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Cellebrating five years of The Edge

You say it’s your birthday…Well it’s our birthday too!

Five years ago today, we started The Edge with the belief that discovery informatics was not a solved problem and that modern solutions were required using new innovative business practices. This meant starting a new type of company that was prepared to try doing things differently.

5 years later our solutions are used by several global pharmaceutical companies and we've helped even more take a new approach to information management.

We'd like to thank all of our customers and those who have helped us along the way.

We're looking forward to what the next 5 years will bring!

LabCentrix Becomes Reseller of BioRails™

Leading LIMS Consultancy Expands Its Informatics Offerings with a Productivity Tool that Helps Labs Manage Service Requests

HUDSON, Mass., March 3, 2009 — LabCentrix LLC, a premier provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) consulting services and lab technology solutions, has entered into a reseller agreement with The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd to distribute BioRails™ in North America and Brazil. The BioRails software is a productivity tool that enables laboratories to manage service requests and resources more efficiently.

LabCentrix specializes in helping laboratories of all sizes gain operational efficiencies through the effective use of technology. With the BioRails software, LabCentrix will address the challenge labs face in managing service requests, prioritizing workloads and assessing the best use of available resources. BioRails provides additional workflow and scheduling capabilities that will operate in tandem with LIMS software solutions.

“LIMS software packages do a great job of automating sample management once a sample is in the lab, BioRails automates the process of managing requests as they are submitted to a lab and the resource decisions that occur from there," said Mike Lujan, CEO and founder of LabCentrix. “We’re very impressed with the sophistication of the BioRails software and believe it solves a widespread need, particularly in large multi-lab operations with high service requests volumes.”

"We are very excited about our new partnership with LabCentrix and the strong market opportunity they recognize for BioRails,” said Andrew Lemon, managing director of The Edge Software Consultancy. "BioRails is a natural extension of LabCentrix’ services and offers a valuable new technology solution for both its current and new customers.”

LabCentrix’ principals have more than 25 years combined experience in implementing leading LIMS systems such as the Thermo Scientific Nautilus LIMS software.

About LabCentrix

LabCentrix LLC is a premier provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) consulting services and technology solutions for a range of industries, including pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, process, forensics, environmental, petroleum and others. LabCentrix customers, who cover the spectrum from multinational giants to small- and mid-sized organizations, receive measurable value from the company’s unique approach to maximizing a lab’s informatics investments. Building on a profound knowledge of technology, laboratory processes and preferred business practices, LabCentrix collaborates closely with each customer’s teams to efficiently deliver individualized solutions that specifically address their needs. LabCentrix also offers technology solutions that extend the value of LIMS software packages including its SmartManager™ for Nautilus and Affinity for Affymetrix. For more information about LabCentrix and its consulting services, value-add technology solutions and personalized support offerings, visit www.labcentrix.com or contact us at +1 888 708-8781.

About The Edge Software Consultancy

The Edge Software Consultancy is a multidisciplinary consulting organization offering solutions across all aspects of drug discovery information management. Its consultants are seasoned professionals offering the benefit of extensive real-world experience in drug discovery. The Edge offers a range of services including business process analysis, project management, requirements preparation, technical specification, implementation and testing. The consultancy is also known for its independent integration services and guidance on software selection and interoperability. Its unique approach identifies bottlenecks, concentrating on the goals of your scientists; targeting recovery of a day a week of your scientists’ time and to reduce the frustration that accompanies so many software users experience. For more information visit www.edgesoftwareconsultancy.com.

Article from http://www.limsfinder.com/BlogDetail.aspx?id=33375_0_3_0_C

Radioligand Binding In Morphit V2

A new version of the radioligand binding Morphit binder is available. This binder template has a more streamlined workflow and demonstrates the use of three Morphit addins

Structures4Morphit - Rendering compound structures from SMILES
Fitting4Morphit - non-linear regression (sigmoidal curve fit)
SDI4Morphit - import of plate reader files with import definitions

You can see this binder working in the new screen cast for Radioligand Binding and members can download the binder, example data files and import definition from the downloads section.

The Edge Partners with Japanese Distributor

The Edge partners with Ryoka Systems Inc to bring The Edge’s modern innovative solutions to the Japanese market.

GUILDFORD, United Kingdom, The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd (“The Edge”), a leading provider of biological data management and Electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) solutions, today announced a partnership with Ryoka Systems Inc(“Ryoka”). They will market The Edge software products to pharmaceutical companies in Japan.

