Certara, a provider of drug discovery and development software and scientific consulting services, has released a new version of Phoenix, the PK/PD modeling software platform.

All Phoenix tools are accessed within a single graphical user interface.

The newly available products are Phoenix WinNonlin 6.3, Phoenix NLME 1.2, Phoenix Connect 1.3, AutoPilot Toolkit 2.1 for Phoenix and IVIVC Toolkit 2.1 for Phoenix WinNonlin.

Certara senior vice president and general manager Daniel Weiner said: "In addition to releasing the first commercial implementation of the Quasi-Random Parametric Expectation Maximization (QRPEM) algorithm for population PK/PD modeling, this version of Phoenix adds critical infrastructure improvements, usability enhancements and improved linkage with third-party tools."