Holiday greetings – Throughout this Holiday Season, our thoughts are filled with those who have made our journey possible. To all of you, and especially our clients, we sincerely Thank You for your continued support, your new and continued business and your partnerships this year. We wish you peace and happiness throughout the holiday season.
Year in Review – This year marked the beginning of the return of conference attendees to some of the largest events in the industry. We started the year with the Dotmatics User Group meeting in April – a great opportunity to learn about the latest updates to the Dotmatics platform and to see how customers are using the platform. The Drug Discovery Chemistry conference was one of the first chances to see some of the latest advances in DEL chemistry, Targeted Protein Degraders and AI.
This was also our first year to attend the BioPharma PM conference. This community-driven event brought together project and portfolio managers from drug discovery organizations throughout the US for a week of knowledge sharing sessions, and discussion panels that gave us insights into the challenges that PMOs face in the drug discovery industry. These insights we used to help refine some of the features in our Pipeline Program Management software and helped us connect with the wider community.
BioIT World brought with it an opportunity for us to see the progress being made with the use of FAIR data and AI in drug discovery. It was also our first opportunity of the year to exhibit and demonstrate our new Pipeline Program Management platform and recruit new participants to our Early Access Program.
The BIO conference saw a return to pre-pandemic attendance levels and allowed us to engage the wider drug discovery community. We demonstrated Pharm2Market, our business intelligence platform for biotechs.
We rounded out the year with the Discovery On Target conference in October, where we demonstrated some of the most recent changes to Pipeline including a new workflow system for our Protein Production and Assay Management modules and updates to the notification system. We also showed the new Target and Indication Management module which provides insights into the function of targets in select indications and allows users to construct their own indication models.
Pipeline Pharmaceutical Program Management Software Development [video]
This year we’ve been working with Early Access customers to take Pipeline to the next level. Pipeline is a cloud-based research management system for drug discovery programs that leverages and orchestrates systems you currently have to make the process of drug discovery. Watch Pipeline video :
- More transparent and trackable across your organization
- More integrated – so that data from multiple R&D systems are easily accessible.
- More actionable – so that the appropriate people are notified when significant events occur.
- More manageable – incorporating planning, tracking, and purchasing features across the Design/Make/Test cycle.
Pipeline: The Pharmaceutical Program Management Software is coming soon to the industry…..Reach out for a free consultation, more information or demo here.
New Service – As summer came to an end, and budget season came quickly upon us, we launched our new “Roadmap Informatics & Laboratory Planning Service” [video] with a webinar and a new whitepaper. Whether that’s an increase in the number of compounds synthesized, INDs filed, or the number of patient samples processed these roadmaps help companies plan a path to their goals and understand the people, processes, technologies, metrics for success/improvements, and the budgets required to get there.
This new offering has been a huge success to date and we expect it to grow well into 2023 and beyond. If you are interested in learning more about this service, please complete this form for your free consultation
Client Projects – This year’s client projects included:
Diagnostics LIMS System that integrated their order management, EMRs, sample processing, report management, inventory kit management, customer management, billing management, and appointment scheduling. This end-to-end workflow allowed the client to sign up providers, take test requests, manage patient appointments, and process patient samples. use machine learning algorithms to create treatment recommendations, generate reports and manage billing.
DEL Library Design & Screening – For our drug discovery clients, we continued to work on building out a custom suite of tools designed to make it easier to design and create DNA-encoded Libraries and to run DEL screens. This system is integrated with a SampleScan rack scanner to manage the process of library creation, and the registration and inventory of libraries.
Automated Synthesis – We added an automated synthesis module that integrated Dotmatics’ Reaction Workflows, Studies, and Inventory to allow chemists to enumerate reactions, and to determine the availability of building blocks for those reactions. This module also integrated Hamilton VANTAGE liquid handlers and Mettler balances.
Protein Production – We also created a clone order management system that integrated with Genscript’s order management system to make it easier to design target forms and manage the process of ordering, registering, and placing clones into inventory. The system also managed the complete protein production process including registration and inventory of clones, expressions, and purified proteins, and integrated with Dotmatics BioRegister and Inventory modules, and a SampleScan rack scanner.
Membership development – Having been members of SDEE since the founding of Aspen Biosciences in 2009, we were very happy to join with the California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), BIOCOM, and BioPharma PM groups this year as well. Through their events, we were able to make many new contacts and connections.
Continuing Trends – Many elderly people still require assistance with shopping and our team continues to assist with this need in our neighborhoods and local areas. Our employees volunteer their time and/or contribute to those less fortunate through community organizations, shelters, and food banks. If you would like to donate to food banks in your area, please consider donating to Feeding America, a network of food banks.
This year we still expect numerous children will be facing a lean holiday season due to workforce instability, so we continue to donate to our local Toys for Tots, a top-rated charity where over 97% of the donations go to their mission of providing toys, books, and other gifts to less fortunate children. If you are able to help through a donation to Toys for Tots this year.
About Aspen Biosciences:
Aspen Biosciences is a leading provider of scientific software/informatics solutions for drug discovery, diagnostics, and cancer research organizations. Our services include informatics roadmaps, custom software solutions, ELN/LIMS implementations, system integrations, and lab automation. Our mission is to accelerate your life science R&D efforts. Learn how we can help your team leverage your existing software tools and platforms to accelerate your drug discovery and diagnostics research efforts while providing customized, cost-effective integrated solutions. For additional information, please visit our website or contact us at mary.canady@aspenbiosciences.com