Syngene expands its current relations with CAS to offer all its scientists SciFinder ®

BANGALORE, India, August 29, 2011/PRNewswire /-

• SciFinder offers Syngene scientists access to an extensive chemical coverage, global patent information

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS http://www.cas.org), the global leader in chemical information, announced today that Syngene International http://www.syngeneintl.com/syngene.asp, a subsidiary and international reputation of Biocon Limited contract research organization, the largest India biotechnology company, has signed a three year contract to provide its scientists unlimited access to SciFinder http://www.cas.org/products/scifindr/index.html, a CAS award winning chemistry research tool.

SciFinder offers Syngene the scope and depth of the chemistry required by scientists in global enterprises today. With daily updates of the contents of the database, SciFinder provides scientists with Syngene more timely information to help them progress in their investigation.

Using SciFinder, Syngene scientists have access to CAS REGISTRY (SM), the largest collection worldwide dissemination of information on chemicals, with a total of more than 61 million unique small molecular substances.

SciFinder also offers Syngene scientists access to global information on patents, allowing fast and reliable searches to help them identify options of research and make more new discoveries.

SciFinder is a critical tool that ensures that our scientists have the wide range of information needed to accelerate research, allowing the growth of our consumers and ensure that we remain competitive, global chemical ” said Dr. Manoj Nerurkar, head of discovery and development of small molecules in Syngene. CAS is an invaluable partner for our continued success in a market global dynamic ”

Syngene scientists will also benefit from SciPlanner ™, a new SciFinder feature which allows scientists more quickly identify synthesis options for designing better ways and approaches to research.

With an average of 1.8 million records of new substances originating of new global patent applications each year, is more important than ever before for researchers to access databases that reflect a commitment to the new chemistry that emerges from all sources, not only of a group of newspapers or limited patent coverage, ” said Christine McCue, Vice President of Marketing at CAS. The scope, depth and reliability of the chemical information provided by the CAS databases through SciFinder are incomparable. We are proud to extend access to SciFinder for Syngene scientists for synthesis and its full range of research needs chemistry. ”

On SciFinder

SciFinder ® is the leading chemists and researchers research tool, offering the substance and the proven results that scientists need to increase productivity and make discoveries fastestRapids. Intuitive, winning enforcement of an award provides instant access to CAS REGISTRY (SM) – the standard of gold’s compilations of chemical substances. Companies in Fortune 500, more than 1,800 universities and major government agencies worldwide rely on SciFinder to encourage r & d initiatives and promote innovation.

About CAS

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, is the world authority on chemical information. Our databases are curated and quality controlled by CAS scientists and are recognized by chemical and pharmaceutical companies, universities, governmental organizations and offices of patents worldwide as an authority. By combining these databases with research and analysis technologies advanced (products and services SciFinder ®, STN ® and Science IP ®), CAS offers the secure digital information environment more updated, complete and absorbing to scientific discoveries. Get more information at http://www.cas.org.

About Syngene

Founded in 1994, Syngene was the first India (CRO) contract research organization. In the last 16 years, have been associated with success with the leaders of the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical and agrochemical sectors in a wide range of discovery and development programs. Syngene offers multidisciplinary skills in chemistry, biology, development and extension of processes, formulation and analytical development and pre clinical services. His considerable group of scientific talents and modern r & d and production facilities enable the Organization to improve productivity and accelerate the delivery of all projects with the highest degree of professionalism. Get more information at http://www.syngeneintl.com/syngene.asp.