King of Prussia, PA — July 28, 2010 — NextDocs Corporation announced today it is the sole recipient of the Microsoft 2010 Life Sciences Partner of the Year award.  This honor was announced at the Microsoft 2010 Worldwide Partner Conference held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center July 11–15, 2010.

The award honors NextDocs Corporation’s innovative use of Microsoft technology in support of the Life Sciences Industry.  Award winners and finalists were selected from nominations received from Microsoft’s U.S. Public Sector team working throughout the nation.

“We are honored to have received this award.” said Zikria Syed, CEO of NextDocs Corporation.  “This award recognizes the innovative software solutions that NextDocs in partnership with Microsoft brings to the Life Sciences  industry enabling our clients to maximize their investments in technology. “

“Our healthcare partners across the country continue to demonstrate that technology has the ability to transform healthcare in the United States,” said Brian Scott, General Manager, U.S. Healthcare for Microsoft. “As healthcare innovations advance and evolve, we expect NextDocs Corporation to be at the center of those advances.”

About NextDocs

NextDocs is the worldwide leader in providing Microsoft Office SharePoint document, quality and compliance management software for life sciences companies. By taking advantage of the built-in functionality in SharePoint and adding the needed functionality for process, workflow, auditing, document portability, NextDocs provides leading edge and innovative solutions to meet the changing needs of Life Sciences companies.

Designed specifically for life sciences, NextDocs solutions are fully 21 CFR Part 11 compliant and add features to SharePoint necessary for common business process functions and regulatory compliance. All of this is accomplished in an Internet/Extranet environment, to mirror the way companies collaborate and exchange content in today’s IT environment.  For more information on NextDocs Corporation and the software solutions visit www.nextdocs.com.

About Microsoft Partner Program

The Microsoft Partner Program is designed for all partners who develop and market solutions based on Microsoft platforms, provide consulting or technical services on Microsoft systems, or recommend Microsoft technology purchases.  Microsoft partners include consulting services providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), independent hardware vendors, large account resellers (LARs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), support providers, system integrators, system builders, training providers, value-added resellers and value-added providers.

The awards, announced at the Drug Information Association’s (DIA) 46th annual meeting in Washington, D.C., were given in recognition of innovative solutions in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. The awards honor companies that have demonstrated the successful application of available software and devices to revolutionize medicine, bring therapeutic breakthroughs to market faster, fight serious ailments, improve health and enhance people’s quality of life.

“Between pressure to bring new drugs and therapies to market faster and the persistent and pressing need to cut costs, life sciences companies today are facing tremendous challenges,” said Michael Naimoli, U.S. life sciences industry solutions director, Microsoft Corp. “This year’s awards recognize companies that have developed innovative technology solutions based on the Microsoft software platform to achieve significant benefits, whether speeding discovery, time to market, or enhancing collaboration.”

This award was presented to NextDocs Corporation in conjunction with Stanford University Medical Center for Stanford University Medical Center’s deployment of the NextDocs Document and Quality Management Suite. To automate its Event Discovery (EDR) process, Stanford deployed NextDocs Document and Quality Management Suite running on Microsoft SharePoint. The automated EDR process includes document review, approval, trending and reporting of all non-conformances to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and helps ensure compliance with FDA guidelines.

Award participants consisted of worldwide life sciences corporations in drug discovery, scientific research and basic science, medical devices, clinical trials, document and records management, knowledge management, manufacturing and bioprocessing, mobile workers, supply chain, sales and marketing, digital marketing and social networking, personalized medicine, infra-structure and desktop and application virtualization. Winners were selected by an esteemed panel of industry experts and are highlighted on the Microsoft website at http://www.microsoft.com/lifesciences.

About NextDocs

NextDocs is the worldwide leader in providing Microsoft SharePoint based compliance software solutions. Designed specifically for life sciences, NextDocs software includes solutions for Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing and Legal and provides full support for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and other industry regulations. For more information please visit www.nextdocs.com or email sales@nextdocs.com.

Industry Leaders recognized for use of Microsoft-based solutions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 16, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners of the Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards 2010, which honor pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies that demonstrate new solutions or the successful application of available software and devices to revolutionize medicine, bring therapeutic breakthroughs to market faster, fight serious ailments, improve health and enhance people’s quality of life. This year, companies that demonstrated benefits and metrics as a result of their technology implementation were recognized.

The Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards 2010 were announced in Washington, D.C., at the Drug Information Association’s 46th annual meeting during an evening reception.

“The companies that received awards are on the cutting edge of integrating life sciences and information technology to advance research and benefit patients around the world,” said Michael Naimoli, U.S. life sciences industry solutions director, Microsoft. “By demonstrating quantifiable results, each of the award recipients is not only showing how Microsoft technology can be implemented to revolutionize the industry but also providing a road map for other companies that want to advance their own organizations.”

Award Winners

Submissions for this year’s awards came from global life sciences corporations and research universities specializing in drug discovery, scientific research and basic science, medical devices, clinical trials, document and records management, knowledge management, manufacturing and bioprocessing, mobile workers, supply chain, sales and marketing, digital marketing and social networking, personalized medicine, and infostructure, desktop and application virtualization. The 2010 winners are as follows:

The Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards 2010 winners were selected by an esteemed panel of industry experts:

More information about the Life Sciences Innovation Awards 2010 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/industry/healthcare/lifesciences/innovation_awards.mspx.

About Microsoft in Health

Microsoft is committed to improving health around the world through software innovation. Over the past 13 years Microsoft has steadily increased its investments in health, with a focus on addressing the challenges of health providers, health and social services organizations, payers, consumers, and life sciences companies worldwide. Microsoft closely collaborates with a broad ecosystem of partners and develops its own powerful health solutions, such as Amalga and HealthVault. Together, Microsoft and its industry partners are working to advance a vision of unifying health information and making it more readily available, ensuring the best quality of life and affordable care for everyone.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

The two-day conference in Philadelphia was presented by NextDocs, the leading provider of SharePoint-based document and quality management software solutions for life sciences companies, in conjunction with Microsoft. More than 350 delegates from over one hundred life sciences companies and 23 vendors attended the conference.  Companies represented at the conference included Pfizer, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis, Becton Dickinson and Shire Pharmaceuticals and many attendees came from outside the US, including Canada and Europe.     

 “The spirit of community at ShareFEST was exhilarating,” said Zikria Syed, CEO of NextDocs. “SharePoint is all about collaboration and it was gratifying to see people representing every kind of life sciences company, from multinational pharmaceuticals to smaller biotechs, exchanging ideas and their best practices on using SharePoint to meet mission critical regulatory, clinical and compliance needs. We’re pleased we could be a catalyst to bring so many people together.”

 Aylward’s keynote address kicked off two days of case studies and presentations on how SharePoint is driving innovation in healthcare delivery, regulatory compliance and collaboration. Many of the speakers detailed how using SharePoint helps them handle masses of documents from participants around the world without having to develop a complex, customized platform.

 “It was exciting to be part of an event where the common thread among companies from every part of the life sciences spectrum was the use of SharePoint to help solve key challenges faced in the industry,” Aylward said. “This inaugural ShareFEST conference was a superb venue with which to showcase the value of the SharePoint platform and highlight new features and capabilities included in SharePoint 2010.”

Key for many presenters was their use of SharePoint, which is frequently employed to meet complex regulatory and compliance needs, to also unite external and internal participants. Patricia Brady, of Sanofi-Aventis, noted that healthcare reform and the increasing emphasis on electronic medical records means companies will need to transition to electronic collaboration as early as possible. 

 About NextDocs
NextDocs is the worldwide leader in providing Microsoft SharePoint Server-based compliance software for life sciences companies. Designed specifically for life sciences, NextDocs software includes solutions for Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing and Legal and provides full support for 21 CFR Part 11 and other industry regulations. For more information please visit http://www.nextdocs.com or email sales@nextdocs.com.

The two-day conference in Philadelphia is presented by NextDocs, the leading provider of SharePoint-based document and quality management software solutions for life sciences companies, in conjunction with Microsoft. Aylward will deliver the opening keynote address on April 8, and in the ensuing two days attendees will hear case studies and presentations from representatives of major companies including Cephalon, Sanofi-Aventis, Becton Dickinson, and Cognizant Life Sciences.

