Perceptive Informatics is Joining Forces with Spotfire
Boston, MA May 15, 2001 - Perceptive Informatics, Inc. (Perceptive), a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL), and Spotfire, Inc. today announced that they have formed a strategic alliance designed to speed the drug development process. Perceptive will integrate Spotfire DecisionSite into its web-based portal products and distribute the combined offering with a goal toward improving the speed and accuracy of decision-making throughout the stages of drug development. Spotfire DecisionSite has been incorporated into Perceptive's web solutions that provide on-line, real-time access to clinical trial data. This integrated offering may enable users to perform interactive visualization and information analysis to uncover key trends in bio/pharmaceutical research faster.
"Perceptive Informatics is pleased to be able to offer Spotfire DecisionSite to clinical development organizations. We believe that combining the data access provided by our portal products with the analytical power of Spotfire DecisionSite can improve a client's ability to monitor clinical trial findings and rapidly identify and respond to emerging trends," said Mark A. Goldberg, M.D., President of Perceptive Informatics, Inc. "As a Vertical Service Provider (VSP) to the Bio/Pharmaceutical industries, we offer information technology tools designed to reduce the time, cost and risk associated with clinical development and launch programs. Our depth of expertise in clinical development enables us to successfully deploy innovative platform technologies to the clinical development arena."
"Perceptive's record in applying technology for the enhancement of clinical development will further the deployment of Spotfire DecisionSite in this segment," said Joseph F. Donahue, Spotfire Vice President, Worldwide Life Sciences Market. "Our information interaction capabilities are well-suited to this data-intensive process, and together we believe we can add real value to the clinical development process."
About Perceptive
Perceptive Informatics, Inc. develops and offers a portfolio of sophisticated and innovative technology-based products and services that facilitate clinical drug development and are designed to decrease time to peak sales. The technology portfolio includes web-based portal solutions, Interactive Voice Response Systems (IVRS), electronic data capture, and electronic diary solutions. Perceptive also offers advanced medical diagnostics services to assess rapidly and objectively the safety and efficacy of new drugs, biologics, and medical devices in clinical trials. The Company is headquartered near Boston, MA with approximately 150 employees in offices located throughout North America and Europe. Perceptive Informatics is a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation, one of the largest contract pharmaceutical outsourcing organizations in the world, providing a broad range of knowledge-based contract research, medical marketing and consulting services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.
About Spotfire®
Spotfire, Inc. is a leading provider of eAnalytic applications and services that put the power of decision-making at the center of its customers' businesses. Spotfire's solutions enable organizations around the world to improve the efficiency, the speed and the accuracy of their decision-making processes by advancing both individual and networked analysis. More than 350 customers and over 16,000 subscribers use Spotfire products worldwide. The company maintains U.S. headquarters in Somerville, Mass. and European headquarters in Göteborg, Sweden. Additional information can be found at http://www.spotfire.com.
Spotfire is a registered trademark and DecisionSite is a trademark of Spotfire, Inc. All other names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.
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