The alliance will capitalize on Clarkston’s process, eBusiness strategy, and technology integration capabilities and Viaken’s platform for hosting, managing, and supporting tier-one research informatics and front and back office solutions specifically designed for the life science industry.
Clarkston’s alliance with Viaken will help to accelerate the drug discovery process by providing end-to-end informatics and business solutions for life science companies.
Together, the companies will generate innovative solutions that provide a cost-effective way of building, maintaining, and supporting a highly competitive research informatics and operations technology infrastructure without the need to invest in large scale IT teams and equipment.
The result will be a streamlined process, from drug discovery to manufacturing, which will help customers achieve competitive advantage. The competencies, experience, and expertise of Viaken and Clarkston will enable life science companies, from Fortune 500 pharmaceuticals to emerging biotechnology firms, to fully leverage the power of IT in the discovery process.
Monty Hamilton, vice president of Business Development for Clarkston, put the alliance in perspective in a company statement, Clarkston has long been recognized for providing powerful, enterprise solutions for the demand chain and supply chain functions for life science firms. Now, we have the opportunity to leverage our project management and solutions expertise with Viaken’s drug discovery expertise to help our pharmaceutical and biotech clients in the early stages of the drug development process. This alliance will enable our clients to discover promising drug compounds faster, and get them to the market sooner and at less cost.
Our clients are looking for one-stop shopping and a single point of accountability for their IT solutions, whether the solution is for drug discovery or enterprise resource planning, explained Dr Keith O. Elliston, president and CEO of Viaken. Through this alliance, we can be the complete outsourced IT organization for biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Our clients can now work with one resource to design, implement, and maintain a complete portfolio of IT solutions covering the R+D, manufacturing, and distribution aspects of life science companies, as well as additional back office operations.
