October 24, 2013 - Transferring Medical Device Production to a Contract Manufacturer

This webinar on outsourcing medical device manufacturing will discuss practical decision making steps you can follow to analyze whether to transfer or invest in keeping production in-house. If you decide to transfer production, then this training will detail the options and next steps to transferring it to the right facility or contract manufacturer.

October 23, 2013 - BIOBASE Launches PharmacoGenomic Mutation Database (PGMD™) – a Knowledge-base Containing Genetic Variants that Affect Drug Response

BIOBASE Corporation, the leading provider of expert-curated biological databases, software and services for life science researchers, today announced the release of PGMD™ at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting in Boston, MA. PGMD is a database of detailed genotype-phenotype relationships derived from in vivo pharmacogenomic patient studies, stemming mostly from clinical trials, with insights pertaining to response rate, risk of adverse events, realization of expected outcomes (e.g. patient survival), pharmacokinetic parameters such as dose requirements, and much more.

October 23, 2013 - New Software Traces Origins of Genetic Disorders 20 Times More Accurately

In a bioinformatics breakthrough, i Minds - STADIUS - KU Leuven researchers have successfully applied advanced artificial intelligence to enable the automated analysis of huge amounts of genetic data . Their new s oftware suit e, eXtasy , automatically generates the most likely cause of a given genetic disorder . The breakthrough directly impacts the treatment of millions of people with a hereditary dis ease.

October 23, 2013 - Writing your Company’s Safety Plan: I2P2 (Illness and Injury Prevention Plans) – What you Need to Know and Do

This webinar will be a basic, nuts and bolts program leading participants through the process of creating a written safety plan for evacuation, fire, hazard communication and Others, that complies with OSHA requirements.

October 23, 2013 - European Institute of Oncology Implements Thermo Scientific LIMS for Biobanks

International cancer care and research biobank uses Thermo Scientific LIMS to integrate data and streamline workflows.

The European Institute of Oncology (IEO), a Milan, Italy-based organization committed to making an active contribution to fighting cancer--particularly tumors of the breast, lung, prostate and bowel--has implemented a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) to more efficiently manage its biospecimen data.

October 23, 2013 - LIMS Customer Survey Results Announced

Autoscribe has recently conducted a satisfaction survey with its Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) customers worldwide. Autoscribe’s CEO, John Boother, said: “Producing management software suitable for use in wide and varied laboratory environments requires much more than just programming skills. We wanted to understand our customers’ feelings about all the aspects of our business, from the sales experience through implementation and support services as well as the quality of the software itself.”

October 22, 2013 - Managing the Software Development Life Cycle to Produce Regulatory Documentation (for Medical Devices)

This webinar will discuss regulatory requirements for the medical device software development process and how the documentation needed for MDD technical files and for FDA submission can be developed as part of that process.

October 22, 2013 - BioDatomics Increases NGS Research Productivity with Launch of up to 100 Times Faster, More Intuitive Data Analysis Software

BioDatomics today introduced the company’s first commercial product, BioDT™, an open source suite of next generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis software and services. The new platform addresses the shortcomings found with current data analysis offerings by delivering much higher performance and an intuitive interface, thereby enabling genomic and biomedical researchers to more quickly glean meaningful insights from their data.

October 21, 2013 - Sysmex America Leads Educational Offerings Focused on Healthcare Reform’s Impact on the Clinical Laboratory

Sysmex America, Inc., a global leader in medical diagnostic testing equipment and information systems technology, today announces that it is leading a robust curriculum of educational offerings this Fall to benefit clinical laboratory professionals and help them prepare for a new era of healthcare reform. October 23 webinar takes aim at reimbursement levels for laboratory testing November 14-15 scientific symposium spotlights "accountable care" laboratory models that reshape healthcare at the clinical laboratory level.

October 21, 2013 - Varian Medical Systems Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for RapidPlan™ Knowledge-Based Treatment Planning Software for Radiation Oncology

Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a radiotherapy treatment planning tool designed to enhance quality, consistency, and efficiency in radiotherapy treatment planning.

October 17, 2013 - Agilent Technologies and Healex Systems Ltd. Collaborate on Remote Instrument Access and Control Software

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Healex Systems Ltd. today announced that Healex's ChemLaunch remote instrument access and control software now operates with Agilent's OpenLAB CDS ChemStation Edition chromatography data system software. ChemLaunch, in combination with OpenLAB CDS, provides an integrated software environment for large-scale, distributed analytical labs.

October 16, 2013 - CSols Webinar: Extending your LabWare LIMS Beyond the Lab

Understand the significant business benefits that may be realized by extending your LIMS beyond the Lab. Spend an hour learning how these benefits have been realized through the utilization of a Simplica front-end.

October 15, 2013 - QIAGEN Launches Empowered Genome Community, Invites Citizen Scientists and Researchers to Pool and Collaboratively Interpret Human Genomes

QIAGEN N.V. Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the Empowered Genome Community, which is a first-of-its-kind initiative to help people who have had their genomes sequenced share, explore, and interpret their data with researchers and each other.

October 15, 2013 - Pathology, Inc. Leverages TigerConnect to Expedite Delivery of Critical Lab Results to Physicians

TigerText, the leader in secure, real-time messaging for the enterprise, today announced that Pathology, Inc., the West Coast’s premier women’s health laboratory, has selected the TigerConnect platform to directly deliver critical lab results to doctors’ mobile devices.

October 14, 2013 - Indigo Biosystems Converts ASCENT Enterprise Software to Cost Effective SaaS Model

Indigo BioSystems, Inc., an industry leader in automated data analysis for analytical laboratories, is excited to announce the availability of ASCENT 2.0. This updated version of its flagship product, ASCENT, represents a major shift to an online, hosted solution that can be utilized by any lab across the country.

October 14, 2013 - Falsifying Data in clinical trials. What to report?

This webinar on falsifying data in clinical trials will look at several case studies to provide examples of fraudulent activities and what should be reported. It will also discuss the regulations governing the ethical conduct of human subjects research.

October 10, 2013 - Verification of Compendial Methods According to the Revised USP Chapter <1226>

This webinar on verification of compendial methods will give a good understanding of the revised USP Chapter and FDA requirements and provide recommendations and tools for effective implementation.

October 9, 2013 - See RURO in Italy at ESBB – European Society for Biopreservation &amp; Biobanking, Verona, Italy, October 9-11, 2013

See full line of RURO products for biobanking and sample management. Get a chance to chat with RURO experts in both biobanking and laboratory informatics. See the new model of SmartFreezer in action and preview the upcoming FreezerPro update.

October 9, 2013 - HIPAA Business Associates – 2013 New Requirements and Responsibilities for Compliance

This webinar will highlight the changes to HIPAA HITECH act and how it affects the role and usual business practices of HIPAA business associates and what they need to do to comply with it. The importance of the business associate agreement, new enforcement penalty structure and the latest plans for audits by HHS OCR will also be discussed in this webinar.

October 8, 2013 - Accelrys Receives Highest Rating in Gartner’s Latest Laboratory Informatics System Report

Accelrys, Inc., a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, today announced that Gartner, Inc­., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, has rated the company "very high" in a recent report on Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) vendors.