Press Release

• For Immediate Release
• 01/10/2006

PA Company Expands Services To Meet the Increasingly Challenging Needs of Contract Research Organizations

eClinical tools, developed by Scientific Software Tools, Inc. (SST), will help decrease pharmaceutical company’s costs while improving healthcare quality.

MEDIA, PA January 10, 2006 - Scientific Software Tools, Inc. (SST), a provider of custom software development services for the life sciences industry, announces the expansion of several customizable offerings to help sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) improve their bottom line with applications that are easy to use, provide access to the right information, and support decision-making processes to protect their investment dollars.

Intense competition is driving pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to expedite their drug discovery and development processes by outsourcing a wider range of research and development tasks to CROs as a way of reducing fixed operating costs and streamlining their clinical trial process. The most compelling business drivers for CROs adoption of technology include efficiency of clinical trial programs and data quality improvements with the goal of helping sponsors bring new drugs safely to market.

Scientific Software Tools, Inc. develops and implements technology solutions that expedite investigative site qualification, increase efficiency in getting data from investigators, automate data capture and reduce queries. SST’s customized solutions fit individual CRO’s needs to improve the management and sharing of data, provide easier access to documents, improve clinical data flow and provide custom reports with the information management needs to make timely decisions to give the company a competitive advantage. Innovative SST solutions enable CROs to conclude trials sooner, helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies bring new remedies to market quicker.

Headquartered in suburban Philadelphia and founded in 1988 by a M.D. and R.N., Scientific Software Tools, Inc. has a track record for delivering reliable, innovative custom software solutions on time and within budget. Many of the applications developed by SST are used by hundreds of thousands of users and have been recognized with industry awards. SST’s customers include healthcare, pharmaceutical, high technology, test and measurement and manufacturing companies.

For more information contact: Elise Furman, Scientific Software Tools, 1023 East Baltimore Pike, Suite 100, Media, PA 19063.