Ensemble is an on demand software platform that brings Web 2.0 technologies inside a private and secure business network.

Guillermo Morales, director of research and development for Semafore Pharmaceuticals, said: “We knew that Ensemble was worth the investment when, at a critical moment preparing for a due diligence process, there was key information urgently needed that could not be found. We turned to the Ensemble system. The very first search produced the exact result we were looking for. At the end, it took less time to find the information using Ensemble than it took for me to walk to the computer.”

ArtusLabs says that Ensemble for Life Science combines structurally aware enterprise search, chemically aware data management, and scientific collaboration into one system.

Joseph Garlich, chief scientific officer at Semafore, said: “From my point of view, ArtusLabs has a capacity to really understand the research information retrieval problems we face everyday. For Semafore, being ahead of the curve is important…it helps us be more efficient in our research pursuits.”

ArtusLabs’ other products for the life science industry include Ensemble Exchange (an online chemical sourcing database), chemical structure and reaction systems and toolkits developed to address specific scientific technology needs.