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Phase Forward Acquires Green Mountain Logic, An Innovative Provider of Software for Managing Phase I Clinical Trials



    Phase Forward (NASDAQ: PFWD), a leading provider of data
    management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety, today
    announced that it has acquired privately held Green Mountain Logic
    (GML) in an all-cash transaction valued at $5.25 million. The company,
    based in Montpelier, Vt., is an innovative vendor of process
    automation software for managing Phase I clinical trials. GML, which
    was founded in 1998, will continue to operate from its Vermont
    offices, and John Rosenblum, GML´s president, will become a Phase
    Forward vice president responsible for GML´s products.

    GML´s primary product is LabPas CT(TM), which manages clinic
    workflow and information from the subject recruiting process through
    data collection and sample management during Phase I clinical trials.
    The LabPas CT product helps to link subjects with their laboratory
    samples, matching barcodes on subject wristbands and the appropriate
    samples to help ensure data integrity. In addition, since the data
    collection process during Phase I trials is often a tightly scheduled,
    multi-step process, LabPas CT includes workflow automation
    capabilities to help sites prepare for a study and to help streamline
    the clinical and laboratory processes when conducting the study. Phase
    Forward plans to integrate this technology with its eClinical Suite
    with the goal of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Phase I
    trials as well as speeding time to data lock. Phase Forward´s
    InForm(TM) Integrated Trial Management (ITM) product is already
    considered a market-leading product for electronic data capture (EDC),
    and the addition of the LabPas CT technology further strengthens Phase
    Forward´s offerings across the development lifecycle.

    "Green Mountain Logic´s LabPas CT brings important functionality
    to the Phase Forward product portfolio, enabling us to offer a broader
    and more extensive solution for Phase I clinical trials," said Bob
    Weiler, president and CEO, Phase Forward. "Phase I trials represent an
    important growth area for our products. In addition, it is an area of
    strategic importance, since Phase I trials establish a relationship
    with customers at the earliest possible stage of the development
    cycle."

    Phase I clinical trials represent one of the fastest-growing
    segments of the market. According to figures released by Goldman Sachs
    in 2006, Phase I research and development spending in the U.S. was
    $5.2 billion in 2005, rising to $5.8 billion in 2006, and is projected
    to grow to $8.9 billion in 2010. For the EDC sector, Phase I growth is
    projected to be particularly robust, with the market in the U.S. alone
    estimated at $45 million in 2007, growing to $120 million in 2010,
    according to an April 2007 report from market research firm Health
    Industry Insights ("U.S. Electronic Data Capture 2006-2011 Spending
    Forecast and Analysis," report # HI206351).

    The growth of Phase I trials makes the sector an important target
    for contract research organizations (CROs). GML is already working
    with several leading CROs and Phase Forward´s relationships with over
    50 CROs provide further opportunities for GML to expands its CRO
    footprint. Phase Forward believes the combination of LabPas CT and
    Phase Forward´s products will be an attractive offering for this
    sector.

    "We recognize strong synergies between the GML product line and
    Phase Forward´s comprehensive electronic clinical data solutions,"
    said John Rosenblum, CEO and president of Green Mountain Logic. "GML´s
    Phase I customers are seeking better integration between quality Phase
    I data and established clinical data capture and management systems.
    By aligning these two product areas, Phase Forward is in a position to
    proactively address this emerging market trend. We are excited to be
    joining this market-leading company."

    The acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on the
    company´s previously issued revenue guidance for 2007, and it is
    expected to be dilutive by approximately $0.01 to both GAAP and
    non-GAAP earnings per share. Non-GAAP results exclude stock
    compensation expense and amortization of intangibles associated with
    the Lincoln Technologies and GML acquisitions. Phase Forward expects
    the acquisition to add between $1 million and $2 million to revenues
    in fiscal 2008 and to be dilutive by between $0.02 to $0.03 to GAAP
    earnings per share and dilutive by between $0.01 to $0.02 to non-GAAP
    earnings per share.

