It Pays to Improvise in Scientific Research Software ; Medical

Birmingham Post › July 03, 2007

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A Coventry company which develops pioneering software for research into diseases including cancer, malaria and Alzheimer's has been bought by a billion dollar US firm.

Improvision, based at the University of Warwick Science Park, is a specialist in the bio-medical field and has been acquired by US technology giant PerkinElmer - with the help of Midlands law firm Wright Hassall, based in Leamington Spa. Improvision's flagship product is used to analyse the 3D structure of a cell and its function is to help increase understanding of cellular processes and diseases such as cystic fibrosis and cancer.

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It Pays to Improvise in Scientific Research Software ; Medical

The company was founded in 1990 by Andrew Waterfall and Ke...

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