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Re: Informatics: heating up the STM market

Author:

Joanna Ptolomey

Date:

Wednesday, 7th Jul 2010 14:05

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Industry Update

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http://www.vivavip.com/go/e29699

The expected merger of Accelrys (http://accelrys.com/) and Symyx Technologies (http://www.symyx.com/) has hit a recent bump in the road with a rival bid from Certara (http://www.certara.com/) for Symyx.

The bid for Certara was however rejected.

The Wall Street Journal confirmed on 30th June 2010 that 'shareholders of Symyx Technologies Inc. (SMMX) and Accelrys Inc. (ACCL) approved their $179 million merger as Symyx holders supported the deal in the face of a higher offer for the science informatics software company'. (http://digbig.com/5bbxgm).

The STM informatics market is certainly heating up - highly competitive companies looking for canny partnerships and marriages. Looking forward to the swathe of new products coming on stream.

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•	Informatics: heating up the STM market
	The science, technology and medicine (STM) market has always been a knowledge intensive sector. One of the key drivers in this industry is managing and adjusting workflows, being responsive to research cycles and the changing market conditions. In the STM sector the overheads to a company are huge – not ...

Joanna Ptolomey

27/04/10 13:41

•	Re: Informatics: heating up the STM market
	The expected merger of Accelrys (http://accelrys.com/) and Symyx Technologies (http://www.symyx.com/) has hit a recent bump in the road with a rival bid from Certara (http://www.certara.com/) for Symyx. The bid for Certara was however rejected. The Wall Street Journal confirmed on 30th June 2010 that 'shareholders of Symyx Technologies Inc. (SMMX) ...

Joanna Ptolomey

07/07/10 14:05