Qforma
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Qforma, Inc. was founded in 2000 by physicist Roger D. Jones
from the Los Alamos National Laboratory
, and pharmaceutical executive, Kelly D. Myers. The company is one of several companies in Santa Fe, New Mexico
that were founded on technologies first created at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Santa Fe Institute
. Qforma applies machine learning, adaptive computation, and other data mining
techniques to large pharmaceutical and healthcare business data flows. The technology is used to reduce inefficiencies in traditional sales and marketing techniques with the goal of delivering products to patients more effectively.
Roger Jones (physicist and entrepreneur)
Roger D. Jones, PhD is an American physicist and entrepreneur.Roger D. Jones is currently Chairman, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Scientific Officer of Qforma, Inc. located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Trained in physics at Dartmouth College, Jones worked as a staff physicist at Los Alamos...
from the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...
, and pharmaceutical executive, Kelly D. Myers. The company is one of several companies in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
that were founded on technologies first created at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe Institute
The Santa Fe Institute is an independent, nonprofit theoretical research institute located in Santa Fe and dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles of complex adaptive systems, including physical, computational, biological, and social systems.The Institute houses a...
. Qforma applies machine learning, adaptive computation, and other data mining
Data mining
Data mining , a relatively young and interdisciplinary field of computer science is the process of discovering new patterns from large data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and database systems...
techniques to large pharmaceutical and healthcare business data flows. The technology is used to reduce inefficiencies in traditional sales and marketing techniques with the goal of delivering products to patients more effectively.
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- Info MesaInfo MesaInfo Mesa is the named coined by Ed Regis to describe the emerging technology companies and community in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The name was first used in an article in Wired Magazine in 2000 and later in a book by Regis published in 2003...
- Center for Adaptive Systems Applications (CASA)Center for Adaptive Systems Applications (CASA)The Center for Adaptive Systems Applications was a company founded in 1995 by physicists and a business developer from Los Alamos National Laboratory...
- BiosGroupBiosGroupBiosGroup, founded in 1997 by Stuart Kauffman and Ernst & Young , was a spin off from the Santa Fe Institute. The company aimed to commercialize complexity science software in applications that helped companies manage projects and supply chains...
- Prediction CompanyPrediction CompanyPrediction Company was founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, in March 1991 by J. Doyne Farmer, Norman Packard and James McGill. The company uses various forecasting techniques to build black-box trading systems for various financial markets...
- David WeiningerDavid WeiningerDavid Weininger is a chemist and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Daylight Chemical Information Systems, a company in Santa Fe, New Mexico that does rapid analysis of massive chemical databases. Weininger is the inventor of Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification , a universal...
- Pharmaceutical marketingPharmaceutical marketingPharmaceutical marketing , sometimes called medico-marketing, is the business of advertising or otherwise promoting the sale of pharmaceuticals or drugs. There is some evidence that marketing practices can negatively affect both patients and the health care profession...