Optra Health today announced at the ACMG Clinical Genetics Annual Meeting the launch of its computational platform iPhronesis™ Knowledge Automation for Clinical Genomics using proprietary advanced natural language processing (NLP) algorithms and deep machine learning unique to the marketplace, as well as iPhronesis™ Cognitive Workbench “ICW” for automating literature and data review. The iPhronesis platform enables rapid data curation, ACMG-guided variant classification and clinical reporting.

Welcome back to the premier industry event on global serialization regulations & guidelines! With the guideline in the serialization process underway and approaching, it appears as though there are two different categories that pharmaceutical companies currently fall into: those who have and those who have not. While the industry is well aware of the regulatory deadlines in both the United States and across the globe, there are still matters to be clarified. But what exactly is not clear? One of the biggest concerns is the deployment process and how this will affect current and future products. The Pharmaceutical Traceability Forum will conduct various conversations focusing on the complexities associated with integrating a serialization process at your organization, as well as the possible solution for the impeding issues. Participate in the conversation!

Ensuring timely distribution and formulating key forecasting methods to avoid clinical trial disruptions. We have gathered the sharpest minds from Eli Lilly, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Anthera, Genentech, and many more to optimize inventory processes, package and labeling, multi-vendor management, and new forecasting ideas that demonstrate safety, efficacy, and dosage in your clinical trial supply chain at the: Clinical Trial Supply Logistics & Temperature Management Forum

Autoscribe Informatics has launched the Matrix Gemini Field Analytics System to extend the use of the LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) to the field. Further enhancing remote access capabilities for Matrix Gemini, the new Field Analytics System allows test data to be recorded off-line and uploaded to the LIMS when an internet connection can be re-established.

A LIMS is a great and almost necessary tool in any modern day environmental laboratory, whether commercial, state or municipal. In a highly regulated community, the LIMS, like everything else in the laboratory, must evolve. Some evolutions are complex, however, 99% of them are very simple and in many ways, mostly a matter of proper record keeping.

Autoscribe Informatics is launching its web portal for the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) at PITTCON 2017. This allows third parties who do not use Matrix Gemini directly, but have a legitimate need to access relevant data, to be able to view and download reports and metrics produced in Matrix Gemini.

To assist businesses with R&D and accessing resources available in federal labs, the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) launched FLC Business—a free next-generation search tool for federal laboratory resources.

I recently read, or I should say reread, an article written by Douglas Perry for the American Chemical Society in Today’s Chemist at Work titled “LIMS in the academic world” (https://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/archive/tcaw/11/i01/html/01comp.html). The article was published in January of 2002. Almost exactly fifteen years later, most of the well discussed points are still valid. LIMS has not truly found a home in academic settings despite the fact it is rare to see an operating commercial laboratory in any business sector without some sort of LIMS in place today.

Life science researchers working across many applications can now benefit from the first-ever web-based pipetting application, developed to enable seamless connectivity with electronic pipettes for optimized performance and safe, efficient and rapid sharing of protocols.

The Pharmaceutical Traceability Forum is now part of Pharma Logistics Week bringing all aspects of the pharmaceutical supply chain under one roof. The forum will take place on May 22nd to May 24th, 2017 in Coronado, California.

At the Pharmaceutical Traceability Forum top minds in the pharmaceutical industry will meet to discuss the upcoming November 27th regulations, which span over every phase of the manufacturing process.

Today IDBS, a leading R&D and scientific software solutions provider, has been recognized by the National Technology Awards for its innovative cloud solutions, which enable the world’s leading research organizations to operate faster and more effectively.

International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra announces a five-year contract with Swedish healthcare provider Danderyd Hospital AB to provide PACS and RIS for radiology and cardiology. This solution comprises a cloud service hosted within the healthcare organization, which will be integrated with Stockholm County Council's shared archive for medical images.

The E-WorkBook GxP Cloud can now be validated for streamlined regulatory certification. After The E-WorkBook Cloud launch earlier this year, IDBS has now enhanced its capabilities by adding a pre-qualified service to the suite, which has been designed to help organizations streamline their compliance processes for good practice (GxP) regulated systems. We call it The E-WorkBook GxP Cloud.

JusticeTrax, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory information management systems to the forensic science laboratory community is proud to announce that it has successfully transitioned from the ISO 9001:2008 to the ISO 9001:2015 Standard.

Strong project management is very important to the success of a laboratory informatics system deployment, but even the most experienced IT project managers can overlook tasks that are specific to laboratory informatics systems.

LabVantage Solutions, the leading global laboratory informatics provider, has introduced LabVantage 8.2, with added features that support electronic laboratory notebooks, method execution worksheets, biobanking, and environmental monitoring applications to provide advanced solutions for laboratories.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has acquired Core Informatics, which provides a leading cloud-based platform supporting scientific data management. Core’s offerings will significantly enhance Thermo Fisher’s existing informatics solutions and complement its cloud platform, which supports the company’s genetic analysis, qPCR and proteomics systems.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced a line-up of new products at the 2017 Pittcon Conference and Exhibition that enable application-specific workflows for pharma/biopharma, materials science, and environmental and food safety markets. The company’s leading portfolio of integrated instruments, consumables, software and services is featured in booth 3021 in the West Hall of McCormick Place in Chicago, March 5-9, 2017.

Seacoast Laboratory Data Systems, a nationwide leader in providing customizable software solutions and services for commercial and hospital outreach laboratories, recently announced an enhanced version of its SLScan Document Management System. The enhancements further strengthen outreach laboratory managers’ ability to have, at their fingertips, access to the critical financial and clinical information they need.

ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes solutions in support of chemical and pharmaceutical R&D, today announced it will introduce Luminata™, an informatics system that enables organizations to establish effective impurity control strategies. This is accomplished through the assembly analytical, chemical, and process information—all in a single enterprise informatics environment.