BIND Biosciences Taps Siemans Energy & Automation Lab Control System

Energy Resource, March 17, 2009

ENERGY RESOURCE-17 March 2009-BIND Biosciences Taps Siemans Energy & Automation Lab Control System(C)2009 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com

Siemens Energy & Automation today announced that BIND Biosciences Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., has selected its Simatic PCS 7 Lab hardware and software to help manage pre- and post-clinical experimental data.

The first company in the United States to install the PCS 7 Lab hardware and software, BIND Biosciences develops targeted therapeutics based on its novel polymeric nanoparticle drug delivery technology platform.

With startup services provided by system integrator Optimation Technology Inc., the phased automation implementation will help BIND Biosciences drive process development as well as monitor and control manufacturing operations.

"The flexibility and expandability of the PCS 7 Lab system will allow us to grow economically and efficiently through all three phases of the implementation," said Jeff Hrkach, BIND Biosciences Vice President of Pharmaceutical Sciences. "The system has all the tools we need to collect and manage our data as well as protect our intellectual property."

The implementation phase of the PCS 7 project is underway and focuses on basic experimentation and data collection. A second phase is under consideration for cataloging and organizing experimental data. Phase three, also under consideration, will include Siemens Sipat for Process Analytical Technology (PAT), Interspec for specification management and the R&D Suite for Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN).

For more information, visit www.sea.siemens.com.

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