News | October 1, 2001

SCIMCON Announces Partnership With Tefen

SCIMCON, the Cambridge-based Scientific Information Management Consultancy and Tefen Ltd (www.tefen.com), the Operational Improvement Group have formed a partnership to offer clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries a full service in Operational Improvement and Information Services (IS).

Both companies have extensive experience within these industries offering improvements in efficiency and utilisation whilst reducing costs. The benefits of this alliance for the customer are clear: by working together to combine services, Scimcon and Tefen optimise the customer's spend on a given project whilst creating a world class environment.

Tefen, operating for more than 18 years applying industrial engineering methodologies in the pharmaceutical industry, works with customers to improve productivity whilst reducing costs. Their focus is, by assessing processes, to improve efficiencies and optimise costs within all areas of the lab and production environment.

Scimcon works in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries to develop IS strategies that encompass the consideration of the organization's data across all its activities.

The benefits of the new alliance between Tefen and Scimcon are multiple. Trevor De Silva, General Manager at Scimcon, explains: "When Tefen is contracted by a client, they can now leverage work in both process reengineering and IT/IS. Similarly, when Scimcon is commissioned by a pharmaceutical client to progress an IS project, the client can benefit from the affiliation with Tefen."

He continues, "Many of the pharmaceutical companies we work with in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical field are using our data consultancy services, and simultaneously using Tefen's process optimisation services. Now, the client can continue to use these preferred suppliers, but can choose one point of contact and also a more integrated service, which allows the client freedom to manage their consultants better."

SCIMCON and Tefen's portfolio include companies such as Bayer, AstraZeneca, Aventis, Eli Lilly and Janssen.

For more information please contact Scimcon on +44 (0) 1638 720204 or visit the website www.scimcon.com.