Ryoka will market Morphit a high productivity spreadsheet focused on increasing productivity in preclinical research and development. Morphit combines flexible data capture with advanced analysis capabilities. Morphit can be used for a huge range of studies from routine dose response screening to complex behavioural studies. Its flexible design means a single Morphit document can be applied to a wide range of studies allowing scientists to vary conditions and capture new observations as they are identified.

Data from these studies can be shared and exploited using the BioRails platform, a suite of products focused on capturing and sharing knowledge gained from biological research. These include BioRails ELN, a collaborative electronic laboratory notebook, BioRails LIMS, a modern scalable data management system, BioRails MDM, a master data management system used to increase data quality, and BioRails Cascade, a unique solution for optimising the research cascade.

"The Edge has been very responsive in addressing the needs of the Japanese market" said Junichi Goto, Executive Officer,
Science & Technology System Division, Ryoka Systems Inc. "We’ve found their solutions to be highly innovative and are very excited about introducing these solutions to Japanese customers."

"We are very pleased to be working with a high quality organisation like Ryoka Systems Inc.", said Dr Andrew Lemon, CEO at The Edge. "The Japanese market is important to us, identifying the right partner was fundamental to reaching customers in Japan."

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The Edge is a multidisciplinary consulting and software company based on Guildford, UK. They specialise in modern integrative solutions and services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

SmartLabs 2010

The Edge will be exhibiting at the IQPC SmartLabs 2010 meeting in Brussels Belgium. We will be demonstrating all our latest products, and ready to discuss your project needs. Please contact us if you would like to meet us and attend at a discounted rate.

Morphit: Spreadsheets just evolved!

Morphit is a new type of spreadsheet delivering dramatic increases in productivity for business and scientific users of spreadsheets. Morphit combines data capture and powerful analysis capabilities in one package.

The Edge Nov 03, 2009 – Today business analysts, scientists and general spreadsheet users can dramatically increase their productivity with Morphit an evolution in spreadsheet design empowering users to work smarter and faster than with traditional spreadsheets. Combining data capture and analysis Morphit brings powerful data analysis to your finger tips.

Based on experience from the pharmaceutical industry The Edge have evolved the spreadsheet to address many of the common issues with traditional spreadsheets. The spreadsheet has seen relatively little improvement of the past 20 years and Morphit marks a significant evolution. Easier to audit and less error prone, it adapts to changes in your data.

The Edge are offering a free 30 day trial of Morphit with sample spreadsheets and instructions on how to build and use Morphit documents.

Visit http://www.edge-ka.com/downloads/ to download or read the introductory article.

"The spreadsheet is one of the most important productivity tools to emerge from the IT revolution but has undergone relatively little development until now", said Andrew Lemon, Managing Director at The Edge, "Morphit combines a familiar spreadsheet with new powerful methods of capturing and analysing data. Importantly it is an evolution rather than a revolution in design making it accessible to general spreadsheet users."

SDI4Morphit addin released

The new 'Scientific Data Importer' addin for Morphit is now available. SDI4Morphit provides a method of importing data from plate readers and other instruments into Morphit tables. This removes the need to transcribe or copy and paste data, simplifying the experiment workflow by removing the need to pre-process data. Download a free 30 day trial version.

The Edge and ChemAxon collaborate to add chemistry to their Morphit spreadsheet technology

Morphit - the high productivity spreadsheet for pharmaceutical research is enhanced by the addition of a chemistry plug-in allowing chemistry data to be captured and analysed with ChemAxon’s JChem and Marvin technology

GUILDFORD, United Kingdom, BUDAPEST, Hungary January 18^th 2010 - The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd, a leading provider of biological data management and Electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) systems, and ChemAxon, a software solutions provider for cheminformatics, today announced the addition of a new chemistry plug-in to Morphit, a new spreadsheet technology. Morphit addresses many of the common issues with traditional spreadsheets allowing scientists to capture and analyse data from a broad range of disciplines. Morphit spreadsheets can be specialised with additional plug-ins to deal with many scientific areas such as Formulations, Screening, Preclinical safety testing and Pharmacokinetics. Additional tools for curve fitting, statistical analysis and now visualisation of chemical structures can be utilised directly within the spreadsheet.

