NEEDHAM, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 12, 2007 -- To mark the 5th anniversary of Bio-IT World,
Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Bio-IT World editors revisited the
Champions theme that dominated the inaugural issue back in 2002. The March
2007 fifth anniversary issue -- mailing March 13th -- is dedicated to
"Champions 2.0" -- a series of candid and illuminating interviews with
chief executives, thought leaders and life science evangelists at dozens of
the leading technology providers who are driving and in many cases
transforming the drug discovery industry. From high-performance computing,
systems biology and next-generation sequencing to discovery informatics,
computational chemistry and electronic data capture, these individuals are
among the true innovators, entrepreneurs, and champions of the bio-IT
enterprise.
"So much has happened to the industry in the past 5 years, not all of it
good of course," said Kevin Davies, Ph.D, editor-in-chief. "But what this
issue resoundingly demonstrates is not only the conviction of dozens of
industry leaders that the climate for drug discovery is improving, but also
the critical role that technology is playing, fueling a shift from
empirical trial-and-error experimentation to an industry reliant upon
information, computation and prediction of outcomes. We've chosen to
highlight dozens of technology providers whose offerings will especially
impact the efficiencies and success of drug discovery through clinical
trials."
A sampling of the companies profiled includes: IBM, Microsoft, EMC, Sun,
Oracle, Apple, Spotfire, Applied Biosystems, Thermo Fisher, 454,
Inforsense, Ingenuity, Phase Forward, etrials, Hewlett Packard, Labvantage,
TimeLogic, Silicon Graphics, Caliper, Blue Arc, Accelrys, Agilent
Technologies, Insightful, Genstruct, ClinPhone, Nextrials, Isilon.
Additional companies (including some unable to meet the editorial deadline)
will appear in the complete Champions 2.0 section available on the Bio-IT
World website --
www.bio-itworld.com, along with the complete profile from
the print edition.
Additional editorial coverage in the March issue includes:
-- Highlights from CHI's Pharmaceutical and Biotech Leaders Summit
-- The VC view of diagnostics
Copies of the Champions 2.0 Special Issue will be available at the Bio-IT
World Conference & Expo, April 30 - May 2, 2007, Boston, MA.
About Bio-IT World
Bio-IT World publishes critical information across a variety of media to
meet the needs of bio-IT professionals. Coverage focuses on the range of
tools and techniques, both computational and experimental that increase the
efficiency and success of drug discovery, development, and clinical trials.
Bio-IT World and its accompanying website,
www.bio-itworld.com, deliver the
latest news, analysis and information on the indispensable technologies
driving discovery, development, and clinical trials. Bio-IT World has
received more than 34 awards for editorial and design excellence.
Established in September 2001, Bio-IT World, headquartered in Needham, MA,
is a business of Cambridge Healthtech Institute.
About Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI)
www.healthtech.com
Cambridge Healthtech Institute renowned conferences are the underpinning
for all our other information resources. Each year, CHI organizes over 80
conferences. The company strives to develop quality programs that provide
valuable new insights and competing points of view while offering balanced
coverage of the latest developments. Basic research related to commercial
implications is covered, with heavy emphasis placed on end-user insights
into new products and technology as well as coverage on the strategy behind
the business. Leading researchers and business experts from top
pharmaceutical, biotech and academic organizations present their most
current findings in a forum that features panel discussions and audience
participation. Over the past 14 years, CHI has produced more than 600
conferences, attracting more than 50,000 attendees from around the world.
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