Aylward’s keynote address, “New Models of Collaboration and Compliance: The Role of SharePoint in Life Sciences,” will review Microsoft’s long-term strategy for the life sciences space. His presentation will include a wide range of examples of how Microsoft technologies, especially SharePoint, are being used to drive innovation in healthcare delivery, regulatory compliance, and collaboration. He will be one of three Microsoft speakers at the conference.

“We are pleased to have attracted such a world-class roster of speakers for our ShareFEST conference,” said Zikria Syed, CEO of NextDocs. “The conference includes a total of 24 sessions, each focused specifically on how the fast-growing SharePoint technology is being used to address the regulatory and business requirements that life sciences companies face.”

ShareFEST’s two conference tracks, “SharePoint in Use” and “SharePoint as an Enterprise Platform,” will explore how SharePoint is being used effectively today for a wide range of requirements in pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, and contract research companies. The former track will focus on case studies and practical application while the latter will discuss best practices on topics from governance to scalability.

            “ShareFEST is a conference that brings everything you need to know about using Microsoft SharePoint for life sciences organizations to one place,” said Syed. “SharePoint is widely accepted as a document management platform among many enterprise organizations, and ShareFEST puts the focus on how it can be deployed in FDA-regulated life sciences companies. Sessions and speakers at the conference will take a solutions and case study approach to using SharePoint, specifically addressing practical applications as well as regulatory and compliance issues,” Syed adds.

            The inaugural ShareFEST conference will take place April 8-9, 2010 at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia and will include 23 exhibitors spotlighting SharePoint-based solutions. For more information on the event, or to register, please visit http://sharefestconference.com/ or email registrationinfo@sharefestconference.com.

Specifically, NextDocs and Hitachi will provide NextDocs Document Management System to the life sciences companies in Japan. NextDocs will provide software licenses and solutions to customers and Hitachi will provide supporting services including business consulting, system integration, training, operation, and validation support for drug regulations. NextDocs will provide necessary support to Hitachi sales, marketing and technical personnel.

Many pharmaceutical companies accelerate globalization of research and development and they must submit applications and receive approval of new drug candidates in the Japan-Europe-U.S. trilateral framework. NextDocs Document Management System is an out-of-the-box software solution which makes it easier to manage trilateral common application documents. It is also compliant with FDA 21 CFR PART 11, which deals with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines on electronic records and electronic signatures in the United States. NextDocs Document Management System runs on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Customers are able to reduce costs for program development and shorten times for implementation by using NextDocs standard functions and the content management functions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007. NextDocs Document Management System has been adopted by over 30 pharmaceutical and medical device companies around the world, and NextDocs continues to gain market share.

Hitachi delivers total solutions for all business processes of pharmaceutical manufacturers such as research and development, production, logistics and sales, and Hitachi has considerable experience especially in regulation consulting, business process consulting, and system implementation.

This partnership is part of Hitachi’s ongoing plan to strengthen solutions in the area of pharmaceutical research and development.

In a message from Hiroshi Maeda, Executive officer, Microsoft Japan, Maeda said, “Microsoft welcomes the partnership between Hitachi, Ltd. and NextDocs Corporation as the document management solution for pharmaceutical manufacturers. NextDocs Document Management System, which runs on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, has been adopted abroad by large pharmaceutical companies, and Japanese pharmaceutical customers’ interest in NextDocs continues to increase.” Maeda continued by saying, “Hitachi has a lot of experience in systems integration for manufacturers, and I’m convinced this partnership will accelerate the adoption of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server in the business areas of Japanese pharmaceutical customers and increase its value Microsoft will continue to create new opportunities with Hitachi.”

ABOUT NextDocs

NextDocs is the worldwide leader in providing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server-based document, quality and compliance management software for life sciences companies. By taking advantage of the built-in functionality in SharePoint and adding the needed functionality for process, workflow, auditing, document portability, NextDocs provides leading edge and innovative solutions to meet the changing needs of Life Sciences companies.

Designed specifically for life sciences, NextDocs is fully 21 CFR Part 11 compliant and adds features to SharePoint necessary for common business process functions and regulatory compliance. For more information on NextDocs, please visit http://www.nextdocs.com.

