By Kim Shah, VP Marketing & Business Development, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Informatics

One of the key challenges faced by life science organizations today is the inability to turn the vast amount of laboratory data generated into useful information that enables management at all levels of the organization to make timely and informed decisions. Many companies still use manual processes for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data; they also use both structured and unstructured content. A worldwide market research study on laboratory information management system (LIMS) users conducted by Strategic Directions International (Los Angeles, Calif.) determined that over 70% of laboratories have less than half of their instruments interfaced with a LIMS.

By Kim Shah, VP Marketing & Business Development, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Informatics

One of the key challenges faced by life science organizations today is the inability to turn the vast amount of laboratory data generated into useful information that enables management at all levels of the organization to make timely and informed decisions. Many companies still use manual processes for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data; they also use both structured and unstructured content. A worldwide market research study on laboratory information management system (LIMS) users conducted by Strategic Directions International (Los Angeles, Calif.) determined that over 70% of laboratories have less than half of their instruments interfaced with a LIMS.

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that the Institute for Medical Immunology (IMI), part of Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), has chosen the Agilent ELN electronic lab notebook to manage its scientific data.

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that New York Downtown Hospital (New York Downtown) will launch a major information technology (IT) initiative involving multiple integrated components of the company’s Sunrise Enterprise™ suite of solutions.

Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in web-based environmental compliance and information management software, today announced that Orion Environmental Inc. has selected Locus' Environmental Information Management (EIM) system to streamline environmental data management at its clients' environmental remediation sites.

Despite the difficult economic climate around the world Autoscribe is pleased to announce a small growth in business for the first 6 months of their current financial year. This is coupled with a growth in profits of 20%.

IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced that European ScreeningPort GmbH has selected ActivityBase XE to manage the growing demand for use of their screening services by academic partners. As the industry standard for all pharmaceutical screening data, ActivityBase XE provides the essential quality and management capabilities required to deliver commercial quality screening results.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., the world leader in serving science, will unveil a new LIMS solution within booth #2757 at PITTCON 2010, being held from February 28-March 5 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla

Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMMX) today announced the release of Symyx Notebook 6.4., offering scientists improved support for method development, validation and execution in regulated and non-regulated analytical labs. This latest release of Symyx's electronic lab notebook (ELN) offers new cross-experiment referencing and reporting capabilities that improve collaborative workflows for multidisciplinary teams working in the life sciences, chemicals, energy and consumer products industries.

Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading integrated genomics company, today announced the launch of its ‘Pioneers in Genomics Education – Class of 2010’ program. The intention of this program is to cement a strong industry-academia-industry relationship and provide cutting-edge genomic tools and technologies to the budding world-class researchers of tomorrow from key institutions. The program also aims to build a model for cross-academic and cross-industry exchange of knowledge and ideas. This program would be launched for India first.

Operational Excellence program at Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company enhanced by Aegis and VelQuest technology partnership, which merges manufacturing plant and quality control lab data to enable correlation of critical process parameters (CPP's) and critical quality attributes (CQA's).

Pharsight, a market-leading provider of software and scientific services to improve productivity and decision-making in clinical drug development, today announced that it has released two new data analysis tools; Phoenix NLME and Phoenix Connect. The tools were developed via a collaborative effort between FDA and Pharsight under Pharsight’s previously-announced Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. ("Global Med" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: GLOB), an international healthcare information technology company, today announced that its Inlog S.A. subsidiary has licensed its EdgeLab((TM))( )Laboratory Information Management Software

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) recently announced the January–June 2010 schedule of educational teleconferences for clinical, public health, and veterinary laboratories. Programs, based on current CLSI documents, are intended to help pathologists, managers, supervisors, technologists, and laboratory and quality consultants learn how to optimize practices and processes in their laboratories

Sapio Sciences is pleased to announce that its leading Exemplar Analytics product has been utilized in making key discoveries that were recently published in leading journals.

Quality Systems International (QSI) is urging businesses to view the Tax Man as a benevolent friend when it comes to investing in a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to improve their efficiency.

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PACS will attend and participate at the following 2010 conferences: Pittsburgh Conference Orlando FL February 28 - March 5; Water Quality Association Orlando FL March 9 - 12; International Activated Carbon Conference Los Angeles CA April 27 - 28; Activated Carbon School Los Angeles CA April 25 - 30; American Water Works Association Chicago IL June 7 - 12; International Activated Carbon Conference Pittsburgh PA October 5 - 6; Activated Carbon School

Waters Corporation today announced that SDMS Vision Publisher(TM) (v.7.1 SR4), an electronic laboratory notebook solution for its NuGenesis® Scientific Data Management System (SDMS), a secure electronic repository that stores and manages all types of scientific data to a centralized database and is used to boost efficiency in life sciences laboratories, has been certified compliant with the SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard. The SAFE-BioPharma standard is broadly used within the pharmaceutical industry to apply signatures to forms, contracts and other documents and to manage digital identities.

Waters Corporation has become the exclusive distributor of Fusion Method Development(TM) software, developed by S-Matrix® Corporation. The software works seamlessly with Waters® Empower® 2 chromatography data software (CDS) and ACQUITY UltraPerformance LC® (UPLC®) to automate liquid chromatographic method development according to Quality-by-Design (QbD) guidelines.