Informetric Announces Web-Based Batch Reporting

February 10, 2005 - Informetric Systems today announced general availability of the InfoBatch™ Web Server. The InfoBatch Web Server enables authorized users to generate comprehensive batch and production reports from standard desktop Internet browsers. The InfoBatch Web Server enforces the InfoBatch security model, ensuring compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 11. The InfoBatch Web Server combines the functionality of the conventional InfoBatch user interface with the convenience of centralized system management.

InfoBatch enables manufacturers to maximize quality and productivity by demonstrating that Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is maintained through all phases of batch production. Users can quickly create comprehensive exception and production reports without programming. Reports can document product uniformity, identify process problems, and analyze key performance indicators. InfoBatch incorporates support for the leading batch and process historians, and can easily connect to existing process control and information systems.

InfoBatch was designed to streamline batch reporting for biotech and pharmaceuticals manufacturers. The industry traditionally relied on tedious and error-prone manual tracking or custom software applications for batch reporting. The cost of developing, maintaining, and constantly re-validating custom solutions has been significant. By combining a fully configurable batch reporting engine with stringent security and version control, InfoBatch eliminates many of the problems associated with traditional methods.

InfoBatch is unique in two respects. First, InfoBatch does not replicate data. Instead, data is retrieved from the source each time a report is generated. By eliminating replication, InfoBatch avoids the cost, validation, and reliability issues associated with redundant archives. Second, InfoBatch requires no programming or macro configuration. As a result, reports can be maintained by quality assurance and engineering personnel, rather than requiring direct IT support.

InfoBatch has been adopted by Biogen Idec, a leading biopharmaceutical company. InfoBatch supports exception-based reporting in Biogen's cell culture manufacturing operations. Biogen has also deployed InfoBatch at their large scale manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park, NC for AVONEX® (Interferon beta-1a), a treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

Bob Engel, a principal founder of Informetric, states "we are pleased by the ease with which our customers have implemented InfoBatch. The rapid deployment and successful validation at significant biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities reinforces our strategy that the batch reporting market can be addressed with a single highly flexible software product. Of particular significance is the breadth of reports, including batch release, SIP, CIP and daily event logs, that have been deployed in a relatively short time span."

InfoBatch is available immediately. For additional information, contact Informetric at 1-908-918-0111 or visit the Informetric web site at www.informetric.com.