Allscripts has entered into an agreement with the newly-established Montefiore New Rochelle and Montefiore Mount Vernon to expand the relationship at those locations, which were recently acquired by Montefiore Health System. This partnership will upgrade both hospitals to Allscripts Sunrise™ 6.1 Integrated Electronic Health Record as well as the Sunrise Clinical Analytics™, Sunrise Radiology™ and Sunrise Laboratory™.

Sysmex America Inc., a global leader in medical diagnostic testing equipment and information systems technology, today announces a partnership agreement with Software Testing Solutions (STS) of Tucson, Arizona, to provide automated testing services for Sysmex WAM™ Decision Support Software for the Clinical Laboratory.

Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, has announced the latest release of its unified biology assay and study management software suite consisting of Accelrys BioRails DM 4.5, Accelrys BioRails PTO 4.5 and Accelrys Morphit 3.0.

In this CAPA training webinar, we will focus on ideas that will help identify effective methods designed to improve your response to process deviations and help you develop a standardized plan to fully resolve discrepancies so they do not recur.

Understand 10 step Risk based approach to validation, explore methods to decrease resource requirements and make documentation more manageable and understandable.

GSL Biotech announced today that Transcriptic, a Silicon Valley company, has adopted SnapGene both for its in-house team of scientists and for use by its customers. Transcriptic is now providing customers with short-term access to SnapGene for use during the ordering process.

RURO Inc. is pleased to announce the release of FreezerPro version 6.1, the latest refinement to the award-winning frozen sample management solution. FreezerPro, a world-class software solution used by thousands, improves its capability to manage and track frozen samples in FreezerPro 6.1.0. FreezerPro is a fast, reliable, and secure network-based platform that provides an appealing user interface with access to a plethora of tools. The program enables users to know precise sample location even before opening the freezer door, and supports more efficient frozen sample storage and management procedures.

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is decentralizing its volunteer leadership structure to achieve the international initiatives outlined in the newly updated SLAS Strategic Plan. The newly refreshed plan was developed for 2014, 2015 and 2016 by the SLAS Strategic Planning Advisory Committee. After being officially approved and accepted by the SLAS Board of Directors, the plan was published at http://www.slas.org/about/plan.cfm when the Society unveiled its attractively redesigned, user-friendly website on November 1.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the 850-DS Dissolution Sampling Station for centralizing laboratory workflow of sample transfer, filtration and collection. By managing unattended dissolution sampling and automated sample archiving for future HPLC or UV analysis, the 850-DS frees up analysts' time while eliminating errors associated with manual sampling.

AACC is pleased to announce that the AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo won the 2013 Trade Show News Network (TSNN) award for having the fastest growing attendance of all nonprofit trade shows. The AACC Annual Meeting is also known for being the world's largest diagnostics conference and expo.

This webinar on FDA Pharmacy Compounding will detail the current thinking, the efforts made and steps taken by FDA and legislatures since the “meningitis outbreak” in 2012.

Abbott announces the global launch of version 11 of the company’s STARLIMS software-based laboratory information management system (LIMS). The new version expands user functionality to include mobile device applications, advanced analytics, and HTML5 compatibility, enabling users to access LIMS information anywhere on any screen.

This CAPA training for clinical research personnel will help attendees understand how to respond to inspection and audit findings using a Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) plan.

October 28-30, 2013, Cambridge, MA
With the tremendous expense of bringing new drugs to market, a focus on improving the outcome of first-stage research is critical. Recent evidence confirms the need for innovative screening systems utilizing assay design on three-dimensional tissue models and phenotypic models. This functional analysis will allow for more accurate biological response. Cambridge Healthtech Institute is pleased to introduce FAST: Functional Analysis & Screening Technologies Congress to bring together drug research and development teams for practical discussion, solutions and case studies for refining these first-stage drug discovery methods.

This FDA GMP training will help you understand the current requirements for raw material management with tips for practical implementation. It covers FDA’s expectations from GMP facilities regarding raw material vendor selection, measures for assuring acceptable quality of material supplied, expectations from quality control and documentation processes, and training requirements, with case studies.

This Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) training will be valuable to CLIA regulated, non-waived laboratories that run automated analyzers or semi-quantitative kit tests. It will highlight differences between quality control and quality assessment and the proper methods to meet CLIA guidelines.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/r7gqg3/lab_automation) has announced the addition of the "Global Lab Automation Analysis to 2017" report to their offering.

In service of its educational mission and to serve life sciences R & D professionals around the world, the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) honors 46 undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and junior faculty members with SLAS Tony B. Academic Travel Awards for SLAS2014, the Third Annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition, which will be held Jan. 18-22, 2014, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif., USA.

Dataworks Development, Inc. announces the release of a major new upgrade, version 6.0, to its Freezerworks Unlimited freezer inventory and sample management software program.

This FDA Software Validation and Verification training/webinar will review the validation planning process with particular emphasis on avoiding six common pitfalls.