Awards recognize best-in-class, Microsoft-based solutions in discovery and product innovation, sales and marketing, and clinical development.
SAN DIEGO, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced winners of the 2009 Microsoft Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Awards, honoring companies that have made the most innovative use of Microsoft-based solutions for breakthroughs in business processes and practices throughout the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.
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Announced at the Drug Information Association's (DIA) 45th annual meeting in San Diego, the awards were presented in the categories of discovery and product innovation, sales and marketing, and clinical development.
"The companies recognized are examples of innovators who have developed technology solutions to address the major issues impacting the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry today," said Michael Naimoli, director of U.S. life sciences industry solutions at Microsoft. "By building upon the existing Microsoft software platform, this year's winners demonstrated solutions that help streamline clinical trial and discovery processes to facilitate research and discovery, as well as improve the end user's experience."
Award Winners
Submissions for this year's awards came from global life sciences corporations specializing in biotechnology, diagnostics, medical equipment and devices, pharmaceuticals, animal health, nutritional products, and consumer health products. The winners are the following:
The 2009 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award winners were selected by an esteemed panel of industry experts:
More information about the 2009 Pharmaceutical and Life Science Innovation Awards can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/industry/healthcare/lifesciences/innovationawards.mspx.
About Microsoft in Health
Microsoft is committed to improving health around the world through software innovation. Over the past 12 years, Microsoft has steadily increased its investments in health, with a focus on addressing the challenges of health providers, health and social services organizations, payers, consumers, and life sciences companies worldwide. Microsoft closely collaborates with a broad ecosystem of partners and develops its own powerful health solutions, such as Amalga and HealthVault. Together, Microsoft and its industry partners are working to advance a vision of unifying health information and making it more readily available, ensuring the best quality of life and affordable care for everyone.
About Microsoft
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