Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the launch of the Accelrys Externalized Collaboration Suite. The software solution is stated to be designed specifically to address the needs of life sciences organisations engaged in externalised network research.
The suite is reportedly the only offering currently available that addresses the full range of externalisation needs from technology transfer through networked collaboration to scientific informatics across all research data including experiments, chemical structures, assays and other test results. The result, according to the company, is a more holistic externalisation strategy for partnering pharmaceutical, contract research, biotechnology and academic organisations as well as increased flexibility, reduced complexity and improved operational excellence in collaborative network research.
The suite is designed to enable secure, real-time, cloud-based access to results within research networks by both sponsor and partner organisations, enabling them to advance their parts of shared projects with maximum efficiency and speed.
It consists of Accelrys HEOS, a SaaS-based information management and collaboration workspace enabling secure, real-time transfer of structured project data among multiple partners; enforcement of sponsor business rules on results posted by network partners; and IP storage in a secure, project-specific information warehouse.
It also features Contur ELN, a flexible, multi-disciplinary, low-cost-of-ownership electronic lab notebook that improves information sharing and reuse, data protection, process documentation and overall productivity. Also included is Accelrys Enterprise Platform, a scientifically aware information integration and analytics platform facilitating the exchange and management of information created in-house and within externalised partner networks and transforming the data where necessary.
