For immediate release Oxford Molecular Announces a Property Discovery Service New, Innovative Service Boosts Lead Optimization Capabilities Oxford, 30 March 1998 - Oxford Molecular Group, PLC (London Stock Exchange: OMG), introduces four upgraded software products and an innovative service for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry at the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Through its "Property Discovery Service" Oxford Molecular can now provide companies with the ability to accurately predict physicial and chemical properties using state-of-the-art technologies on entire libraries of compounds and store them in RS3 Discovery (built in Oracle®). By having consistent, reliable property data available in Oracle databases, researchers can easily identify compounds that have desired sets of properties for further research. This information helps chemists take full advantage of their company's extensive investment in chemical libraries. Oxford Molecular's "Property Discovery Service" offers exceptional quality, delivering accurate property predictions on any compound. Property data on an entire library of compounds can be generated rapidly with the appropriate hardware. The first contract for this service has been signed with a major pharmaceutical company. New software upgrades introduced at the ACS conference include: RS3 Discovery HTS version 1.2, new releases for the popular CAChe® desktop chemistry program for both Windows® and Macintosh®, and UniChem version 4.1. Oxford Molecular's newest HTS program handles both in vitro and in vivo data, expanding on the leading screening program for handling low to high volumes of biological and chemical data. New features of CAChe 3.1 for Windows include high-accuracy quantum mechanics and NMR prediction, stereo 3D visualization and polymer properties to improve chemists' ability to accurately predict chemical and physical properties. UniChem 4.1 includes a new version of DGauss, a density functional theory package, that offers higher performance on all platforms, from Windows NT workstations to the Cray T3E with 128 processors. - ends - For further information please contact: UK US Tony Marchington, D.Phil. Suzanne Mattingly, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer or Vice President, Global Marketing Professor David Jackson Oxford Molecular Group, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Tel: +1 408 879 6300 Oxford Molecular Group, PLC Tel: +44 1865 784600 Andrew Lloyd Andrew Lloyd & Associates Ltd Tel: +44 1273 675100 Notes to Editors About Oxford Molecular Oxford Molecular is a worldwide provider of solutions for discovery research to chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and universities. Using the company's wide range of computer-aided molecular design (CAMD) software, advanced bioinformatics tools, cheminformatics solutions and collaborative research services, researchers can reduce both cost and time, expediting discovery across multiple disciplines. Oxford Molecular has strategic alliances with Glaxo Wellcome, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Silicon Graphics, Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation, among others. It is the largest supplier of CAMD software in Japan through its distributor Sony/Tektronix. In addition, Teijin Systems Technology, Ltd., distributes Oxford Molecular's bioinformatics products and Fujitsu distributes its RS3 Discovery software for the management of research information. Oxford Molecular has headquarters in Oxford, England and operations in Erlangen (Germany). US offices are in: Campbell, California; Beaverton, Oregon; Rochester, New York; Towson, Maryland; South San Francisco, California; and Madison, Wisconsin. For product information, please call: US, toll-free: 1-800-876-9994; UK: +44 1865 784600 Web site addresses: http://www.oxmol.com : http://www.oxmol.co.uk Brighton Business Centre 221 bd Raspail 95 Ditchling Road 75014 Paris Brighton BN1 4ST France England Tel: +44-1273 675100 Tel: +33-1 43 22 79 56 Fax: +44-1273 675400 Fax: +33-1 43 20 90 92 email: allo@ala.com OR ala-france@ala.com (For ALA Paris office only) OR ala@pavilion.co.uk (For ALA UK office only) INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY MARKETS STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONS chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)