Dendrite Awarded Sales and Marketing Data Outsourcing Contract From Sankyo Pharma.Business Editors MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004 Marks Launch of New Axon axon: see nervous system; synapse. Pharma(TM) Business Intelligence Solution and Further Expansion of Dendrite's Pharmaceutical Data Management Business Dendrite dendrite: see nervous system; synapse. International, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : DRTE DRTE Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment ) today announced that Sankyo Pharma Inc.--the U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sankyo Co., Ltd., and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Japan-- has signed a four-year sales and marketing data outsourcing contract with the company. The agreement includes Dendrite's new Axon Pharma(TM) solution, which provides pharmaceutical companies business intelligence through analysis of disparate data sources. Sankyo Pharma Signs Sales and Marketing Data Outsourcing Agreement with Dendrite Under a new agreement with Sankyo Pharma, Dendrite will provide all aspects of data management, including server hosting, implementation, project management, and production control as well as its industry-leading customer information management and business intelligence solutions to this growing pharmaceutical company. The contract extends and expands Dendrite's strategic partnership with Sankyo Pharma, which has utilized Dendrite's sales effectiveness applications for more than seven years. "The ability to quickly and easily collect, consolidate, manage, and share critical customer information across our enterprise enhances all aspects of promotional initiatives--from sales force alignments and targeting, to reporting and analytics," said Bill Ippolito, Chief Information Officer of Sankyo Pharma. "The depth and breadth of Dendrite's data-management capabilities, along with its industry-specific applications and expertise, distinguished it as the most credible provider of data-outsourcing services to help us achieve our corporate objectives." Sankyo will utilize Dendrite's NUCLEUS Pharma(TM) customer management solution, which creates a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. repository of customer information based on data cleansed cleanse tr.v. cleansed, cleans·ing, cleans·es To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean. [Middle English clensen, from Old English from internal and external sources. Using this solution, Sankyo will be able to gain a consistent understanding of customers that can be shared across the entire enterprise to support critical decision-making. Axon Pharma Business Intelligence Solution Launched As part of this new agreement, Sankyo will also utilize Dendrite's newly launched Axon Pharma sales and marketing data visualization See information visualization. and business intelligence solution. Providing robust customer insights, it enables strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and enhances tactical decision-making by providing reporting, ad-hoc querying, information mining, and analytical functions using industry-leading third party tools. Incorporating customer, prescription, sales force alignment, company product, and activity data into a centralized data mart A subset of a data warehouse for a single department or function. A data mart may have tens of gigabytes of data rather than hundreds of gigabytes for the entire enterprise. See data warehouse. , Axon Pharma can be used as a stand-alone solution or seamlessly integrated with Dendrite's suite of offerings to maximize deployment flexibility. "Axon Pharma allows users to apply advanced database analytics to a single view of enterprise-wide data, yielding actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action. An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it. reports for use in the home office or the field," said Dan Ballard, Vice President of Dendrite's data and analytics business. "Those who rely on accurately linked customer and peripheral data to derive business intelligence can shift their attention from legacy data integrity issues and instead focus on strengthening their business through cleansed, organized data." Axon Pharma is the latest solution in Dendrite's expanding pharmaceutical data management business, which now encompasses database design, data standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting , matching, augmentation AUGMENTATION, old English law. The name of a court erected by Henry VIII., which was invested with the power of determining suits and controversies relating to monasteries and abbey lands. , and delivery. The business uniquely combines Dendrite's Validator(TM) data-cleansing services, NUCLEUS Pharma(TM) customer database management solution, and Xtelligent(TM) suite of XML-based adaptors for data exchange with the company's expertise in hosting and managing data in a production environment. About Sankyo Pharma Inc. Sankyo Pharma Inc. is dedicated to developing and marketing important pharmaceutical products for the U.S. market. A national sales force of 550 representatives, supported by dedicated managed care personnel, promotes Sankyo Pharma products. For more information, visit www.sankyopharma.com. About Dendrite Dendrite develops and delivers solutions that increase the productivity of sales, marketing, and clinical processes for pharmaceutical and other life science clients. For more information, visit www.dendrite.com. Note: Dendrite is a registered trademark of Dendrite International, Inc. 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