Private company

BIOVIA

American software company

BIOVIA is a software company headquartered in the United States, with representation in Europe and Asia. It provides software for chemical, materials and bioscience research for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, energy and chemical industries. Previously named Accelrys, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes after an April 2014 acquisition and has been renamed BIOVIA.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2001Founded1
  • Industryaerospace, aerospace industry, industrial manufacturing1
  • HeadquartersSan Diego1
  • Websitewww.3ds.com/products/biovia
  • Legal formCorporation3
  • LEIFURKNGD4CCTZMKK8TT523
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O The Corporation Trust Company, 19801 Wilmington, United States3

BIOVIA is a software company headquartered in the United States, with representation in Europe and Asia. It provides software for chemical, materials and bioscience research for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, energy and chemical industries.2

Corporate structure

BIOVIA is part of a group headed by Dassault Group. 278 entities, 37 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Dassault Group Paris
    • Dassault Systèmes 39.97% · Velizy-Villacoublay, France
      • BIOVIA San Diego, California, United States
      • DASSAULT SYSTEMES INTERNATIONAL Velizy-Villacoublay, France
      • MEDIDATA Wilmington, Delaware, United States
        • Medidata Solutions, Inc. (メディデータ・ソリューションズ株式会社) Subsidiary · Chiyoda Ku, Japan
      • 3DEXCITE Subsidiary · Munich, Germany
      • 3DEXPERIENCE Subsidiary · Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
      • 3DVIA Subsidiary · Paris
      • CATIA Subsidiary
      • Dassault Systèmes (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · Warrington, United Kingdom
      • Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
      • DELMIA Subsidiary · Vélizy-Villacoublay
      • Deneb Robotics Subsidiary · Auburn Hills
      • ENOVIA Subsidiary · Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
      • GEOVIA Subsidiary
      • NETVIBES Subsidiary · Vélizy-Villacoublay
      • OUTSCALE Subsidiary · Saint-Cloud, France
      • SIMULIA Subsidiary · Vélizy-Villacoublay
      • Spatial Corp Subsidiary · Broomfield
      • 3DEXPERIENCE Lab Subsidiary
      • CENTRIC PLM Subsidiary
      • DASSAULT SYSTEMES AMERICAS CORP. Subsidiary · Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
      • DASSAULT SYSTEMES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Subsidiary · Melbourne, Australia
      • Dassault Systemes B.V (Dassault Systèmes B.V) Subsidiary · Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
      • Dassault Systemes CZ Subsidiary · Czechia
      • DASSAULT SYSTEMES DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
      • DASSAULT SYSTEMES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
      • and 9 more
    • Dassault Aviation Subsidiary · 50.55% · Saint-Cloud, France
      • Thales Group Stake · 25% · Meudon, France
      • Dassault Falcon Jet Subsidiary · 100%
      • DASSAULT FALCON SERVICE Subsidiary · 100% · Bonneuil-En-France, France
      • DASSAULT ASSURANCES COURTAGE Subsidiary · Saint-Cloud, France
      • DASSAULT AVIATION PARTICIPATIONS Subsidiary · Saint-Cloud, France
      • DASSAULT INTERNATIONAL 99 SOC Subsidiary · Saint-Cloud, France
      • DASSAULT REASSURANCE Subsidiary · Saint-Cloud, France
      • RAFALE INTERNATIONAL Subsidiary · Saint-Cloud, France
      • SOGITEC INDUSTRIES Subsidiary · Suresnes, France
      • STE EURO CONSTRUC AVION BREGUET ATLANTIC Subsidiary · Saint-Cloud, France
    • Bordeaux-Aéronautique Subsidiary · Saint-Cloud
    • Groupe Figaro Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • Marco Vasco Paris, France
      • CCM Benchmark Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • Société du Figaro Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • Cadremploi Subsidiary · France
      • Journal des Femmes Cuisine Subsidiary
      • Journal des Femmes Déco Subsidiary
      • Journal des Femmes Santé Subsidiary
      • Le Journal des femmes Subsidiary
      • LES MAISONS DU VOYAGE Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • Immobilière Dassault Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • C.P.P.J. Subsidiary · Paris, France
    • Veolia Stake · 4.75% · Paris, France
      • Recovera Využití zdrojů 100% · Praha 5, Czechia
      • Stadtwerke Görlitz AG Görlitz, Germany
      • Apa Nova București Subsidiary · Bucharest, Romania
      • Grup Agbar Subsidiary · Barcelona
      • Pražské vodovody a kanalizace Subsidiary · Praha 10, Czechia
      • Sicea Subsidiary · Quartucciu, Italy
      • Société d'énergie et d'eau du Gabon Subsidiary
      • Veolia (Australia) Subsidiary · Sydney, Australia
      • Veolia Central & Eastern Europe Subsidiary · Paris, France
      • Veolia Energie ČR Subsidiary · Ostrava, Czechia
        • Veolia Energie Praha 100% · Praha 1, Czechia
        • Veolia Průmyslové služby ČR, a.s. 100% · Ostrava, Czechia
        • Veolia Komodity ČR Subsidiary · 100% · Ostrava - Moravská Ostrava, Czechia
        • AmpluServis Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
        • AmpluServis, a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Ostrava-Třebovice, Czechia
        • Veolia Energie Kolin, a.s. (Veolia Energie Kolín, a.s.) Subsidiary · 100% · Kolín, Czechia
        • Veolia Energie Marianske Lazne, s.r.o. (Veolia Energie Mariánské Lázně, s.r.o.) Subsidiary · 100% · Mariánské Lázně, Czechia
        • OLTERM & TD Olomouc, a.s. Subsidiary · 51% · Olomouc, Czechia
        • OLTERM & TD Olomouc Subsidiary · Czechia
        • Veolia Energie Kolín Subsidiary · Czechia
      • Veolia Nuclear Solutions Inc. Subsidiary · Irvine, United States
      • Veolia Umweltservice Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
        • Veolia Paper Germany GmbH Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
      • Veolia Česká republika Subsidiary · Praha, Czechia
      • Recovera Facility a.s. Subsidiary · 100% · Brno, Czechia
      • SARPI Dorog Kft. Subsidiary · 100% · Dorog, Hungary
      • VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT SERVICES RE Subsidiary · 100% · Paris 8, France
      • BAKONYI BIOENERGIA Eromufejleszto es Uzemelteto Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag Subsidiary · Ajka, Hungary
      • Bakonyi Eromu Zartkoruen Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag (Bakonyi Erőmű Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság) Subsidiary · Ajka, Hungary
      • CHP Energia Befektetesi es Vagyonkezelo Zartkoruen Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag Subsidiary · Budaörs, Hungary
      • CHP-INVEST Energetikai, Beruhazo es Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag Subsidiary · Budaörs, Hungary
      • DBM Del-nyirsegi Bioenergia Muvek Energiatermelo Zartkoruen Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag Subsidiary · Pécs, Hungary
      • DRIPLEX WATER ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Haridwar, India
      • DRIPLEX WATER ENGINEERING PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Gurugram, India
      • Fondation d'entreprise Veolia Environnement Subsidiary · France
      • KOBANYAHO Tavhotermelo es -szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag Subsidiary · Budapest, Hungary
      • and 31 more
    • Artcurial Subsidiary · 8th arrondissement of Paris, France
    • Dassault Medias Subsidiary · France

