LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of vendor-neutral, integrated cardiovascular information and imaging systems (CVIS), announced today that St. Peter’s Health Care Cardiac and Vascular Center in Albany, NY, a nationally recognized Top 100 Cardiovascular hospital, has installed LUMEDX’s Analytics Manager solution. The new software enables St. Peter’s to monitor clinical and financial metrics in near real-time, supporting performance improvement across the cardiovascular service line.

Genome Designs, Inc. today announced that it has received seed financing from undisclosed private investors and started operation. Founded by veterans of Argonne National Lab, NCBI, Integrated Genomics, and Ariadne, the company is taking on the challenge of functional annotation of the next-generation sequencing projects for the life science community.

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Liaison Technologies, a global provider of secure cloud-based integration and data management services and solutions, announced today a partnership with SAFE-BioPharma Association. As a result, Liaison’s clients and their partners can leverage the validation and security of the SAFE-BioPharma® digital identity and signature standard, which verifies and manages digital identities and signatures involved in electronic transactions.

Instem, a leading provider of early development software applications, announced today that Beijing Union -- Genius Pharmaceutical Technology Ltd (Beijing Union) has purchased the Provantis preclinical software solution following a comprehensive competitive evaluation of domestic and western solutions on the market.

Sapio Sciences (http://www.SapioSciences.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Exemplar Dx LIMS. This release is the result of Sapio’s extensive experience in implementing LIMS at leading MDx companies. Exemplar Dx LIMS addresses MDx company’s operational needs in a single, integrated solution.

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RemedyMD, the leading provider of Translational Research Informatics, will launch Investigate™ Cell Therapy at the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation BMT Tandem Meetings Feb. 1 – Feb. 5 in San Diego, Calif. (Booth #604). Investigate Cell Therapy is the first and only research management system to integrate key translational research components, including LIMS, ELN, biospecimen tracking and a patient registry into one platform.

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) is hosting a free symposium called Reducing Risk in Health Care: Present and Future Trends in the Laboratory, on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia, USA, during the annual CLSI Leadership Conference.

The ability to automatically control stocks of consumables whilst processing samples can be a major time saver for busy laboratory managers, which is why Two Fold Software Limited is adding a Consumable Stock Control software module to its Version 1.1 release of the company’s ground-breaking Qualoupe LIMS software.

LABVANTAGE, which offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services for the laboratory, including LIMS, ELN, and business intelligence, announced today the release of LABVANTAGE 6, the world’s most powerful LIMS. Loaded with new features including enhancements to batch management, new event-driven flexibility, advanced instrument integration, and support for both desktop and mobile devices, LABVANTAGE 6 is the culmination of SQL*LIMS, which was acquired from Life Technologies Corporation in 2009, and the legacy LABVANTAGE product lines.

RURO, Inc., a developer of research software and inventory solutions announced today that it has successfully integrated its FreezerPro 2012 edition with Angelantoni’s SmartFreezer. The SmartFreezer is capable of reading both RFID and 2D barcodes. The SmartFreezer with be shown at numerous shows throughout the US and Europe in 2012. The fully integrated unit will make its debut at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) show in San Diego, February 6th and 7th.

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SRI International has introduced MetaFlux, a new software tool to substantially decrease the time required for researchers to construct genome-scale models of metabolic networks.

Labcyte Inc., the developer of acoustic liquid handling, and QIAGEN, the leading global provider of sample and assay technologies, announced today that QIAGEN FlexiPlate siRNA reagent libraries are now available in Labcyte Echo® qualified microplates.

Ingenuity Systems, a leading provider of information and analysis solutions for life science researchers, today announced the general availability of Ingenuity® iReport™, a stand-alone report that provides the fastest way to get biological meaning from expression data.

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) announces a major conference for 2012, Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease, to be held October 1 – 2, in Singapore.

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Lifepoint Informatics is excited to team up with Sparrow Laboratories to assist them in implementing successful EMR/EHR integration and interfaces to help meet their increasing EMR integration needs.

Waters Corporation (WAT:NYSE) and Ireland's National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) announced today the availability of the world's first database for glycan analysis by UltraPerformance Liquid Chromatography® (UPLC®).