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ORGANIZATION AND LINES OF BUSINESS
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND LINES OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND LINES OF BUSINESS
Organization

Simulations Plus, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated on July 17, 1996. In September 2014, Simulations Plus acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Cognigen Corporation ("Cognigen") and Cognigen became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Simulations Plus, Inc. In June 2017, Simulations Plus acquired DILIsym Services, Inc. ("DILIsym") as a wholly-owned subsidiary. In April 2020, Simulations Plus, Inc. acquired Lixoft, a French société par actions simplifiée ("Lixoft") as a wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to a stock purchase and contribution agreement. (Collectively, "Company", "we", "us", "our").
Effective September 1, 2021, the Company merged both Cognigen Corporation and DILIsym with and into Simulations Plus, Inc. through short-form mergers (the “Mergers”). To effectuate the Mergers, the Company filed Certificates of Ownership with the Secretaries of State of the states of Delaware (Cognigen’s and DILIsym’s state of incorporation) and California (the Company’s state of incorporation). Consummation of the Mergers was not subject to approval of the Company’s stockholders and did not impact the rights of the Company’s stockholders.
Lines of Business

We are a premier developer of drug discovery and development software for modeling and simulation, and for the prediction of molecular properties utilizing both artificial intelligence (“AI”) as well as machine-learning-based technology. We also provide consulting services ranging from early drug discovery through preclinical and clinical trial data analysis and for submissions to regulatory agencies. Our software and consulting services are provided to major pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agrochemical, cosmetics, and food industry companies, and to regulatory agencies worldwide for use in the conduct of industry-based research.