ProSanos Corporation Joins BioIT Alliance

Prosanos — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:22:00 GMT

Harrisburg, PA November 14, 2006. ProSanos Corporation, specialists in the capture, integration, and analysis of healthcare-related data, is pleased to announce that it has joined Microsoft Corporation and an array of other leading organizations in a collaborative effort known as the BioIT Alliance. The Alliance seeks to develop and share best practices for the management of biomedical and life sciences data using a multi-disciplinary approach: experts from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, hardware and software industries will work together to identify solutions to some common and particularly tough challenges.

"The problem of data integration, particularly as it relates to clinical trials and drug safety, has been of great interest to ProSanos researchers since our founding in 2000," said Jonathan Morris, M.D., President and CEO of ProSanos. "We look forward to working with our partners in the Alliance to explore ways to more widely disseminate the tools and methodologies that can maximize the value of investments in healthcare informatics."

Don Rule, Platform Strategy Advisor for Microsoft, added, "One of the largest challenges for life science companies today is that the data available is growing exponentially in both quantity and complexity...We look forward to working with ProSanos through the BioIT Alliance to help our customers gain deeper insight and faster results with the clinical data that they are generating."

About ProSanos (www.prosanos.com)
The mission of ProSanos Corporation is to advance patient safety and care by providing clients and partners with superior products and services for the integration, analysis and management of healthcare-related data. Founded in 2000 and known for its innovative approach to the analysis and mining of healthcare data, the company provides products and services that promote in-depth understanding of the treatment of specific diseases and conditions. ProSanos Corporation is headquartered in Harrisburg, PA.

About the BioIT Alliance (www.bioitalliance.org)
Formed in 2006, the BioIT Alliance is a cross-industry group working to integrate science and technology in order to accelerate the pace of drug discovery and realize the potential of personalized medicine.