BANGALORE, India, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world’s leader in chemical information, announced today that Syngene International, an internationally reputed contract research organization and subsidiary of Biocon Limited, India‘s largest biotechnology company, has signed a three-year contract to provide its scientists unlimited access to SciFinder, CAS’ award-winning chemistry research tool.
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SciFinder offers Syngene the scope and depth of chemistry required by scientists in today’s global enterprises. With daily updates to database content, SciFinder supplies Syngene scientists with the timeliest information available to help them advance their research.
Using SciFinder, all Syngene scientists have access to the CAS REGISTRY(SM), the world’s largest collection of disclosed chemical substance information, now totaling more than 61 million unique small molecule substances.
SciFinder also provides Syngene scientists with access to global patent information, enabling quick and reliable searches to help them identify research options and make more novel breakthroughs.
“SciFinder is a critical tool that ensures our scientists have the broad range of global chemistry information needed to accelerate research, enable our customers’ growth and ensure we remain competitive,” said Dr. Manoj Nerurkar, Head of Small Molecule Discovery & Development at Syngene. “CAS is an invaluable partner for our ongoing success in a dynamic global marketplace.”
Syngene scientists will also benefit from SciPlanner, a new SciFinder feature that enables scientists to more quickly identify synthesis options for designing the best research pathways and approaches.
“With an average of 1.8 million new substance registrations originating from global patent applications each year, it is more important than ever that research scientists have access to databases that reflect a commitment to surfacing novel chemistry from all sources, not simply from one set of journals or from limited patent coverage,” said Christine McCue, vice president of Marketing at CAS. “The scope, depth and reliability of chemistry information provided by the CAS databases through SciFinder are unmatched. We are proud to expand SciFinder access to all scientists at Syngene for synthesis and their full range of chemistry research needs.”
About SciFinder
SciFinder® is the leading research tool for chemists and researchers, providing the essential content and proven results scientists need to increase productivity and make faster breakthroughs. The intuitive, award-winning application offers instant access to CAS REGISTRY(SM) the gold standard of chemical substance collections. Fortune 500 corporations, more than 1,800 universities and major government agencies around the world rely on SciFinder to fuel R&D initiatives and foster innovation.
About CAS
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, is the world’s authority for chemical information. Our databases are curated and quality-controlled by CAS scientists and recognized by chemical and pharmaceutical companies, universities, government organizations and patent offices around the world as authoritative. By combining these databases with advanced search and analysis technologies (SciFinder®, STN® and Science IP® products and services), CAS delivers the most current, complete and cross-linked secure digital information environment for scientific discovery. Learn more at http://www.cas.org.
About Syngene
Established in 1994, Syngene was India‘s first Contract Research Organization (CRO). Over the past 16 years, they have successfully partnered with the leading players in global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical and agrochemical industries across a wide range of discovery and development programs. Syngene provides multi-disciplinary skills in chemistry, biology, process development and scale-up, formulation and analytical development and preclinical services. Their considerable scientific talent pool and state-of-the-art R&D and production facilities enable the organization to enhance productivity and accelerate delivery of all projects with the highest degree of professionalism. Learn more at http://www.syngeneintl.com/syngene.asp.
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