IDBS Press Release

IDBS Named Finalist for 2010 Growing Business Awards 'Company of the Year'

Global R&D Data Management Provider Recognised for Technology Innovation and Business Excellence

Guildford, UK, and Burlington, Mass., November 10, 2010 - IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced that it has been selected as a finalist in the 'Company of the Year' category of the 12th annual Growing Business Awards 2010. Organised by the CBI and Real Business magazine, the awards recognise Britain's finest leaders and entrepreneurs. The 'Company of the Year' category salutes independently owned UK companies that convey business excellence, outstanding financial results, and superb management and people practices.

Kate Pritchard, Managing Editor of Real Business, said: "This year's shortlists are among the strongest we've ever found. We've identified a raft of substantial, entrepreneurial, growth and digital-focused companies that can face the future with optimism. A key theme this year is small and medium-sized enterprises with international expansion in their sights. These businesses instil real confidence that the UK economy possesses innovation, ambition and professionalism in abundance."

IDBS has been selected as a finalist for the success of its pioneering data management and analytics solutions targeted at R&D organisations. IDBS' enterprise software solutions help the world's leading pharmaceutical, R&D and healthcare organisations improve their efficiency and the value of their data. IDBS now plays a strategic role in helping R&D clients worldwide achieve their goals: new treatments for cancer, the development of new high-tech materials and products, maintaining regulatory compliance or developing more streamlined industrial processes.

"We are delighted to be amongst this year's award finalists," said Neil Kipling, founder and CEO of IDBS. "We are expanding rapidly, in new markets and across geographies. In a short time we have dramatically extended our footprint within the existing customer base of pharmaceuticals and industrial R&D, and established a global leadership position in the emerging Translational Medicine arena. To be recognised for the impact of our software and our business is testament to the expertise and relentless dedication of everyone in the company."

The 12th annual Growing Business Awards will be judged by a panel of world leading entrepreneurs, including Dragons Den's James Caan, CEO of LOVEFILM Simon Calver, and CEO of UKTI Sir Andrew Cahn. The awards will be held at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square on the November 25, 2010, and winners will be announced during this ceremony.

To view the awards categories and a complete list of 2010 finalists, please visit the awards website at: gba.realbusiness.co.uk/shortlist/

About The Growing Business Awards

Created in 1999, the Growing Business Awards are the UK's most established recognition of entrepreneurial growing-business success. The awards champion the innovation, expansion and excellence of UK SMEs, spotlighting household names and undiscovered entrepreneurial gems.

The Growing Business Awards are supported by Coutts & Co, UKTI, Visa and Bird & Bird. For more information on the awards, visit gba.realbusiness.co.uk/

About IDBS

IDBS is a unique, global supplier of innovative data management and first-in-class analytics solutions which increase efficiency reduce costs and improve the productivity of healthcare R&D organizations. Multinational pharmaceutical companies, major public-private healthcare partnerships, global leaders in academic study and high tech companies employ IDBS as a strategic supplier of scientific informatics and business process improvement solutions. IDBS is clearly differentiated by its unique combination of deep domain knowledge across the entire R&D sector: from the examination of the human genome at the scientist's bench, through the clinic, to translational medicine initiatives and pay-for-performance healthcare monitoring. IDBS solutions support the protection of intellectual property (IP) and the requirements for data quality and security demanded under Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and HL7 (Health Level) standards.

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Guildford, UK, IDBS has worldwide consulting and support presence, with offices in California, New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as in the EU, Australia and China. IDBS is a 2010 Profit Track 100 company.

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