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For Immediate Release
Contact: Ms. Susan Barich
Director of Client Services
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
650-462-9800
barich@worldinternetcenter.com
IBM LIFE SCIENCES PUTS DRUG DISCOVERY
ON THE FAST TRACK AT THE
SILICON VALLEY WORLD INTERNET CENTER
PALO ALTO, CA, February 6, 2002 - IBM's Dr.
Prasad Kodali Worldwide Technical Program Manager of Life Sciences
DiscoveryLink Solution (http://www-3.ibm.com/solutions/lifesciences/about.html),
will discuss the challenges facing drug makers and how information
technology can put drug discovery and development on a faster and
more efficient delivery track Thursday, February 7 at a Technology
Demonstration at the Silicon Valley World Internet Center (http://www.worldinternetcenter.com)
in Palo Alto.
"Information technology helps to drive much of life
sciences innovation," said Dr. Prasad. "The huge amounts of data
generated by advancement of technologies create a bottleneck in
the drug discovery process. IBM LS is poised to provide solutions
that enable research scientists to use the data effectively and
efficiently in the areas of High Performance computing, Data Management
and e-clinical."
Dr. Prasad will demonstrate some of those solutions
at the Center at the 4:00 p.m. Technology Demonstration. He will
also be available at the Center's weekly Pub following the Tech
Demo to answer questions and network with attendees.
IBM is an Executive Sponsor of the Silicon Valley
World Internet Center, which focuses on the advancement of Internet-related
eMarkets, technologies, people, and ideas through the collaborative
exchange of knowledge. The Center is located in the heart of Silicon
Valley and works on behalf of its sponsors to develop programs specific
to the expanding Internet Economy. As a multi-corporate, third party
venue, the Center provides a physical and virtual forum for collaboration
among technology leaders and key end-users. The Center, a for-profit,
fee-for-service corporation, focuses primarily on the areas of eBusiness,
eServices and wireless communication.
IBM Life Sciences brings together IBM resources,
from research, services and e-business expertise to data and storage
management and high-performance computing, to offer new solutions
for the life sciences market, including biotechnology, genomic,
e-health, pharmaceutical, and agri-science industries. The fastest
way to get more information about IBM Life Sciences is through its
Web site http://www.ibm.com/solutions/lifesciences.
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