SimOmics wins its first major contract.

SimOmics, a healthcare IT spin-out of York University, has won its first major contract courtesy of a consortium led by York’s Centre for Immunology and Infection. The spin-out will help find a cure for a disease spread by sand fly bites.

SimOmics has developed a computer modelling software which is able to extrapolate how a drug affects diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, type one diabetes, and multiple sclerosis.

The contract with the Centre for Immunology and Infection follows the centre’s…