GOSTAR (GVK BIO Online Structure Activity Relationship (SAR) Database) is an online scientific database product of GVK BIO. It integrates information on compounds from discovery and development stages and marketed drugs. Information provided includes SAR, ADME, toxicity, preclinical, clinical and structural data for over 5.1million compounds and 16.7million SAR points.

Sreeni Devidas, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Informatics, at GVK BIO said, "We are excited that Astellas has decided to extend the license to the GOSTAR database. The GOSTAR database is becoming an indispensible tool for scientists in drug discovery. Several publications that have used the GOSTAR data validate the utility of this product."

Informatics at GVK BIO

The Informatics division is responsible for analysing data to transform chemical/biological patterns into knowledge. Informatics offers custom curation, cheminformatics and bioinformatics services to global clients. It also licenses and sells databases to biotech and pharma companies.