SciQuest.com Expands Audience by 450,000 Members, Partners with BioMedNet; Agreements Expand Offerings, Improve Benefits to Buyers and Suppliers.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 5, 1999-- SciQuest.com(TM), the efficient solution for sourcing, buying and managing laboratory products used by the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, university, clinical and industrial markets, today announced a co-marketing deal with BioMedNet in a multi-phase/multi-year agreement in which terms were not disclosed. BioMedNet has 450,000 members. SciQuest.com announced a similar partnership with 100,000-member ChemWeb, Inc., earlier this week. "We're excited to partner with a fellow pioneer in the electronic procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. industry," noted Scott Andrews, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-founder of SciQuest.com. "BioMedNet was one of the original organizations to develop an online scientific community. Our co-marketing agreement allows each of us to strengthen our joint commitments to assisting scientists by offering value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. . "The alliance provides buyers with a more seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. and special benefits of our system as part of their BioMedNet membership," Andrews continued. "For our suppliers, the agreement gives them greater access to BioMedNet's members." BioMedNet members will be able to purchase products at SciQuest.com through a redesigned storefront at BioMedNet's online shopping mall and through special programs with HMSBeagle, the community's popular webzine A magazine published on the Web. Pronounced "web-zeen," and also called a "zine." See e-zine. . This collaboration reinforces BioMedNet's status as one of the leading portals to biomedical-related content on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . "We're constantly striving to provide our member scientists with the products and services they need," notes Jane Stanbury, director of electronic sales for BioMedNet. "Our alliance with SciQuest.com enables our members to identify and research thousands of products in a few clicks, creating more time for scientific work." About BioMedNet BioMedNet is an Internet community for biological and medical researchers. More than 400,000 members are already taking advantage of BioMedNet's facilities. These include a library of full-text journals, a collection of searchable biological databases, a job exchange containing hundreds of job offers and jobs wanted, a daily scientific Webzine, a shopping mall and much more. For more information on BioMedNet, visit http://www.biomednet.com. About SciQuest.com SciQuest.com, Inc., is the efficient solution for sourcing, buying and managing scientific products used by the clinical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, university and industrial markets. SciQuest.com provides a complete portfolio of Internet procurement solutions for the scientific industry. The SciQuest.com e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. solution replaces the inefficient use of traditional print catalogs and manual ordering processes with streamlined procurement on the Internet, saving time and money for its customers. The company, founded in 1995, is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. For more information, visit our Web site at www.sciquest.com. SciQuest, SciMail and BioSupplyNet are registered trademarks of SciQuest.com, Inc. 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. . SciQuest.com is a trademark of SciQuest.com, Inc. in the United States. LabDeals is a service mark of SciQuest.com, Inc. in the United States. |
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