Professor Dr. Alexander (Sandy) Lawson is Awarded the 2011 Herman Skolnik Award

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland, October 4, 2010 - Elsevier Properties SA today congratulated its Research and Development
Director, Professor Dr. Alexander (Sandy) Lawson, for receiving the 2011
Herman Skolnik Award. Presented by the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Division of Chemical Information (CINF), the award recognizes outstanding
contributions to and achievements in the theory and practice of chemical
information science and related disciplines. The prize consists of a $3,000
honorarium and a plaque, which Sandy will receive following a symposium
scheduled for the ACS Fall National Meeting in Denver, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2011,
during the International Year of Chemistry. Sandy will also be one of the
symposium presenters.

Phil McHale, D.Phil., Chair of the CINF Awards Committee, said of the
award, "Sandy Lawson has contributed so much to cheminformatics; the tools
and databases with which he has been (and is still) involved are in daily use
by thousands of scientists. Sandy is widely respected throughout the
cheminformatics community as a thought leader and a colleague, and he is a
most deserving recipient of this award."

Sandy spearheads the innovation and development efforts in the area of
cheminformatics at Elsevier Properties SA. He works closely with the
Reaxys(R) database and software development teams based at Elsevier
Information Systems in Frankfurt; and is instrumental in developing new
analysis techniques and functionality for Reaxys (R).

Phil Mestecky, Managing Director Elsevier Properties SA, said, "Sandy's
passion for chemistry is clear from the first moment you meet him. This
passion combined with his sharp intelligence and insight in to the mind of a
research chemist have helped him guide and develop some truly outstanding
software and database tools including both the CrossFire suite and Reaxys.
However, if you asked Sandy he'll tell you his greatest pieces of work are
the last one and the next one. I have been privileged to work with Sandy over
the last four years initially at Elsevier Information Systems in Frankfurt
and latterly at Elsevier Properties SA in Switzerland. The Skolnik Award is a
great honor for Sandy, one he truly deserves, and I know that it will inspire
him to even greater endeavors."

About Elsevier Properties SA

Elsevier Properties SA is a center of excellence within Reed Elsevier for
the management of intellectual property. Elsevier Properties SA owns the
PharmaPendium, and Reaxys databases. Trademarks including Reaxys(R),
PharmaPendium(TM), SciVal(TM) and The Lancet(R) are owned and protected by
Elsevier Properties SA and used under license. For additional information see
www.reedelsevier.com.

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reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
SciVerse ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com/), SciVerse Scopus
(www.scopus.com/home.url), Reaxys (https://www.reaxys.com/), MD
Consult (www.mdconsult.com/) and Nursing Consult (
www.nursingconsult.com/), which enhance the productivity of science
and health professionals, and the SciVal suite (www.scival.com/) and
MEDai's Pinpoint Review (www.medai.com/), which help research and
health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

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