    Green Mountain Logic´s Products

    GML´s LabPas CT product helps to reduce errors throughout trials
    with barcode scanning of subjects, treatments and laboratory samples.
    The system includes features to facilitate real-time data capture of
    vital signs, adverse events, clinical test results and other clinical
    events. LabPas CT supports compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 with
    electronic signature capabilities and audit controls throughout the
    system.

    In addition to LabPas CT, GML offers LabPas EM, an environmental
    monitoring product designed to support precise reporting of subject
    sample storage conditions. GML´s portfolio also includes LabPas LIMS,
    a workflow module that automates sample processes for life science
    laboratories. The LabPas products are based on an advanced and highly
    flexible software platform that allows Phase Forward to further
    explore other segments of the market.

    About Phase Forward

    Phase Forward is a leading provider of integrated data management
    solutions for clinical trials and drug safety. The company offers
    proven solutions for electronic data capture (InForm(TM)), clinical
    data management (Clintrial(TM)), clinical trials signal detection
    (CTSD(TM)), strategic pharmacovigilance (WebVDME(TM) and Signal
    Management), adverse event reporting (Clintrace(TM)) and applied data
    standards (WebSDM(TM)). In addition, the company provides services in
    the areas of application implementation, hosting and validation, data
    integration, business process optimization, safety data management and
    industry standards. Phase Forward´s products and services have been
    utilized in over 10,000 clinical trials involving more than 1,000,000
    clinical trial study participants at over 250 organizations and
    regulatory agencies worldwide including: AstraZeneca, Boston
    Scientific, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Eli Lilly, the U.S. Food and
    Drug Administration, GlaxoSmithKline, Harvard Clinical Research
    Institute, Merck Serono, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, PAREXEL
    International, Procter & Gamble, Quintiles, sanofi-aventis,
    Schering-Plough Research Institute, Servier, Tibotec and the U.K.
    Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. Additional
    information about Phase Forward is available at www.phaseforward.com.

    Cautionary Statement

    Certain statements made in this press release that are not based
    on historical information are forward-looking statements which are
    made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
    Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This press release contains express or
    implied forward-looking statements relating to, among other things,
    Phase Forward´s expectations and assumptions concerning financial
    performance of Phase Forward following the consummation of its
    acquisition of Green Mountain Logic, Phase Forward´s ability to
    achieve expected synergies as a result of the acquisition, and the
    strengthening of Phase Forward´s market position as a result of the
    acquisition. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but
    are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are
    beyond Phase Forward´s control, which could cause actual results to
    differ materially from those contemplated in these forward-looking
    statements. In particular, the risks and uncertainties include, among
    other things, Phase Forward´s inability to successfully integrate
    Green Mountain Logic and its employees into Phase Forward and achieve
    expected synergies; Phase Forward´s ability to accurately forecast the
    acquisition related restructuring costs and allocation of the purchase
    price, goodwill and other intangibles, and acquisition related and
    other asset adjustments; costs associated with and consequential to
    the acquisition and integration of Green Mountain Logic and benefits
    realized from the acquisition; our ability to convince prospective
    customers to adopt our solutions; competition; changing customer
    requirements; governmental regulation; our ability to maintain
    profitability; fluctuations in our operating results; long sales and
    implementation cycles; our dependence on a limited number of customers
    or suppliers; product performance; third party service interruptions
    or delays; technology failures; our ability to maintain customer
    relationships and contracts; our ability to retain and hire skilled
    personnel; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights;
    product liability or intellectual property infringement claims brought
    against us; acquisitions; our ability to manage our rapid growth; our
    ability to obtain capital when desired on favorable terms; and the
    volatility of the market price of our common stock. Existing and
    prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
    these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
    hereof. Phase Forward undertakes no obligation to update or revise the
    information contained in this press release, whether as a result of
    new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise. For
    additional disclosure regarding these and other risks faced by Phase
    Forward, see the disclosure contained in Phase Forward´s public
    filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, without
    limitation, its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.