ABOUT HITACHI

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501) is a leading global technological and industrial company with total revenues of ¥10,000 billion ($102.0 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2009. Hitachi’s business is highly diversified, encompassing operations in the following seven segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems; Electronic Devices; Power & Industrial Systems; Digital Media & Consumer Products; High Functional Materials & Components; Logistics, Services & Others; and Financial Services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit Hitachi’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.

Contacts

Hitachi America, Ltd
DASH Hisanaga, 914-333–2987
tadashi.hisanaga@hal.hitachi.com
or
NextDocs Corporation
Zikria Syed, 610-265-9474
zsyed@nextdocs.com

Cranford, NJ – March 10, 2010 – Paragon Solutions, a business consulting and information technology services firm, announced the launch of solutions to optimize clinical operations incorporating the NextDocs product suite.  The clinical solutions combine the best of breed capabilities of the two partners to deploy low-risk, accelerated solutions for life sciences built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

 “With the growing adoption of SharePoint within Life Sciences organizations, companies are looking for solution accelerators that leverage enterprise platforms to optimize the end-to-end drug development process,” said Ravi Shankar, vice president of Paragon’s Life Sciences practice.  “NextDocs extends SharePoint with off-the-shelf capabilities that complement our Clinical Optimization solution strategy,” he said.

The solutions leverage a strategic partnership formed by the companies in September 2009. One of the solutions the companies are introducing as part of the Clinical Optimization Solution portfolio is an integrated investigator portal.  The portal is designed to deliver a collaborative environment that enables clinical sponsors and investigators to:  negotiate contracts; define and communicating protocols; support site monitoring; manage grants; work with partners; and improve oversight and planning.

Zikria Syed, CEO of NextDocs stated, “Aligning with Paragon’s deep understanding of life science processes and expertise in clinical optimization with NextDocs’ industry-leading software modules will allow for fast deployment of next generation clinical solutions.”

“The partnership between NextDocs and Paragon is a prime example of how Microsoft’s partner ecosystem can provide life sciences organizations with domain expertise and ready to deploy solutions for regulated environments,” said Michael Naimoli, director, Life Sciences Industry Solutions, Microsoft.

Paragon, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, delivers on the next generation of full-lifecycle information management solutions for pharmaceutical R&D.  Combining over 28 years of integration expertise and Life Sciences industry knowledge with Microsoft’s product architecture and NextDocs’ application modules, Paragon defines and implements holistic, strategic solutions that enable collaboration and knowledge management, compliance and information governance, records management, archiving, consolidation and integration.

“speakTECH has a long and proven track record of successfully deploying Microsoft SharePoint and SharePoint-centric solutions. Their deep knowledge of the life science market, coupled with their ability to minimize organizational risk through the use of their SharePoint Governance Kit positions speakTECH at the forefront of the SharePoint system integration community,” said Erik Smith, vice president of Alliances and Regional Operations, NextDocs.

“We see NextDocs as a clear leader in the Microsoft SharePoint document and quality management space. Their web-based solution extends the capabilities of SharePoint to meet clients’ business and technical requirements, as well as assisting them with adherence to regulatory and compliance requirements set forth by the FDA,” said Jean-Claude Monney, Chief Solution Strategy Officer, speakTECH. “Customers are demanding open, extranet capable and easy-to-use solutions like NextDocs to maximize their infrastructure investments and minimize their regulatory risk.”

About NextDocs

NextDocs is the worldwide leader in providing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server-based document, quality and compliance management software for life sciences companies. By taking advantage of the built-in functionality in SharePoint and adding the needed functionality for process, workflow, auditing, document portability, NextDocs provides leading edge and innovative solutions to meet the changing needs of Life Sciences companies.

Designed specifically for life sciences, NextDocs is fully 21 CFR Part 11 compliant and adds features to SharePoint necessary for common business process functions and regulatory compliance. All of this is accomplished in an Internet/Extranet environment, to mirror the way companies collaborate and exchange content in today’s IT environment.

About speakTECH

speakTECH is an interactive design and solution integration firm delivering innovative solutions in the areas of Web-Based, Enterprise wide collaboration and Social Computing. We specialize in uniting technology, riveting design and interactive experience into powerful, world-class business solutions. Established in 2005, speakTECH has grown to become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, National Systems Integrator, and has been honored with numerous design awards.

speakTECH is a privately held corporation headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA with offices in California, Texas, and Hawaii.

