SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - June 29, 2009) -
Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:
ACCL), a leading
provider of scientific business intelligence software and services,
announced the release of Discovery Studio® 2.5, the most advanced
computational chemistry and biology software environment for drug discovery
available today. To meet the modern day challenges of drug discovery
projects, this release features major new scientific developments, and a
focus on enhancing user experience by providing significant usability
enhancements, with a fully customizable interface and improved integration
with Pipeline Pilot. Because it is built upon
Pipeline Pilot, Accelrys'
scientific operating platform, Discovery Studio 2.5 is an extensible
virtual discovery environment that lets researchers integrate any tool they
need to create solutions that are uniquely tailored to fit their research
process.
"The new version of Discovery Studio is robust and offers a wide range of
functionality," said Manel Lopez, Ph.D., senior scientist at Almirall, a
leading pharmaceutical company headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. "I really
like the customizable Discovery Guides panel. The new transmembrane protein
modeling capabilities of the software are impressive, and will contribute
greatly to my research."
About Discovery Studio 2.5
Discovery Studio 2.5 streamlines collaboration and increases research
productivity with key enhancements in the following core areas:
-- New scientific developments in the area of small molecule modeling,
fragment-based design, transmembrane protein analysis, and antibody
modeling.
-- Enhanced customizability through new Discovery Guides which allows
users to combine any scientific algorithm and/or functionality in DS to
create a personalized taskflow.
-- Improved Pipeline Pilot integration, allowing users to access
scientific components and protocols to customize workflows, thus providing
flexibility and extensibility of the scientific methods. Subsequently,
these methods are easily deployed within a group via a Web Port or
Microsoft® Sharepoint for effective communication and results-oriented
collaboration.
-- Access to the popular GOLD docking program, licensed by CCDC, allowing
GOLD users to benefit from the robust features of Discovery Studio for
model preparation and docking analysis.
The Discovery Studio architecture also provides access to products
developed by partners in Accelrys' ISV ecosystem allowing seamless and
sophisticated integration of any third party algorithm.
"Discovery Studio 2.5 represents a significant milestone in the evolution
of Accelrys' life science modeling and simulation software," said Frank
Brown, chief science officer of Accelrys. "The breadth of validated science
now on our platform allows for customizing and automating almost any
complex modeling task. This makes the process more robust and easier to use
simultaneously, thereby extending the reach of this capability to many more
scientists."
For more information about Discovery Studio 2.5 or to download a free trial
of Discovery Studio, please visit
http://accelrys.com/products/discovery-studio/
About Accelrys, Inc.
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 more information about Accelrys, visit
http://accelrys.com/
Forward-Looking Statements
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including statements relating to the Company's products, their features,
and their impact upon our customers' organizations, are subject to risks
and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the risk that our products
will not be successfully developed, achieve market acceptance, have the
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