The two companies will now work to integrate the work-flow capabilities between Elsevier's MDL Isentris technology and Trips' Benchware suite of laboratory informatics software.
Under the terms of the agreement Tripos will now be a strategic member of the MDL Isentris Alliance, and Elsevier MDL will join the Tripos Alliance Program as a global strategic partner, the firms said.
Elsevier MDL CEO Lars Barfod said the alliance would facilitate "the integration of data and workflow between our products -- which is something that customers have been asking for."
Financial details were not disclosed.