Drug Discovery: Easing the Chemistry Bottleneck - Conference Details

   Drug Discovery:
   Easing the
   Chemistry Bottleneck

June 8-9, 2009
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
DRUG DISCOVERY: Easing the Chemistry Bottleneck SPONSORS

Drug Discovery: Easing The Chemistry Bottleneck - 2009 Attendees

Executive Sponsor:

Affymetrix
Panomics, recently acquired by Affymetrix, is a life science company that offers a platform of reagents and products that enable the multiplex measurement of molecular events, such as intracellular pathway analysis, cell signaling and gene expression profiling, in a quantitative and scalable manner. Panomics has grown rapidly on the value of its proprietary branched DNA technology for gene expression analysis in cell-based assays, as well as our signal transduction and transcription factor assays.

Panel Sponsor:

Corning
Corning Life Sciences is a leading developer, manufacturer and global supplier of scientific laboratory products. For more than 100 years, Corning has been the trusted partner of researchers seeking new approaches to increase efficiencies, reduce costs and compress timelines in the drug discovery process. Using our unique expertise in the combined fields of optics, materials science, surfaces, and biology, we provide a full range of innovative solutions that improve productivity and enable breakthrough discoveries. www.corning.com/lifesciences/

General Sponsor:

RTS Life Science
RTS Life Science
RTS is one of the pioneers in automated sample management with over 15 years experience providing solutions for sample storage and testing in drug discovery, development and quality control applications within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academia and biobanking organizations worldwide.

We have supplied 8 out of the top 10 pharma, and our ‘A’ Range of automated storage and retrieval products is complemented by robotic and vision system technology for peripheral applications including blood fractionation, assay preparation and testing.

For further information visit www.rtslifescience.com.

Accelrys
Accelrys
Headquartered in San Diego, California, Accelrys develops scientific business intelligence software and solutions for the life sciences, energy, chemicals, aerospace, and consumer products industries. Customers include many Fortune 500 companies and other commercial entities, as well as academic and government entities. Accelrys has a vast portfolio of computer-aided design modeling and simulation offerings which assist customers in conducting scientific experiments 'in silico' in order to reduce the duration and cost of discovering and developing new drugs and materials. Its scientific business intelligence platform underlies the company's computer-aided design modeling and simulation offerings. The Accelrys platform can be used with both Accelrys and competitive products, as well as with customers' proprietary predictive science products. Its flexibility, ease-of-use and advanced chemical, text and image analysis and reporting capabilities enable customers to mine, aggregate, analyze and report scientific data from disparate sources, thereby better utilizing scientific data within their organizations.

For further information about Accelrys, visit www.accelrys.com

Exhibitor Sponsors:

Apredica
Apredica provides discovery and early preclinical contract research services for the evaluation and optimization of ADME-Tox and Pharmacokinetic properties of drug candidates. Apredica maximizes the speed and efficiency of drug-discovery programs by providing fast turnaround and scientist-to-scientist communications. Apredica's scientists have more than 10 years' drug-discovery experience, and 80% have Ph.D.s, making Apredica an ideal partner for small and mid-sized drug-discovery companies, academic and government groups.


AsisChem
AsisChem is a global contract research organization that provides custom synthesis and medicinal chemistry services at competitive FTE rates. The company specializes in research-intensive collaborations that are led by Ph.D.-level scientific project managers in the U.S. and carried out by a highly experienced group of 30 Ph.D.-level chemists in St. Petersburg, Russia. The company offers the highest level of chemistry expertise, superior customer focus, exhaustive project management, complete quality control, and relentless risk management.


BioMicroLab
BioMicroLab offers affordable robotic systems, quality control systems, and productivity tools primarily used by life scientists for benchtop sample and compound management. BioMicroLab’s robotic instruments are complete systems for: (1) volume inventory management (2) sorting and weighing of vials and test tubes, and (3) 2D bar code decoding. BioMicroLab's robotic platforms are compatible with SBS standards to allow integration with HTS oriented laboratory systems.


ChemDiv
ChemDiv, Inc. (CHEMDIV) is a global discovery and development organization headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA with subsidiaries in Russia, business and logistics operations around the world. CHEMDIV is a provider of external integrated discovery and development solutions to pharma and biotech partners. Integrated Discovery outSourceÔ platform offered by CHEMDIV covers the complete range of disciplines needed to bring a project in CNS, oncology, inflammation, metabolic and infectious disease area from identification of a biological target (i.e. protein expression, assay development etc.); to clinical drug candidates (ADME/PK, toxicity studies, efficacy models etc.); to drug development candidate ( Phase I to Phase IV). Visit www.chemdiv.com for more information.