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BIOVIA is a
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company headquartered in the United States, with representation in
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and
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. It provides software for chemical, materials and
bioscience ''BioScience'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. It was established in 1964 and was preceded by the ''AIBS Bulletin'' (1951–1 ...
research for the
pharmaceutical Medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the ...
,
biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...
, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, energy and chemical industries. Previously named Accelrys, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Dassault Systèmes Dassault Systèmes SE () (abbreviated 3DS) is a French Multinational corporation, multinational software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products. Founded in 1981, it is ...
after an April 2014 acquisition and has been renamed BIOVIA.


History

Accelrys was formed in 2001 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pharmacopeia, Inc. from the fusion of five companies: Molecular Simulations Inc., Synopsys Scientific Systems, Oxford Molecular, the Genetics Computer Group (GCG), and Synomics Ltd. MSI, itself a result of the combination of Biodesign, Cambridge Molecular Design, Polygen and, later, Biocad and Biosym Technologies. In late 2003, Pharmacopeia, Inc. separated its drug discovery and software development businesses. The drug discovery company retained the name Pharmacopeia and remained in
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, while the software company moved to
San Diego, California San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...
. In 2004, Accelrys acquired SciTegic, producer of the Pipeline pilot software. Accelrys managed a
nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propertie ...
consortium producing software tools for rational nanodesign from 2004 to 2010.Nanotechnology Consortium
. Accelrys.
In 2010, Symyx Technologies was merged with Accelrys. In May 2011, the company acquired Contur Software AB, an electronic lab notebook software firm. In January 2012, Accelrys acquired VelQuest, a maker of pharmaceutical and medical device-related software, for $35 million in cash. In May 2012, Accelrys purchased Hit Explorer Operating System (HEOS) - a SaaS system that provides groups with project information in the cloud and access to biological assay results, analytics, chemical registration and pharmacokinetics data - from Scynexis. In October 2012, Accelrys acquired Aegis Analytical Corp. for $30 million in cash, expanding Accelrys’ reach for customers in the move from the lab to the manufacturing floor. The company's Discoverant software aggregates and analyzes manufacturing, quality and development data to allow manufacturers for quality by design. In January 2013, Accelrys acquired Swiss biosciences systems integrator Vialis AG for $5 million in cash. In September 2013, Accelrys acquired Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) compliance provider ChemSW. On January 30, 2014
Dassault Systèmes Dassault Systèmes SE () (abbreviated 3DS) is a French Multinational corporation, multinational software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products. Founded in 1981, it is ...
of France announced the acquisition of Accelrys in an all-cash tender offer for at $12.50 per share, representing a fully diluted equity value for Accelrys of approximately $750 million. After the acquisition, Accelrys was renamed BIOVIA.


Products

* The Accelrys Enterprise Platform, a scientifically aware, service-oriented architecture (SOA) spanning data management and informatics, enterprise lab management, modeling and simulation, and workflow automation. * Pipeline Pilot, a program that aggregates and provides immediate access to the volumes of disparate research data locked in silos, automates the scientific analysis of that data, and enables researchers to rapidly explore, visualize and report research results. * ISIS/Draw, a chemical drawing tool. * ISIS/Base, a personal chemical database counterpart. * ISIS/Host, a chemical structure database that uses Oracle * Accelrys Draw, a chemical drawing tool. * Accelrys Direct, a chemical substance database that uses Oracle's data cartridge technology. * The Available Chemicals Directory (ACD) a compilation of supplier catalogues that is searchable by substructure. * The Accelrys Process Management and Compliance Suite, a "combination of software products for scientists working in early and mid-stage analytical, formulation and process/bioprocess development ... through to stability, material and release testing during late-stage quality control and commercial production." The Suite streamlines product development * Symyx Notebook by Accelrys, an
Electronic lab notebook An electronic lab notebook or electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) is a computer program designed to replace paper laboratory notebooks. Lab notebooks in general are used by scientists, engineers, and technicians to document research, experiments ...
. * Materials Studio, a suite of modeling and simulation programs for material science. *
Discovery Studio Discovery Studio is a suite of software for simulating small molecule and macromolecule systems. It is developed and distributed by Dassault Systemes BIOVIA (formerly Accelrys). The product suite has a strong academic collaboration programme, sup ...
, a suite of modeling and simulation programs for life sciences. * Contur ELN * Externalized Collaboration Suite * Discoverant * iLabber * Experiment Knowledge Base * Lab Execution System (LES) Commercial versions of otherwise academically licensed programs: *
CHARMM Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics (CHARMM) is the name of a widely used set of force fields for molecular dynamics, and the name for the molecular dynamics simulation and analysis computer software package associated with them. The CH ...
(Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics) is commercially available from Accelrys. In October 2013, Martin Karplus of Harvard University, Michael Levitt of Stanford University and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California were awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work in modeling and simulation including CHARMM. *
MODELLER Modeller, often stylized as MODELLER, is a computer program used for homology modeling to produce models of protein tertiary structures and quaternary structures (rarer). It implements a method inspired by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ...


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