Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. Announces Distribution Agreement with Zastra Innovations Pvt. Ltd. in India.

Zastra Innovations to distribute CDD Vault, a chemistry and biology data management platform for drug discovery.

Burlingame, California and Bengaluru, India – August 7, 2018 –   Collaborative Drug Discovery Inc., (CDD), the leading provider of informatics solutions for drug discovery research organizations, today announced it has signed a reseller agreement with Zastra Innovations. The agreement allows Zastra to sell CDD Vault in India. CDD Vault enables scientists working in academia, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and contract research organizations (CRO) to store, mine, analyse and securely share their chemistry and biology data.

CDD Vault helps scientists register chemicals, track inventory, manage bioassay data, capture experiments, calculate Structure-Activity Relationships (SAR), and mine their drug discovery data through the discovery lifecycle. CDD Vault is also an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) so scientists can easily capture experimental results, unstructured data and much more. It enables the seamless and secure storage and exchange of data, facilitating true collaborative research.

Dr Girinath Pillai added: “Zastra’s vision is to provide a comprehensive portfolio of software and services to leading pharmaceutical, contract research organizations, research institutes and academics in India. We are very pleased to add CDD Vault to our catalogue of products and services as they are leading providers in collaborative data management platforms for research.”

“We are very pleased to extend our relationship with Zastra though this agreement,” said Dr Barry Bunin, CEO of Collaborative Drug Discovery. “Our partnership with Zastra will accelerate our expansion in India. We believe that research teams using CDD Vault across India will immediately reap the benefits of a local team both for questions and support.”

About Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc.
Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) provides an intuitive software suite extensively used by creative biologists and chemists working in academic, contract research organizations, biotechnology and pharmaceutical settings. Their flagship product, CDD Vault, enables researchers to intuitively organize and analyse both biological study data and chemical structures, and to collaborate with partners through a straightforward web-interface. CDD Vault is recognized by its stylish design, superior performance and reliability, and workflows for secure, collaborative data sharing. CDD was founded in 2004 and presently serves thousands of researchers doing drug discovery all around the world. Learn more at www.collaborativedrug.com.

About Zastra Innovations
Zastra is a company designed for today’s world with partners working on three continents and in different time zones. Zastra entered into the Indian market, where their principals already have several clients across the country. Zastra works with leading pharmaceutical, automotive, oil, electronics, steel, contract research and manufacturing companies and universities in India. The company has pursued a long-term vision to provide an integrated portfolio of software and training including support to scientific research institutes, universities, colleges, commercial organisations and the Government. Zastra’s dedication and expertise has earnt it a diverse set of clients from several CROs, DoS, DAEs, DRDO, CSIR Labs, and every major NITs, IITs, IISERs, NIPERs and other universities across India. For further information visit www.zastrain.com.