Symyx Direct Bridges the Gap Between Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics
June 22 2010 - 8:00AM
Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX) has released the Symyx
Direct 7.0 data cartridge — an innovative, one-stop solution for
registering, searching, and retrieving chemical and biological
entities stored in relational databases. Supporting the continued
expansion of biologics in today's pharmaceutical, biotech, and
materials science R&D pipelines, Symyx Direct 7.0 improves
R&D efficiency, project team collaboration, and IP management
by enabling multidisciplinary project teams to visualize, explore,
and compare novel macromolecular sequences and chemical structures
stored in a single, fully searchable corporate registry system.
"Biologics now represent over 30%, and in some cases over 50%,
of our customers' product pipelines," said Dr. Trevor Heritage,
president, Symyx Software. "Responding to our industry's critical
need for end-to-end combined biologics and chemical acquisition,
registration, and management — and guided by our Biologics Advisory
Board — Symyx is pleased to introduce an enhanced data cartridge
that improves the management and re-use of broader, deeper IP in
today's increasingly integrated chemical and biological R&D
environment."
Many scientists today are searching for ways to reduce
off-target effects and improve the stability of chemically modified
short interfering RNA (siRNA) sequences, peptides, and other large
molecules. Aiding these efforts, Symyx Direct 7.0 supports natural
post- translational modifications (PTM) and custom modifications
while also providing seamless support for D-amino acids and complex
cyclizations, including the imidazolinone fluorophore found in the
fluorescent proteins.
Symyx Direct 7.0 offers a new, hybrid representation that
combines the best features of bioinformatics and cheminformatics
notations, improving multidisciplinary collaborative research by
enabling scientists to:
- Register and retrieve molecules, reactions, and biomolecular
sequences including peptides, oligonucleotides, and
oligosaccharides
- Search for and view chemical modifications in sequences
- Develop structure-activity correlations in sequences
Used by more than 80 percent of life sciences organizations
worldwide, the Symyx Direct data cartridge offers proven
performance with databases containing more than 30 million
structures and more than 17 million reactions.
For more information, contact inforequest@symyx.com.
About Symyx
Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX) helps R&D-based
companies in life sciences, chemicals, energy, and consumer and
industrial products achieve breakthroughs in innovation,
productivity, and return on investment. Symyx software and
scientific databases power laboratories with the information that
generates insight, enhances collaboration, and drives productivity.
Products include a market-leading electronic laboratory notebook,
decision support software, and chemical informatics and sourcing
databases. Information about Symyx, including reports and other
information filed by Symyx with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, is available at www.symyx.com.
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CONTACT: Racepoint Group on behalf of Symyx Technologies, Inc.
Raymond Deplazes
(415) 694-6715
rdeplazes@racepointgroup.com
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