汤森路透收购药研数据商GeneGo

  
北京时间11月29日晚间消息，汤森路透集团宣布，已经收购了药物研发数据和分析服务提供商GeneGo。但是，今天汤森路透未透露交易的其他细节。

　　GeneGo的主业是帮助制药、生物科技和学术研究机构更深入地了解疾病和潜在资料药物的基因学原理。汤森路透表示，GeneGo将被并入自己的健保和科学业务部门。

　　健保和科学业务部门是汤森路透规模更大的专业服务大部的一个组成部分，在帮助公司摆脱衰退冲击的过程中，专业服务部的业绩增长更快同时也做出了更大贡献，而包括交易终端和路透社在内的市场部却遭受了经济衰退和随之而来的金融公司大幅裁员的严重冲击，复苏的速度也慢得多。
 

Thomson Reuters Acquires GeneGo

Resulting solutions will help biopharma and academic researchers design better drugs

Philadelphia, PA, London, UK, November 29, 2010 — Thomson Reuters today announced that it has acquired GeneGo, a leading provider of biology and disease information, analytics, and decision support solutions for pharmaceutical research and development.

Effective immediately, GeneGo will become part of the Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition enables Thomson Reuters to provide the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic research communities with solutions that provide better understanding of the underlying mechanism of disease and potential therapies. GeneGo’s scientific expertise and assets in biology-driven drug discovery complement the Thomson Reuters life sciences portfolio that covers drug pipeline competitive intelligence, patents, and chemistry.

“Thomson Reuters now provides comprehensive decision support solutions to help researchers striving to bring more effective medications to market,” said Jon Brett-Harris, executive vice president at Thomson Reuters. “There is an increasing need for biology content, detailed disease insights, and analytics to support R&D productivity and to enable a more personalized approach to medicine.”

GeneGo’s capabilities include:

• MetaBase™, a comprehensive and respected knowledge base in systems biology.
• Expertise in analytics, data management, and value-added services.
• An experienced management team and a skilled scientific staff.
• A successful track record deploying decision support systems.

GeneGo is headquartered in San Diego and has offices in Moscow and Michigan.

Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.  We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.  With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs 55,000 people and operates in over 100 countries.  For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.

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