Virtual Genetics signs license order with Celera Genomics

Virtual Genetics signs license order with Celera Genomics Virtual Genetics announced today that Celera Genomics has chosen to license Virtual Genetics bioinformatic text mining technology. The contract provides initially for the integration and customisation of Virtual Genetics' product Virtual Adapt to handle Celera's internal and external needs for literature searching and analysis. The order value is $400.000 including professional services and support. "Celera chose Virtual Adapt as both our internal and external literature mining platform because of the unique pattern matching functionality and scalable architecture", says Senior Vice President James Peck, Celera Genomics. "Celera is one of the leading suppliers of genetic information and their web portal is used by thousands of researchers worldwide. Virtual Genetics' products and services can facilitate and improve the retrieval and analysis of large amounts of biological information, which will be useful for a broad range of US pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In addition we will be able to show that our system architecture can be integrated with, and customised to, existing systems at Celera", says Jack Robinson, Managing Director, Virtual Genetics. For more information contact: Jack Robinson, Managing Director, Virtual Genetics Laboratory AB. Tel. +46.08.5088 4424. www.vglab.com. Virtual Genetics develops and markets bioinformatic solutions which support the information discovery process in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/10/03/20020111BIT00410/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/10/03/20020111BIT00410/bit0001.pdf