For additional information contact:

NextDocs:
Erik Smith
+1 (949) 858-6525
sales@nextdocs.com
www.nextdocs.com

speakTECH:
Jean-Claude Monney
+1 (515) 879-9675
info@speakTECH.com
www.speakTECH.com

The integration between the NextDocs Document and Quality Management System and the Liquent InSight Platform allows the two systems to work from a common set of SharePoint-based documents. With SharePoint as a common repository, NextDocs system and theLiquent Regulatory Software are able to seamlessly interact with one another; for example, organizations can access NextDocs documents housed in SharePoint and build an eCTD structure utilizing Thomson Reuters Liquent InSight Platform.

“Our Liquent InSight platform is a leader in today’s market by providing a single authoritative platform, which allows users to manage regulatory information through all stages of development, from early submissions to marketed registrations,” said Rick Riegel, Vice President and General Manager, Services and Software Solutions at Thomson Reuters. “Joining forces with NextDocs ensures our clients will be able to work effectively with content managed in SharePoint.”

As part of the enhanced partnership, NextDocs will be offering Liquent SmartScribe® from Thomson Reuters. These templates enable users to create common technical documents quickly, efficiently and in a constant standard. The user friendly templates help to ensure all documents comply with format requirements.

“Our collaboration with Thomson Reuters creates a complete, integrated software solution that we’re proud to offer,” said Zikria Syed, CEO of NextDocs. “Customers can connect world-class software provided by two market leaders in an integrated solution, as well as take advantage of a one-of-a-kind authoring template package.”

About NextDocs
NextDocs, the worldwide leader in providing Microsoft SharePoint-based document and quality management solutions for life sciences companies, fully supports compliance requirements such as those dictated by 21 CFR Part 11. Their mission is to deliver cost effective, easy to use document management software which provides immediate productivity increases for companies operating in regulatory environments. NextDocs customers include pharmaceutical companies, bio-techs, medical device manufacturers and CROs. For more information email sales@nextdocs.com.

About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. For more information, go to thomsonreuters.com.

“Companies today do not have the time or resources available to start from scratch when implementing solutions for SOPs, regulatory documents or clinical documents, and it does not make sense to do so. Our customers are looking for guidance on implementing standard processes with industry best practices in the shortest amount of time and with the least involvement of resources,” said Matt Walz, the Chief Technical Officer at NextDocs. “With pre-built, sample implementations and ready-to-use validation scripts, Version 3.6 compresses the implementation schedule and allows customers to quickly validate their document management environment.”

“Life sciences firms want to deploy compliance solutions faster and more easily,” said Michael Naimoli, the U.S. life sciences industry solutions director at Microsoft Corp. “With incorporation of support for the DIA EDM Reference Model and a set of sample implementations, Version 3.6 of the NextDocs Regulatory Document Management System provides an out-of-the-box solution that can be implemented far more efficiently than traditional, legacy document management systems.”

“The DIA Reference Models represent a common approach to implementing regulatory and clinical content management solutions by standardizing system specifications and configurations,” said Chet Shemanski, Director of Product Management, NextDocs. “NextDocs is committed to helping our customers adopt the standard taxonomy provided by the reference model by providing pre-configured document inventories, metadata models, lifecycles, workflows and other artifacts that are in direct alignment with the Reference Model.”

The DIA EDM reference Model is an initiative being driven by a DIA committee driven by the belief that, according to its charter, “that the time has come for our industry to develop a taxonomy/metadata reference model for electronic document management.” NextDocs is a strong supporter of the initiative, because it allows customers to leverage a standard set of structures rather than developing their own information structures.

About NextDocs
NextDocs is the worldwider leader in providing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server-based document, quality and compliance management software for life sciences companies. By taking advantage of the built-in functionality in SharePoint and adding the needed functionality for process, workflow, auditing, document portability, NextDocs provides leading edge and innovative solutions to meet the changing needs of Life Sciences companies.

Designed specifically for life sciences, NextDocs is fully 21 CFR Part 11 compliant and adds features to SharePoint necessary for common business process functions and regulatory compliance. All of this is accomplished in an Internet/Extranet environment, to mirror the way companies collaborate and exchange content in today’s IT environment.  For more information please visit http://www.nextdocs.com or email sales@nextdocs.com.