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Advanced Pharmaceutical Content and Complete
Business Performance Management Suite Help Accelerate Drug Discovery,
Development and Time-to-Market Strategies
Mountain View, CA, August
27, 2002— Docent Inc. (NASDAQ: DCNT), the premier provider
of business performance management solutions for Global 2000 companies,
today announced it has formed a three-year, go-to-market alliance
with GeneEd, the leading provider of eLearning content for the life
science industry. This announcement extends Docent's life science
leadership by integrating GeneEd's advanced pharmaceutical curricula
into Docent Enterprise, offering customers the most complete, business
performance management solution on the market.
Docent's co-marketing and co-selling agreement
with GeneEd will drive bottom line results for pharmaceutical, medical
and scientific instrument and biotechnology companies by significantly
improving the processes for drug discovery and development, time
to market strategies and regulatory compliance. With Docent and
GeneEd's integrated solution, organizations can now accelerate the
delivery of critical product information from clinical trials through
the sales channel, ensuring the sales force is proficient in selling
the key benefits of new drugs to distributors and physicians.
Docent's life science course offerings now leverage
GeneEd's unparalleled life science subject matter expertise in critical
areas including: regulatory compliance and detailing; clinical research;
therapeutic area training; biopharmaceutical technology and applications;
drug discovery and development; pharmacogenetics and clinical genomics;
therapeutic and diagnostic products; and standard operating procedures
(SOP).
"The enterprise-wide deployment of high quality,
scientifically-validated life science training enables life science
companies to accelerate their drug development pipeline," said
Salil Patel, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder of GeneEd.
"GeneEd's Life Science eLearning, integrated with the Docent
Enterprise business performance management solutions suite, delivers
the critical information needed in the knowledge-driven, global
pharmaceutical enterprise."
"Our recently formed go-to-market alliance
with GeneEd is providing a foundation for life science companies
to deliver bottom-line performance by linking knowledge to specific
business issues common in the industry," said R. Andrew Eckert,
president and CEO, Docent. "The ROI of our business performance
management solutions is making a huge impact in the life science
industry and today's announcement helps to solidify our leadership
position."
About GeneEd
GeneEd, Inc. was founded in 1997 to provide life science and healthcare
e-learning solutions through the creation of compelling, multimedia-based
training, using the Internet and corporate Intranets as the primary
delivery platform. GeneEd uses the best life science content, combined
with a validated methodology for repurposing, to rapidly create
basic and advanced curricula in the areas of genomics, drug discovery
and development, pharmacogenetics and clinical genomics, and therapeutic
and diagnostic products. GeneEd, Inc. is a privately held company
headquartered in San Francisco, California. Visit http://www.GeneEd.com
for additional information about GeneEd and its courseware.
About Docent
Docent Inc. (NASDAQ: DCNT) offers the most complete solutions suite
of business performance management applications that accelerate
time-to-market, increase employee productivity and improve top-
and bottom-line business results for enterprises around the world.
Among its blue chip customers who recognize the strategic link between
employee knowledge and meeting business objectives are Cingular
Wireless, Harley-Davidson, Wachovia Corporation and United Airlines.
Docent's customer list features 334 companies, including more than
60 of the Fortune Global 500.
Only Docent offers the most robust, high-performance
solutions suite designed to address the specific business challenges
of multiple markets, including life science, energy, telecommunications,
financial services, retail and manufacturing industries. Docent
has the broadest and deepest relationships with the world's most
prominent consulting and systems integrators, including PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Deloitte Consulting. Docent is
headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with other offices throughout
the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information visit www.docent.com.
Docent, Docent Enterprise and the marks
relating to Docent products and services referenced herein are either
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Docent Inc. All other
names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
owners.
Contact:
Roger Villareal
Benjamin | Weber Shandwick for Docent
415-354-8372
rvillareal@webershandwick.com
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