Biotech: Symyx Data Cartridge Bridges Bio, Chemo

June 25, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) has released the Symyx Direct 7.0 data cartridge for registering, searching, and retrieving chemical and biological entities stored in relational databases.

Supporting the continued expansion of biologics in pharmaceutical, biotech, and materials science R&D pipelines, Symyx claims its 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.

Symyx Direct 7.0 combines 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

Symyx Technologies helps R&D-based companies in life sciences, chemicals, energy, and consumer and industrial products achieve breakthroughs in innovation, productivity, and return on investment.

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