The product's open framework also provides a customizable environment for users to easily link in-house developments, such as content repositories, algorithms and protocols, into the system. About Biotique Systems Biotique Systems is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that helps scientists in 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. more effectively and efficiently analyze biological data to advance life science research. With offices and distributors in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and Japan, Biotique Systems provides its innovative pharmacoinformatic software and services to a number of the world's most successful biopharmaceutical companies, including Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Monsanto. These and other customers are using Biotique's solutions to integrate information from discovery programs across disparate research disciplines and geographic locations to facilitate knowledge sharing and organizational productivity. 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@biotiquesystems.com, or visit www.biotiquesystems.com. About Monsanto Monsanto Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MON) is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality. For more information on Monsanto, see: www.monsanto.com. About National Yang-Ming University The National Yang-Ming University, formerly the Yang-Ming Medical College, is a medical-based university that has been one of the leading institutes of biomedical research in Taiwan. The University includes the School of Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering An interdisciplinary field in which the principles, laws, and techniques of engineering, physics, chemistry, and other physical sciences are applied to facilitate progress in medicine, biology, and other life sciences. , the School of Life Science, the School of Nursing, and the School of Dentistry Noun 1. school of dentistry - a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry dental school grad school, graduate school - a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree . The University has a number of medically oriented Institutes offering graduate training as well as a wide range of research centers, including the Genomic Research Center. For more information about the University, see: http://www.ym.edu.tw/. Biotique Systems, BLIS and the Biotique logo are trademarks of Biotique Systems, Inc. |
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