Biomax Informatics is a
Munich-based
software company specializing in research software for
bioinformatics
Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex. As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combi ...
. Biomax was founded in 1997 and has its roots in the
Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS). The company's customer base consists of companies and research organizations in the areas of
drug discovery
In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.
Historically, drugs were discovered by identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by ...
,
diagnostics
Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines, with variations in the use of logic, analytics, and experience, to determine "cause and effect". In systems engineer ...
,
fine chemicals, food and plant production. In addition to exclusive software tools, Biomax Informatics provides services and
curated knowledge bases.
In September 2007, Biomax Informatics acquired the
Viscovery software business of the Austrian
data mining specialist Eudaptics Software.
Biomax Informatics and Sophic Systems Alliance Inc. (USA) participate in the Cancer Gene Data Curation Project with the
National Cancer Institute (USA). This project maintains a public
data set of cancer-related
genes
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and
drugs
A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalat ...
. This data set has been integrated with the NCI's (
cancer Bioinformatics Infrastructure Objects)
domain model which is part of the
CaBIG Integrative Cancer Research (ICR) workspace. This Cancer Gene Index can be obtained separately from an NCI web site.
Products
* BioXM Knowledge Management Environment
* BioRS Integration and Retrieval System
* Pedant-Pro Sequence Analysis Suite
Subsidiaries
* Viscovery Software GmbH
See also
*
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex. As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combi ...
*
Bioinformatics companies
References
External links
Biomax Informatics official homepageViscovery Software official homepageCancer Gene Data Curation Project
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Research support companies
Bioinformatics companies
Biotechnology companies of Germany
Companies based in Munich
Companies established in 1997