Louis Pasteur University to use IDBS's predictive technology

Guildford-based (UK) software developer IDBS, and the University of Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) are to collaborate in the area of cheminformatics.

The University of Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) will use the PredictionBase suite from IDBS as a tool within its drug discovery during training courses available to both academic and commercial organisations.

Professor Alexandre Varnek, head of the University's master's courses on cheminformatics, said: "The objective of the master's training courses is to show best practice regarding cheminformations within drug discovery. We therefore are eager to demonstrate one of the best possible solutions relating to predictive ADME/Tox."

As part of the collaboration, IDBS has accepted a master's student at its UK headquarters to help further strengthen the PredictionBase suite by working exclusively on the development and refinement of ADME/Tox predictive models. IDBS also plans to use the facilities at the Strasbourg University to host training courses and workshops relating to IDBS" predictive technology.

Neil Kipling, founder and ceo of IDBS, said: "Increasingly, organisations recognize that not all predictive solutions are the same. Our emphasis on model validation, as well as our ability to incorporate external predictive models, is seen as increasingly valuable."