Insightful Awarded Contract with National Cancer Institute; Insightful to Develop Advanced Bioinformatics Software for Cancer Pr
February 07 2006 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Insightful Corporation (NASDAQ:IFUL), a leading provider of
predictive analytics and reporting solutions, announced today that
the National Cancer Institute has awarded Insightful two initial
contracts worth approximately $185,807 to develop advanced
bioinformatics software for analysis and evaluation of proteomic
cellular signatures in cancer prevention research. These projects
have been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health,
Department of Health and Human Services under Contracts No.
HHSN261200533002C and HHSN261200533003C. "Biomarker discovery
research for early cancer detection constitutes one of the most
promising fields in cancer research today," said Dr. Jill R.
Goldschneider, research director of Insightful. "We are honored to
be recognized by the National Cancer Institute for our technology
solutions and to be awarded this prestigious contract." The
advanced bioinformatics software will utilize Insightful's
S-PLUS(R) 7 and S+ArrayAnalyzer(R) products. S-PLUS 7 is a
sophisticated software platform for statistical data analysis and
predictive analytics. S-PLUS 7 supports analysis of very large data
sets and the rapid development of analytic applications that
integrate advanced statistical methods within existing business
processes. S+ArrayAnalyzer is a statistically rigorous and
highly-adaptable microarray analysis software product designed to
enable powerful yet simple analyses of complex microarray data.
Insightful expects its combined software solution for the National
Cancer Institute to provide a comprehensive toolset for assessing
data quality and creating state-of-the-art graphics. The initial
contracts call for Insightful to address the challenges in
preprocessing mass spectrometry data. Insightful's proposed
bioinformatics solution will include calibration, denoising,
baseline detrending, intensity normalization, peak detection,
alignment, feature selection and extraction. Funding from the award
will be recorded in the company's financial statements as a
reduction to research and development expense. ABOUT INSIGHTFUL
Insightful Corporation (NASDAQ:IFUL) is a provider of predictive
analytics and reporting solutions. Insightful products S-PLUS(R),
Insightful Miner(TM), S-PLUS(R) Server and InFact(R) allow
companies to perform sophisticated statistical data analysis, data
mining and create high-quality graphics from numeric and text data.
Insightful consulting services provide specialized expertise and
proven processes for the design, development and deployment of
customized solutions. The company has been delivering
industry-leading, high-ROI solutions to thousands of companies in
financial services, life sciences, biotechnology,
telecommunications, and manufacturing, plus government and research
institutions for more than 18 years. Headquartered in Seattle,
Insightful has offices in North Carolina, France, Switzerland, and
the United Kingdom, with distributors around the world. For more
information, visit www.insightful.com, email info@insightful.com or
call 800-569-0123. Note to Investors -- Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements about the expected performance of software we intend to
create under these contracts. Forward-looking statements are based
on the judgment and opinions of management at the time the
statements are made. Inaccurate assumptions and known and unknown
risks and uncertainties can affect the accuracy of forward-looking
statements. Actual results could differ materially from those
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements for a number
of reasons, including, without limitation, the risk that our new
software does not perform as designed. More detailed information
regarding these and other factors that could affect actual results
is set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our most recent Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB. You should not unduly rely on these forward-looking
statements, which apply only as of the date of this release. We
undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking
statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances
after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of
anticipated events.
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