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Instem & EMKA in Discussions to Provide Standard System Interfaces

Alliance supports Instem's strategy of working with all leading vendors to provide standard system interfaces for Pre-Clinical Drug Safety Assessment

Instem, a leading global information solutions provider, and EMKA Technologies, a major supplier of integrated hardware and software solutions for the life sciences, announced today that they will collaborate to provide standard system interfaces for organizations operating in the area of Pre-Clinical Drug Safety Assessment.

The two companies will jointly work with customers to interface their systems. This follows a series of discussions originating from Instem's initiative to extend the functionality of their Provantis solution suite to handle Safety Pharmacology studies.

Instem provides information solutions and services to research & development facilities around the world and its leading position in the Life Sciences was established in the area of drug safety assessment. Instem has maintained its prominent position through a strategy of internal growth, strategic acquisitions and by securing value-added partnerships with the world's leading technology vendors.

EMKA, headquartered in France with offices in Paris and North America, is a leading supplier of software and hardware for organizations engaged in Pharmacology, Safety Pharmacology and Toxicology studies.
EMKA has established a strong position as a provider of in-depth ecg analysis software and has developed an innovative non-invasive telemetry solution.

Jean-Gerard Napoleoni, CEO, EMKA Technologies comments "We believe that there are some real synergies between our two companies and are looking forward to collaborating with Instem. Instem's leadership position is important to us, as demonstrated with their Provantis solution which dominates the global Preclinical toxicology-pathology market."

Instem's CEO, Phil Reason, adds "This is an exciting opportunity for both our companies. We have already established a good dialogue and system interfaces to some of the other solutions suppliers, so we are looking forward to working with EMKA to satisfy strong customer interest."

Provantis™ is a modern, fully integrated Windows-based solution, which enables data to be shared across every discipline of a toxicology laboratory. It addresses all the needs of the toxicology laboratory from compound receipt through to final report production. Provantis™ serves the complete spectrum from one-person enterprises to global deployments for hundreds of users in leading multi-national corporations.

EMKA has developed StudyDesigner™ as a tool dedicated to organizing, performing and archiving data acquisition and analysis in Safety Pharmacology and Toxicology studies.

This new cooperation will make it easy and secure to transfer data both ways between Provantis and StudyDesigner.

About Instem

Instem is a world-leading information solutions provider for the Life Sciences - accelerating drug and chemical development by increasing client productivity and enhancing the processes that lead to safer, more effective products.

Established in 1969, Instem has offices in the United States and Europe with its solutions supported in thirteen countries. Instem serves large multi-national corporations and smaller organizations in overcoming the challenges of managing information and provides solutions that help them further their missions while creating a competitive advantage. For more information on Instem and its solutions, please visit www.instem.com or contact them by email at info@instem.com.

About EMKA

EMKA Technologies develops, manufactures and sells software and hardware for studies in Pharmacology, Safety Pharmacology and Toxicology. EMKA provides complete and integrated solutions for researchers performing cardio-vascular, ECG, pulmonary, isolated organs, electrophysiology and behavioural studies. Created in 1991, EMKA Technologies has developed a large customer base and has installed more than 1000 software and/or hardware systems worldwide.

Its sister company EMKA Electronique, with plants in Romorantin and Angers, designs and manufactures complete electronic solutions for industry customers.

For more information visit www.emka.fr or contact them by email at emka@emka.fr

Press Contact:

Gary E. Mitchell, VP Global Marketing, Instem US HQ
Tel: (610) 941-0990
Email: gary.mitchell@instem.com

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