A profile of bioinformatics companies

Bioinformatics companies share a few general characteristics. They are usually very young companies  founded during the “start-up” era of the 1990’s. Currently, they offer services to niche markets, i.e. the software is mainly designed for pharmaceutical and life science researchers – not for general costumers. Many bioinformatics companies are spin-offs from biotech and pharmaceutical industry giants, or from university research groups, or are part of a company that also maintains “wet labs”, i.e. biological laboratories that use traditional experimental and analytic methods. The bioinformatics industry is currently in a state of flux. As the number of bioinformatics companies grows, the market consolidates, and “older” companies reach a certain level of maturity, bioinformatics companies may find themselves shifting away from an entirely R&D-based company to a more marketing and PR-driven company. Here you can find the most important bioinformatics companies and services.

Accelrys is the leader in simulation programs for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries (formerly MSI).

Web site: http://www.accelrys.com

BioDiscovery is an established company providing comprehensive software solutions mainly for bioinformatics research on gene expression.

Web site: http://www.biodiscovery.com

BioJava org is an open-source project aimed at providing Java tools for processing biological data

Web site http://www.biojava.org

BioPerl org is an open-source project aimed at providing Perl tools for sequencing and other processing of biological data

Web site: http://www.bioperl.org

CeleraScience provides genomic data and analysis tools based on a robust delivery.

Web site: http://www.celera.com

Chemical Computing Group (CCG)  develops scientific software applications for the Life Science research.

The principal product MOE (the Molecular Operating Environment) combines High Throughtput Discovery, Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Molecular Design.

Web site: http://www.chemcomp.com/index.html

Gene Ontology Knowledge Discovery System is a classification system for all 12 million MEDLINE documents by Gene Ontology terms. Powered by Reel Two's Classification System.

Web site: http://www.go-kds.com/go/index.html

Genomining, specializing in discovery, interpretation and management of data in biology, with strong expertise in data-mining, and access to large databases

Web site: http://www.genomining.com

GeneProt, focusing on the discovery, identification and characterization of proteins and their functions. Cambridge, MA, USA

Web site: http://www.geneprot.com

Human Genome Sciences, pioneer in the use of genomics, the study of human genes, and the development of new pharmaceutical products. Has 6 drugs in human clinical trials. Headquarters: Baltimore, MD, USA

Web site: http://www.hgsi.com

LION Bioscience - Genomics. Informatics.  Solutions, a leader in bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and drug discovery. provides an integrated IT-platform for drug discovery. Offices in Germany, UK, USA.

Web site: http://www.lionbioscience.com

MDL Information Systems - offers modern biologists a virtual laboratory for analyzing sequence data using Bioinformatics Workbench

Web site: http://www.mdli.com