Biotech group opts for Linux (smh.com.au)
[Posted July 2, 2002 by cook]
Smh.com.au
covers an agreement between IBM and Medica Holdings LTD.
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Biotech company Medica Holdings Ltd today said it had formed an agreement with IBM that will allow its subsidiary Cytopia to speed up discovery of drug candidates to treat immune disease and cancer.
Medica said the Melbourne-based Cytopia would deploy IBM's latest generation Linux supercomputing technology, allowing it to increase 100 fold its speed and selectivity in screening drug candidates."
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