The chemistry plug-in gives scientists the ability to capture and manipulate chemical information within the Morphit spreadsheet environment. This is the first of a series of plug-ins to the new spreadsheet technology in support of scientific research. The Chemistry plug-in is powered by ChemAxon’s JChem cheminformatics toolkit and can be used in combination with the curve fitting plug-in to address the needs of drug discovery scientists for primary and dose response screening. Resulting IC50 values can be uploaded into corporate databases ready for SAR analysis.

"ChemAxon technology is well suited to extending the capabilities of modern software products like Morphit" said Alex Drijver, CEO at ChemAxon. "We are excited to be involved with innovative products like this, and to add the Edge to the already broad range of companies who have ChemAxon as their first choice for chemistry functionality.

Morphit has evolved from the classic spreadsheet paradigm, making it accessible to users familiar with traditional spreadsheets whilst offering many new and exciting possibilities for capturing and analysing data. Why not try Morphit today by downloading the free 30 day trial version http://www.edge-ka.com/downloads/. Morphit delivers productivity increases to many scientists whether used standalone or in combination with an enterprise electronic laboratory notebooks such as the BioRails ELN.

"The greatest business challenge for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies is how to raise the productivity of scientists without stifling innovation.", said Dr Andrew Lemon, CEO at The Edge. "Morphit addresses this need head on empowering scientists to capture, analyse and make decisions on their data."

The Edge Software consultancy is a multidisciplinary consulting and software company based on Guildford, UK. They specialise in software and services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

ChemAxon is a leader in providing cheminformatics software development platforms and applications for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. With core capabilities for structure visualization, search and management, property prediction, virtual synthesis, screening and drug design, ChemAxon focuses upon active interaction with users and software portability to create powerful, cost effective cross platform solutions and programming interfaces to power modern cheminformatics and chemical communication. For more information please visit www.chemaxon.com.

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Morphit - Spreadsheets Evolved

The paper Morphit - Spreadsheets Evolved introduces Morphit a new spreadsheet technology, describing the unique features and benefits which can increase your productivity and reduce errors. Why not evaluate it today?

The paper includes a review of the history of the spreadsheet, highlighting some of the problems they raise. We then explain how Morphit addresses these issues, providing a more productive and more accurate method of capturing and analysing data.

Download the white paper (Require PDF reader)

Curve Fitting and Chemistry plug-ins released

The new curve fitting and chemistry plug-ins for Morphit are now available with the free 30 day trial version of Morphit. Fit your data to a range of curve models to determine IC50, EC50, Ki and other parameters. Capture chemical information and calculate basic properties within the Morphit spreadsheet.

Morphit videos available

A series of Morphit videos are available demonstrating how Morphit can address a range of problems, helping to improve productivity and streamline your work.

Review the videos and download the free 30 day trial with example templates.

Morphit Released

Today The Edge release Morphit, a new type of spreadsheet which can dramatically increase your personal productivity. Morphit addresses many of the problems associated with traditional spreadsheets. You can read more about Morphit in the white paper 'Spreadsheets - Evolved'.

Morphit - Spreadsheets Evolved

In preparation for the release of Morphit this Friday, we have posted a new white paper describing the features and benefits of the application.

Members page open

The Edge members area is open.

Master data management: Specialised for the pharmaceutical industry

This paper outlines a standard for representing master data with application to the pharmaceutical industry.

Download the MDM White paper

Morphit reviewed in scientific computing

Read more about Morphit in Felix Grant's review in Scientific computing.

New products preview at IQPC ELN conference

The Edge will preview the latest release of its ELN and data management platform BioRails^TM

Guildford, UK September 24^th, 2009 — The Edge, a premier provider of Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) and Data Management software, will preview its latest products at the meeting.

The Edge specialise in delivering software for protecting intellectual property and supporting scientists to increase their productivity. “This release marks a significant milestone in the development of the BioRails platform. Not only is it flexible enough to accommodate routine and non-routine science, but the BioRails ELN allows them to create defensible documentation of invention.”, said Dr Andrew Lemon, Managing Director of The Edge.

BioRails Cascade supports everyone involved in the drug discovery process from project teams to laboratory scientists. It makes the whole process more transparent and traceable.

Why not visit our stand and see for yourself?

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Drug Discovery 2009

The Edge are exhibiting at Drug Discovery 2009 in Liverpool UK September 7-8th.

Come and meet us and see why more and more companies are selecting our solutions.

We are in the innovation zone.

Chemists are from Mars, Biologists from Venus

Rework of original paper published on BioRails.com contrasting the informational needs of biologists and chemists and explaining why BioRails is a different solution.

Download it here