BIOVIA
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: DASTY | |
| Industry | Life sciences, materials science, CPG, automotive, aerospace, energy, academic, manufacturing, technology |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California, US Cambridge, UK Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Jason Benedict (CEO) Jason Gray (General Counsel) Leif Pedersen (SVP Marketing, Product Management and Corporate Development) |
| Revenue | US$155 million |
Number of employees | 700+ |
| Website | www |
BIOVIA operates as a software enterprise based in the United States, with additional facilities located in Europe and Asia. It specializes in providing software solutions tailored to chemical, materials, and bioscience research needs across industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, energy, and chemicals.
Previously identified as Accelrys, the company became a fully owned subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes after its acquisition in April 2014 and was subsequently rebranded.
History
Founded in 2001, Accelrys originated as a subsidiary of Pharmacopeia, Inc. through the union of five firms: Molecular Simulations Inc., Synopsys Scientific Systems, Oxford Molecular, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), and Synomics Ltd. Notably, Molecular Simulations Inc. was itself formed by merging Biodesign, Cambridge Molecular Design, Polygen, Biocad, and Biosym Technologies.
In 2003, Pharmacopeia divided its drug discovery and software divisions; the software segment moved to San Diego and continued operations under the Accelrys name.
Accelrys pursued growth via multiple acquisitions: SciTegic in 2004 (creator of Pipeline Pilot software); Symyx Technologies in 2010; Contur Software AB in 2011, known for electronic laboratory notebooks; VelQuest in 2012, delivering pharmaceutical and medical device software for $35 million; the HEOS SaaS platform from Scynexis in 2012; Aegis Analytical Corp. also in 2012 for $30 million to advance manufacturing data analytics; Vialis AG in 2013 for $5 million to enhance biosciences integration; and ChemSW in 2013, which provides Environmental Health & Safety compliance solutions.
On January 30, 2014, Dassault Systèmes completed an all-cash tender offer to acquire Accelrys for about $750 million. Following this transaction, Accelrys was renamed BIOVIA.
Products
- The Accelrys Enterprise Platform: a scientifically aware service-oriented architecture (SOA) that integrates data management, informatics, enterprise laboratory management, modeling and simulation capabilities, along with workflow automation.
- Pipeline Pilot: software designed to consolidate diverse research datasets, automate scientific workflows, and facilitate rapid data exploration, visualization, and reporting.
- ISIS/Draw and Accelrys Draw: tools for chemical structure drawing.
- ISIS/Base: a personal chemical database application.
- ISIS/Host: a chemical structure database built on Oracle technology.
- Accelrys Direct: a chemical substance database utilizing Oracle's data cartridge technology.
- Available Chemicals Directory (ACD): a substructure-searchable directory compiling supplier catalogs.
- Accelrys Process Management and Compliance Suite: software suite supporting scientists throughout product development stages—from early analytical and formulation phases to late-stage quality control and commercial manufacturing—optimizing workflows.
- Symyx Notebook by Accelrys: an electronic laboratory notebook system.
- Materials Studio: modeling and simulation software focused on materials science.
- Discovery Studio: a modeling and simulation platform for life sciences applications.
- Additional offerings include Contur ELN, Externalized Collaboration Suite, Discoverant, iLabber, Experiment Knowledge Base, and Lab Execution System (LES).
Commercially available versions of academic programs:
- CHARMM (Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics), distributed commercially by Accelrys; its creators were honored with the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to molecular modeling and simulation.
- MODELLER