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The story

Accelrys was formed in 2001 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pharmacopeia, Inc. from the fusion of five companies: Molecular Simulations Inc., Synopsys Scientific Systems Ltd, Oxford Molecular, the Genetics Computer Group (GCG), and Synomics Ltd. MSI, itself a result of the combination of Biodesign, Cambridge Molecular Design, Polygen and, later, Biocad and Biosym Technologies.

In late 2003, Pharmacopeia, Inc. separated its drug discovery and software development businesses. The drug discovery company retained the name Pharmacopeia and remained in Princeton, New Jersey, while the software company moved to San Diego, California.

In 2004, Accelrys acquired SciTegic, producer of the Pipeline pilot software.

Accelrys managed a nanotechnology consortium producing software tools for rational nanodesign from 2004 to 2010.

In 2010, Symyx Technologies was merged with Accelrys.

In May 2011, the company acquired Contur Software AB, an electronic lab notebook software firm.

In January 2012, Accelrys acquired VelQuest, a maker of pharmaceutical and medical device-related software, for $35 million in cash.

In May 2012, Accelrys purchased Hit Explorer Operating System (HEOS) - a SaaS system that provides groups with project information in the cloud and access to biological assay results, analytics, chemical registration and pharmacokinetics data - from Scynexis.

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In October 2012, Accelrys acquired Aegis Analytical Corp. for $30 million in cash, expanding Accelrys’ reach for customers in the move from the lab to the manufacturing floor. Aegis had been developing its Discoverant enterprise-class software system since 1997 to aggregate, contextualize and analyze on-line and off-line process development, manufacturing and quality data, enabling process improvement and quality by design, for its customers in the highly regulated biotech and pharma industries.

In January 2013, Accelrys acquired Swiss biosciences systems integrator Vialis AG for $5 million in cash.

In September 2013, Accelrys acquired Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) compliance provider ChemSW.

On January 30, 2014 Dassault Systèmes of France announced the acquisition of Accelrys in an all-cash tender offer for at $12.50 per share, representing a fully diluted equity value for Accelrys of approximately $750 million. After the acquisition, Accelrys was renamed BIOVIA.

From Wikipedia’s article on BIOVIA, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

The Accelrys Enterprise Platform, a scientifically aware, service-oriented architecture (SOA) spanning data management and informatics, enterprise lab management, modeling and simulation, and workflow automation.

Pipeline Pilot, a program that aggregates and provides immediate access to the volumes of disparate research data locked in silos, automates the scientific analysis of that data, and enables researchers to rapidly explore, visualize and report research results.

ISIS/Draw, a chemical drawing tool.

ISIS/Base, a personal chemical database counterpart.

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ISIS/Host, a chemical structure database that uses Oracle

Accelrys Draw, a chemical drawing tool.

Accelrys Direct, a chemical substance database that uses Oracle's data cartridge technology.

The Available Chemicals Directory (ACD) a compilation of supplier catalogues that is searchable by substructure.

The Accelrys Process Management and Compliance Suite, a "combination of software products for scientists working in early and mid-stage analytical, formulation and process/bioprocess development... through to stability, material and release testing during late-stage quality control and commercial production." The Suite streamlines product development

Symyx Notebook by Accelrys, an Electronic lab notebook.

Materials Studio, a suite of modeling and simulation programs for material science.

Discovery Studio, a suite of modeling and simulation programs for life sciences.

Contur ELN

Externalized Collaboration Suite

Discoverant, a validation-ready software system for data access, automated aggregation and contextualization, analysis and reporting. It supports Industry 4.0 strategies by enabling collaboration across data silos for process understanding and product quality improvement, allowing lower cost production of higher quality therapeutics and other products.

iLabber

Experiment Knowledge Base

Lab Execution System (LES)

Commercial versions of otherwise academically licensed programs:

CHARMM (Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics) is commercially available from Accelrys. In October 2013, Martin

Karplus of Harvard University, Michael Levitt of Stanford University and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California were awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work in modeling and simulation including CHARMM.

MODELLER

From Wikipedia’s article on BIOVIA, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 2001Founded Founded1

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