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Collexis and Health Sciences South Carolina Partner to Launch First
Statewide Knowledge Directory of South Carolina Medical Research
Expertise Profiling System across Six Leading Research and Healthcare Institutions Is Largest Effort in the Nation
Monday, August 25, 2008 –Collexis Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CLXS), a leading developer of semantic search and knowledge discovery software, announced today that it has partnered with Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC) to launch the first virtual knowledge directory of health science research being conducted across the state by HSSC partner institutions. This is a major advancement, making South Carolina the first state in the nation to create a searchable directory of medical research and biomedical expertise.
HSSC is a unique statewide research collaborative composed of South Carolina’s three research
universities and three largest health systems that is conducting collaborative biomedical research to
improve health status, education, workforce development, and economic wellbeing for all South
Carolinians. HSSC strives to be an economic catalyst by attracting nationally prominent scientists, clinical
trials of new drugs and medical devices and health-related companies to South Carolina, ultimately
stimulating the state’s knowledge-based economy.
“Collexis’ technology will significantly benefit Health Sciences South Carolina by allowing its member
institutions’ researchers and health professionals to remain abreast of all ongoing research across the
state,” said HSSC president and CEO Dr. Jay Moskowitz. “This software is a critical component of the
statewide information technology infrastructure HSSC is in the process of building. We look forward to the
launch and are confident that it will further advance and support the research efforts of HSSC partner
institutions, thereby improving the overall economic well-being, health status and workforce development
of our state.”
Read the full press release here.