Transcript Powering the Process of Invention

MDL Information Systems, Inc.
Powering the Process of
Invention
Donna del Rey
Director, Business Planning
[email protected]
Company Overview
 MDL is the global leader in discovery informatics
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Profitable, growing, and 25 years of experience
ISIS used in virtually every pharmaceutical and chemical
company
Core offerings include discovery IT framework,
cheminformatics, assay biology, reference data and
decision support
More than 1,500 customers
500 employees globally on 16 sites
 250 in R&D
Wholly owned subsidiary of Elsevier, Inc. in the Elsevier
Life Sciences division
 Help accelerate the discovery of innovative and
successful drug candidates by improving the speed
and quality of scientist’s decision making
Product Overview
The standard
applications and
technology that
provide the basis of
discovery informatics
solutions
An integrated set of
applications for
managing chemical and
biological discovery
workflows
A comprehensive
collection of
databases, reference
works, literature
links, and essential
discovery content
A suite of tools and
applications for
decision support,
visualization,
analysis, and ADMEtoxicity assessment
Product Benefits
 Discovery Framework
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Modern, open platform for integrated Life Science
Discovery solutions based on MDL’s chemistry and biology
management technology and key industry standards
 Discovery Experiment Management
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Synchronize workflow and enhance collaboration between
chemistry and biology
 Discovery Knowledge
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Broad, integrated access to critical information from
Internal and external sources
 Discovery Predictive Science
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Enable collaborative assessment throughout the life of a
discovery project through statistical analysis, predictive
modeling, visualization, and chemically intelligent content
Oracle Features Used Today &
How
 MDL ISIS database server runs on Oracle 8i or 9i
Database
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MDL Direct chemical cartridge built on Extensibility Option
Chemical structures stored inside Oracle Database
 MDL Core Interface middle tier embeds Oracle 9i
Application Server
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Oracle Containers for J2EE provides key functionality
 Working with Oracle on performance analysis and
tuning
Oracle Benefits
 Utilizing Oracle technology allows MDL to
focus on core competency in Discovery
solutions
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Oracle Database is the de facto standard data
repository in Life Sciences Discovery
 Oracle’s focus on Life Sciences directly
benefits MDL
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Oracle provides dedicated proactive and reactive
resources to Life Science partners
Planned Oracle features to be
adopted in the future
 Support of Oracle 10G Database
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MDL is a 10G beta tester
 Currently exploring
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Oracle Lite for a lightweight database engine in
various projects
InterMedia for image storage in Assay Explorer
Ongoing communication regarding other potential
collaboration opportunities
Summary
 MDL is an established provider of Life
Sciences Discovery solutions
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Offering an integrated set of software, content
and services
 MDL integrated with Oracle to meet customer
needs since 1989
 For more information, visit the MDL table at
the Demo Grounds