SciQuest releases EMAX Substance Manager software to accelerate drug discovery
"This is an exciting time for our company," said Thomas Russell, Senior Product Director at SciQuest. "In conjunction with a number of our customers, our team has worked hard to leverage the expertise we have developed through implementing earlier versions of ESM at multiple large pharmaceutical companies. This experience has enabled us to design ESM 5.0 for maximum configurability, scalability and performance within high throughput research operations. We've also developed innovative technology that provides a very powerful user experience within a thin client environment that supports the global realities of today's research organizations."
According to SciQuest, the EMAX Substance Manager is an integrated compound and plate management solution designed to speed the discovery process by providing researchers with a global knowledge base and tools to manage the entire life cycle of proprietary compounds used in drug discovery operations. The solution is designed to integrate the flow of information and research materials across a variety of robotics and discovery automation equipment to enable discovery organizations to optimize the productivity of their people, materials, equipment and facilities.
SciQuest's EMAX Substance Manager 5.0 is comprised of two products; ESM Global Access and ESM Foundation. The two solutions can be deployed together or separately.
"Aventis selected ESM 5.0 as its global compound logistics solution because it solves a critical business problem faced by large and small bio-pharma companies and because the capabilities and architecture of the product are solid," said Peter Loupos, Vice-President of DI&A Information Solutions at Aventis. "We are very pleased that development of the product is complete and we can begin realizing our investment as quickly as possible."
"We share the excitement that ESM 5.0 is generating among our customers and prospects," said Stephen Wiehe, CEO of SciQuest. "ESM 5.0 is another example of SciQuest's ongoing commitment to offer enterprise-level and domain-specific solutions that help scientific organizations enhance their research capabilities. ESM 5.0 is a major step forward in our efforts to be the leading provider of research supply chain solutions to the global scientific marketplace."