Core Informatics, LLC. has deployed an installation of the Core LIMS to support Fabrus LLC, the first occupant of Pfizer's business incubator at the La Jolla Research and Development Center.

Many companies manufacture products that are supplied to multiple customers and/or a variety of geographical destinations. Different customers/destinations may require different test specifications and sometimes additional testing.

QSI is launching a Rental Customization Service that will enable WinLims Rental customers to have a cost-effective way of tailoring the company’s WinLims ‘out of the box’ solution to meet their specific information management requirements.

PerkinElmer today announced it will offer an e-learning webcast to mining industry laboratory professionals. The webcast will show participants how LABWORKS™ Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) can increase laboratory data quality and productivity while integrating with other mining operation systems to provide seamless and instantaneous data sharing

Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ: IVGN) and Applera Corporation today announced that their Boards of Directors have approved a definitive merger agreement, under which Invitrogen will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Applera's Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI) in a cash and stock transaction valued at $6.7 billion.

Linguamatics Ltd, a leader in enterprise text mining for the life science and other markets, today announced that it has joined the Microsoft BioIT Alliance, an association of life science organizations and informatics companies whose focus is to enhance collaboration and accelerate the pace of drug discovery and development.

Matrix Gemini™ Pathology LIMS is the World’s first fully configurable Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Pathology Management Information System that is designed for every pathology laboratory.

GenoLogics, the leading developer of translational research informatics solutions, today announced the new release of its lab and data management system for genomics research, Geneus 4.0, with many new enhancements including the ability to handle NextGen sequencing workflows.

Rosetta Biosoftware, a global leader in life science informatics solutions, today announced that the Rosetta Syllego™ system version 2.0, its system for genetic studies, is now available. The newest version has been designed to create even more opportunities for researchers to see their work impact patient care.

National Instruments now offers more than 6,000 drivers through the NI Instrument Driver Network, the industry’s largest source for instrument drivers.

Today, companies and organizations operate in a much more complex environment as far as tracking and reporting on events, activities or items as they occur. This is particularly true in strictly regulated environments such as the development and production of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and food where compliance with current (and future) regulations is also required. It is also true for the production of nuclear materials, their use and disposal, as well as the collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting of environmental samples. To attempt to collect, store and report all of this information without the aid of computers is a daunting / impossible task.

A leading full-service analytical testing firm with a network of NELAP (National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program) certified laboratories across the United States has recently chosen LimsLink from Labtronics Inc. as the single instrument/LIMS interfacing solution for all of their laboratory instruments at all of their laboratory facilities.

Ariadne today announced that Pfizer, Inc. has purchased a multi-site license for Pathway Studio Enterprise. Pfizer is going to use it to assemble reference networks of biological interactions from internal and public data sources for interpretation of experimental results throughout its research facilities.

LabVantage Solutions, Inc. today announced the commercial availability of the SAPPHIRE™ Release 5 Laboratory Information Management Suite (LIMS). SAPPHIRE is an industry-leading zero footprint and configurable off-the-shelf (COTS) LIMS that consolidates functionality typically found in multiple laboratory systems.

These courses are provided in Pittsburgh, PA in May; Baltimore, MD in June; Boston, MA in July. PACS Testing, Consulting and Training will provide short courses in Boston, Massachusetts in July. Most PACS courses can be provided at your time and place.

STARLIMS Australasia Pty Ltd., recently established as a privately owned company, is the authorized distributor of STARLIMS products across Australia and New Zealand. It will support and augment STARLIMS’s growth in the region by overseeing marketing, pre-sales support, sales and ongoing technical and professional services.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has scheduled its 2008 Laboratory Informatics Symposium (LIS) to take place on 9-10 July 2008 at the Sheraton Dameisha Resort in Shenzhen, China.

Geneva Bioinformatics (GeneBio) SA and Nonlinear Dynamics today announced a worldwide distribution agreement for GeneBio's Phenyx and Nonlinear's Progenesis LC-MS software, whereby Nonlinear will distribute GeneBio's Phenyx MS identification platform.

Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announced that it has released Version 4.5 of its ClassPharmer software for analysis of chemical libraries and design of new molecular structures.

GenoLogics, the leading developer of translational research informatics solutions, today announced the new release and general availability of Proteus 4.0, its lab and scientific data management system for proteomics