BIOBASE GmbH, a leading provider of expert-curated biological databases, software and services for the life sciences, today announced a strategic collaboration with the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB). Researchers in Luxembourg will use Genome Trax™ to analyze next generation sequencing variants in clinical diagnostics.

Remedy Informatics, Inc., the leading provider of registries and research informatics software for Life Science, Translational and Biomedical Research and Healthcare, today announced it is a key member of the LongView International Technology Solutions team awarded a prime contract by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment (NITAAC).

The continued success of Noemalife software solutions within the South American marketplace is assured following the recent acceptance of a tender to supply Cruz Blanca Salud with a further 1 million USD of clinical and hospital software solutions. The powerful combination of NoemaLife’s Laboratory Information System DnLab with HALIA middleware interface software and Siemens’s Diagnostics Division continues to unify and automate laboratory workflow throughout one of Chile’s major private healthcare providers.

Keep up with the latest trends and advances in the profession….take time to interact with colleagues, peers, and experts from around the world….and keep current on the continuing changes in the health care environment- changes that directly affect you. You’ll do all that and more during the 2012 AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo. You’ll be able to design an educational program that suits your individual professional needs.

Abbott will feature new solutions to improve data management and automation at this year's American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual meeting, July 15-19, in Los Angeles, Calif. Solutions to further enhance efficiency and workflow in today's laboratories will be the focal point of the Abbott exhibit.

Used together, NoemaLife’s FDA cleared HALIA middleware and the Labotix®, Rapid Response Universal Specimen Handling (RRUSH®) system offer a unique turn key solution for seamless workflow management in clinical chemistry laboratories.

As health care systems around the world face challenges such as labor shortages, increased regulation and budget constraints, they rely on technology to help manage the impact. To assist in addressing these challenges, today Abbott announced OneLab, a new, Web-based, integrated laboratory informatics solution. OneLab is a highly-configurable platform that allows labs of any size to standardize processes across multiple locations and automate routine procedures such as sample management and tracking, as well as test result review and approval. This new information management capability can improve efficiency and productivity while reducing errors, which is important for patient safety.

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) will be holding its 2013 Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo in Houston, Texas, July 28- August 1, 2013. The complete program will be available online in April 2013 at http://www.aacc.org.

Pharmaceutical company Jubilant Life Sciences has chosen process automation technologies and services from Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), to help increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve efficiency at three manufacturing plants in Gujarat state, India.

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) will host its Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo for the second time in Los Angeles starting July 15. The five-day gathering attracts professionals from around the globe and will require 26,000 total hotel room nights and will bring an estimated economic impact of more than $32 million citywide.

pharma solutions international GmbH (pharmaSOL) formally announced today the expansion of its life sciences technology and consulting practice into the North American region. pharmaSOL, an Oracle Health Sciences partner in Europe, has successfully offered its capabilities for more than 12 years. While pharmaSOL has relationships with North American-based clients already, this announcement represents the formal introduction of a US-based unit in order to optimally support its US clients.

Instrumentation Laboratory (IL), today, announced the worldwide commercial launch of the ACL TOP 300 CTS Hemostasis Testing System, as the newest member of the ACL TOP Family. Ideally suited for processing 50-100 patient samples per day, the ACL TOP 300 CTS offers full Testing Process Automation for low-to-medium-volume, routine or specialty Hemostasis laboratories or as an adjunct to other installed ACL TOP systems.

Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN) announced today the development of "NexGen," a new platform designed to significantly enhance Compugen’s overall infrastructure for predictive drug and drug target discovery. NexGen is designed to analyze Next Generation Sequencing data which is now beginning to be generated worldwide through RNA-Seq methodology.

The Society of Forensic Toxicologists welcomes its members and guests to Boston, Massachusetts - Marriott Copley Place - Back Bay in 2012 for our annual meeting - beginning July 1st and ending July 6th.

NovoPath, Inc., a leader in Anatomic Pathology Best-of-Breed Software Solutions, announces the release of NovoOutreach 7.8, an Information Exchange Platform module tailored for the anatomic pathology lab.

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, continues to provide support for life science applications with its latest successful webinar. Over 1300 researchers registered for the live webinar entitled ‘State-of-the-art normalization of RT-qPCR data. Available to view online, on-demand, the webinar addresses the potential pitfalls encountered when setting up a qPCR experiment.

In the first six months since Veeva Vault was made generally available, 16 life sciences companies have adopted the new cloud-based regulated content management solution. This unprecedented growth highlights both the industry’s striking shift away from installed/hosted software and the recognition that streamlined content management can be an offensive weapon; not just a back office function. New Vault customers range from global pharmaceutical organizations to specialty life sciences companies such as InterMune, ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Kythera Biopharmaceuticals and Unigene Laboratories.

The results of a new research study performed by researchers at the Center for the Study of Drug Development at Tufts University School of Medicine and sponsored by Medidata Solutions found that clinical data gathered from 25 percent of the procedures administered to patients may be unnecessary – and, in the aggregate, are responsible for $3-5 billion in overall clinical trial costs annually.

The 4th Annual Clinical Trials Supply & Logistics Summit will be investigating compliance, quality control, efficiency and logistics in the clinical trials supply chain. This summit promises to provide industry expert insight into best practices, as well as prepare you with skills and tools needed to use clinical trials to gain a competitive edge in this highly competitive global market.

Attend Innovation in Phase 1 Clinical Development to hear successful implementations of cost saving strategies. This phase 1 clinical trial event will help you transition to Phase 2 production faster and more cost effectively.