UCB, Inc. to Implement Corporate-Wide Biologics Registration System Based on Genedata AG Biologics

Basel, Switzerland -- March 22, 2011 -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced a major research informatics collaboration with UCB, the global biopharmaceutical company. Based on the Genedata Biologics® software solution, the first-in-class biologics data analysis and management platform, the collaboration aims to implement a corporate-wide biological registration system for UCB's protein-based lead candidates. Genedata Biologics will support UCB's discovery operations in lead-finding activities in the fields of central nervous system disorders and autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research conducted in the UK and Belgium.

"Central and consistent registration of all our biologics lead candidates is key to UCB's R&D operations," explained Hector Sanchez, senior director of R&D Informatics at UCB. "Our BioQuest system, based on Genedata Biologics, tracks all biologics molecules from early discovery to development, and gives the UCB R&D organization central access to all relevant information on these molecules. Genedata Biologics provides a modular and scalable platform supporting complex R&D workflows in a division-of-labor environment. It seamlessly integrates into an existing research informatics environment and supports the full process through automation, standardization, and integration."

Genedata Biologics is a comprehensive biologics registration system. As an integrated data management platform, it enables consistent storage and referencing of all relevant biomaterials including antibodies and recombinant proteins, clones, vectors, plasmids, expression constructs, cell lines, and expression and purification batches. With tools to facilitate laboratory workflows, Genedata Biologics supports biologics material and data handovers among different laboratories, departments, sites, and external contract research organizations. It comes with a built-in registration engine for biologics molecules ensuring uniqueness of the respective molecules - for both classical Immunoglobulin G as well as next-generation format antibodies. The system's built-in business logic enables seamless biologics registration, naming, association, searching, retrieving, analyzing, and reporting.

"We are very pleased that UCB has selected Genedata as a strategic partner to implement their central biologics registration platform, which supports their global biopharmaceutical R&D operations," said Dr. Othmar Pfannes, CEO of Genedata. "This collaboration is another major milestone in Genedata's continuing expansion into biologics R&D informatics. We will continue to invest significant resources to develop integrated data management and analysis solutions that increase the efficiency of a highly complex biologics R&D process."

About UCB

UCB, Brussels, Belgium (www.ucb.com) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative medicines and solutions to transform the lives of people living with severe diseases of the immune system or of the central nervous system. With more than 8,000 people in about 40 countries, the company generated revenue of EUR 3.1 billion in 2009. UCB is listed on Euronext Brussels (symbol: UCB).

About Genedata

Genedata transforms data into intelligence with a portfolio of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, which spans target, lead and biomarker discovery. Used by a majority of the world's top 50 pharmaceutical companies and leading research organizations, Genedata Phylosopher®, Genedata Screener®, Genedata Expressionist®, Genedata Analyst™, Genedata Selector™, and Genedata Biologics™ make research data accessible and understandable, enabling scientific discovery that fights disease and improves health worldwide. Founded in 1997, Genedata is privately held, with offices in Switzerland, Germany, Japan and the US. www.genedata.com

Contacts

Allison Kurz Genedata Marketing & Communications Phone: +41 61 511 8459 communications@genedata.com

Jackie Thrasivoulos Genedata Public Relations Phone: +1 508 881 3109 jackie.thrasivoulos@genedata.com

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