SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - March 31, 2009) - Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) today announced the release of Symyx Notebook 6.2. This enterprise ELN supplements existing functionality for analytical chemistry research and biology with new capabilities supporting synthetic and medicinal chemistry investigations by adding industry-leading Symyx chemical representation, chemical reaction, and compound registration capabilities. The Symyx chemistry engine powers the well known ISIS scientific information platform that underlies many chemistry registration, inventory, and other systems used in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
In addition, Symyx Notebook 6.2 adds essential chemistry information enabling scientists to access current chemical sourcing, molecular property, synthetic methodology, bioactivity, and toxicology information from Symyx and participating content providers in the context of laboratory workflows.
“Symyx Notebook 6.2 offers customers much anticipated, scalable chemistry capabilities, the ability to capture all the data associated with a reaction including transformation details and support for scientific workflows such as compound registration,” said Dr. Trevor Heritage, president of Symyx Software. “The 6.2 release represents a significant milestone in the integration of Symyx and Elsevier MDL product lines. Most importantly, the release now enables synthetic chemists, analytical chemists, and biologists to collaborate effectively in regulated and non-regulated environments using a single, flexible, enterprise electronic lab notebook.”
With Symyx Notebook 6.2, scientists can rapidly design and share single and multi-step synthesis plans. For example, scientists designing reaction steps can handle stoichiometry calculations more efficiently by easily accessing Symyx Available Chemicals Directory to look up key properties like molecular formula, molecular weight, density, and purity. Scientists can then use the Symyx Registration service to register purchased or synthesized compounds in a corporate registry. Finally, scientists can leverage powerful Symyx Isentris® capabilities to explore Notebook-captured reaction information together with Symyx reaction content for improved synthesis speed and success. Isentris enables scientists to combine Notebook-captured and Symyx-provided molecule and reaction information for use in retro-synthetic synthesis planning. Symyx synthesis databases accelerate successful synthesis planning by providing access to over 6 million publically available reactions.
Symyx Notebook 6.2 is available now. For more information, visit www.symyx.com/elnsynthesis, or contact inforequest@symyx.com.
About Symyx
Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) enables companies in life sciences, chemicals and energy, and consumer and industrial products to transform scientific R&D and achieve extraordinary breakthroughs in productivity and return on investment. Symyx scientific information management enables scientists to design, execute, analyze, and report experimental results faster, easier, and less expensively. Symyx microscale, parallel experimentation enables a single scientist to rapidly explore a broad experimental space and develop comprehensive data sets in days -- not weeks or months. Symyx contract research delivers these advantages on a project basis and enables companies to increase R&D productivity, agility, and flexibility. Information about Symyx, including reports and other information filed by Symyx with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is available at www.symyx.com.
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Derek Brookmeyer
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