Infotrieve has added another key component to its soon-to-be-launched life sciences electronic research platform, after acquiring GenSys Software.

The GenSys electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) will be integrated with Infotrieve’s existing information search products, to create a complete collection of tools integrated into the workflow of research-intensive industries.

Infotrieve’s director of product marketing, Jenny Connelly, told IWR that the company planned to unveil the full Life Science Research Center platform this month.

“Our aim is to embed Infotrieve solutions in the workflow of pharmacists and scientific researchers. Whatever they do – whether they’re looking for patent information or data on gene databases, through to sourcing lab products and recording data from experiments – we want to have a solution that’s part of all those elements of the workflow.”

The platform will make it easier for researchers and scientists to link from electronic lab notebooks to literature and scientific data, and to access relevant infromation.

“Everything still centres on accessing the journal article,” said Connelly, “but we’ve been looking at how we add value to their everyday work situation.”

Infotrieve has been piecing together its new initiative for some months, having also acquired lab products supplier LabVelocity last October.

The company, which has historically been a key player in the document delivery arena, is looking to make itself a key player in the higher-margin R&D-intensive industries in the biomedical, chemical and technical sectors.