ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneGo, Inc., a leading provider of software and databases for systems biology, today announced that Merck & Co., Inc. has extended its global enterprise agreement for two additional years.
Merck researchers around the world will continue to use the MetaCore data mining suite in research and development activities. The researchers will also retain direct access to MetaBase, a comprehensive database of mammalian protein interactions, signaling and metabolic pathways, bioactive compounds, and diseases manually curated by GeneGo from full text experimental literature. MetaCore and MetaBase have been integrated with Merck’s discovery informatics platform and are leveraged across multiple therapeutic areas.
“Merck has been a great partner, and we have enjoyed interacting with their scientists. As a result of this collaboration, we have developed a number of new data analysis and visualization features now available in MetaCore. We will continue to encourage this high level of communication as we move forward in 2006,” said Julie Bryant, VP business development. “The field of functional data analysis is maturing rapidly, and it is crucial for us to work closely with state-of-art research teams, such as those at Merck.”
About GeneGo
GeneGo develops systems biology technology for life science research. The original computational platform allows integration and expert analysis of different kinds of experimental data (mRNA expression, proteomics, metabolomics, siRNA and other phenotypic data) and relevant bioactive chemistry (metabolites, drugs, other xenobiotics) within the framework of curated biological pathways and networks. GeneGo’s flagship product, MetaCore 2.5, assists pharmaceutical scientists in the areas of target selection and validation, identification of biomarkers for disease states and toxicology. The second product, MetaDrug(TM) is designed for prediction of human metabolism, toxicity and biological effects for novel small molecules compounds. MetaBase(TM) represents the knowledge base for MetaCore. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at www.genego.com.
MetaCore(TM), MetaBase(TM) and MetaDrug(TM) are trademarks of GeneGo, Inc.
GeneGo, Inc.
CONTACT: Julie Bryant, VP Business Development and Marketing of GeneGo,Inc., +1-858-756-7996, julie@genego.com
Web site: http://www.genego.com/
