Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today, Alan Mertz, President of the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA), expressed concern to lawmakers that additional, duplicative regulation imposed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) would cause a harmful ripple effect throughout the laboratory industry that could hamper diagnostic discoveries and preclude patients from timely access to life saving treatments.

Astrix Technology Group (Astrix) announced today it has launched its SampleManager 11 Upgrade Offer. Consisting of a comprehensive analysis and detailed evaluation, the offer is designed to provide a clear roadmap to guarantee a successful upgrade. SampleManager 11, the latest Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) release from Thermo Scientific, contains many features to improve laboratory efficiency and reduce costs.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Lab Automation Global Market - Forecast to 2020" report to their offering. Laboratory automation involves the process, technology, device and software which enable automated workflow process in the laboratories and thus reduce manual steps and errors. Lab automation incorporates both hardware (devices) and software.

GenoLogics today announced it has been selected by Illumina as the preferred laboratory information management system (LIMS) provider to support HiSeq X Ten sequencing system customers.

September 03, 2014 – PAIN WEEK ApolloLIMS will exhibit at PAIN WEEK 2014. PAINWeek is an annual conference held for practitioners in pain management to assemble for a week of learning and communication.

LabLogic's PET LIMS system PETra is proving to be a global hit following successful installations in Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Singapore, the UK and the US.

Come visit us in booth 28 as we exhibit at the annual conference of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists.

Container Manager is a barcode ready module for the Matrix Gemini Sample Tracker software from Autoscribe Informatics, which allows full traceability and tracking of re-usable sample containers and samples through the production/laboratory/sampling process. All actions are audited providing improved traceability and accountability for enhanced compliance. Container Manager tracks the current location of all containers, the sample in each container and the user responsible.

Global public health and safety organization NSF International has expanded the use of Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS, the industry’s leading bioanalytical LIMS (laboratory information management system), to its laboratory in Bristol, Connecticut. NSF International’s Health Sciences division is one of the largest international contract research organizations (CRO), with a network of laboratories throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Waters Corporation introduced Progenesis® QIVersion 2.0, the next generation of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) software for small molecule 'omics data analysis, at the 20th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. This Next Generation Software Offers Enhanced Control and Function, with Pathway Mapping, Process Automation, and Improved Access to Compound Databases.

Learn the most common sources of bottlenecks in laboratory instrument and information systems validation projects and how to reduce or avoid them completely.

September 03, 2014 – PAIN WEEK ApolloLIMS will exhibit at PAIN WEEK 2014. PAINWeek is an annual conference held for practitioners in pain management to assemble for a week of learning and communication.

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) announced that Hamilton Company will serve as the Premier Sponsor at SLAS2015, the fourth-annual conference and exhibition of the Society.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it will introduce a new range of laboratory solutions at the KoreanSociety for Mass Spectrometry (KSMS) 2014, Aug. 20-22. The new collection of instruments, software and services is intended to help scientists and researchers in Korea push the boundaries of achievement and transform laboratory productivity.

Access to next generation diagnostics will only be gained through careful creation and management of partnerships in the community around development, commercialization, reimbursement and regulation. This year’s Next Generation Dx Summit will showcase advances in personalized medicine through a comprehensive program encompassing companion diagnostics, infectious disease, cancer molecular markers, point-of-care, inherited disorders, cell free DNA and single cell sequencing.

The Bioprocessing Summit brings together international leaders to discuss today's bioprocess issues from cell line selection to bioproduction. The Summit provides practical details in a relaxed, congenial atmosphere that promotes information exchange and networking.

In preparation to the EDKM Summit Event (ELNs, Data Analytics and Knowledge Management Summit) Pharma IQ conducted an industry survey to find out how organisations are effectively utilizing data and applying knowledge management to improve decision making and efficiency in their businesses.

VolitionRx Limited, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer, today announced it has installed a Tecan EVO200 automated liquid handling system in its Namur, Belgium laboratory. The Tecan EVO200 is a robot that will significantly accelerate VolitionRx’s large scale clinical studies by increasing the throughput and rate of blood sample analysis by up to five times that of the current manual methods.

Fisher Chemical ChemSearch Mobile App for iOS
Chemists can now use a powerful mobile tool inside and outside of the laboratory to quickly and conveniently get reliable chemical information and enhance lab productivity.

The latest version of Autoscribe’s Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) on show at Lab Innovations features a number of enhancements to increase the speed of operation. In particular, functionality with large numbers of samples and/or tests is enhanced.