Medical Prognosis Institute Selects Insightful Corporation for Predictive Analytics and Reporting

Biotechnology provider to use S-PLUS platform to deploy analytic models initially prototyped in R

Seattle, WA - April 10, 2008 -

Insightful Corporation (NASDAQ: IFUL), a leading provider of predictive analytics and reporting solutions, announced today that Medical Prognosis Institute (http://medical-prognosis.com), a provider of leading-edge technology based on DNA microarrays, has selected S-PLUS® 8 Enterprise Server, Insightful’s software platform for statistical data analysis and predictive analytics. Medical Prognosis Institute will utilize S-PLUS 8 Enterprise Server for deploying analytic models originally prototyped in R, the free open-source dialect of Insightful’s S language.

“We selected S-PLUS after a thorough review of applicable technologies, including R which we have been using,” said Dr. Steen Knudsen, chief scientific officer of Medical Prognosis Institute. “Insightful’s S-PLUS server and the S+ArrayAnalyzer® solution provide a robust, extensible technology framework and are readily validated within our environment. In addition, I was very pleased that in less than 20 hours I was able to easily port our R code into S-PLUS for deployment with the S-PLUS server.”

“In today’s highly competitive drug discovery and development environment, it’s crucial that life science companies arm themselves with the tools they need to both meet the requirements of a validated environment and provide significant gains in productivity and efficiency,” said Jeff Coombs, president and CEO of Insightful. “We are pleased that Medical Prognosis Institute has recognized what an asset S-PLUS can be and decided to standardize on it.”

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