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The Scripps Research Institute and InterKnowlogy designed a custom solution using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Vista and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to display cellular, molecular and atomic levels in 2-D and 3-D, while providing tools for annotations. The result was a newfound ability to link multiple kinds of data to an image, making it easier and faster to send information from experiments across the organization. Researchers now spend less time searching for data and more time developing potential treatment solutions.

The 2008 Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Innovation Award winners were selected by an esteemed panel of industry experts:

-- Scott Lundstrom, vice president, Health Industry Insights

-- Barry Peters, senior director of Corporate Compliance, Telerx

-- Ben Rooks, director, William Blair & Co., Healthcare Investment

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-- Sal Salamone, senior contributing editor, Bio-IT World

More information about the winners can be found on the Microsoft Life Sciences Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/lifesciences.

About Microsoft in Health and Life Sciences

Microsoft provides standards-based products and technology to help the health and life sciences industries break down information barriers between the disparate IT environments across pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, physicians and health professionals, provider organizations, government and private-sector employers, health insurers, and consumers. Microsoft's vision for knowledge-driven health utilizes the company's market-leading technology to help people in the healthcare provider, payer and life sciences organizatio
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