Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today completed its previously announced acquisition of Finesse Solutions, Inc., a leader in the development of scalable control automation systems and software for bioproduction. The business will be integrated into Thermo Fisher’s Life Sciences Solutions Segment.

SA Ignite, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that automate the management of complex value-based programs, today announced the release of its IgniteMIPS solution, a quality program performance and management solution. IgniteMIPS solution combines an integrated suite of cloud-based software and advisory services to enable healthcare organizations to gain efficiencies, improve scores, avoid penalties, and increase revenue for value-based programs.

Increasing productivity and effectiveness can be addressed in a number of ways within a LIMS, the ability of the LIMS to automate manual processes, procedures, and tasks is by far the largest source of these improvements.

HIMSS17 -- Translational Software®, Inc. (TSI), a leader in the intelligent use of genetic data for clinical decision support, will co-present a session on precision medicine with Inova Translational Medicine Institute at the HIMSS17 Conference & Exhibition taking place Feb. 19-23 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

Sophia Genetics, global leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced today that ten new genomic institutions from Latin America have started using SOPHiA - the company’s AI - to democratize access to clinical genomics on the continent, and improve patient diagnosis and care.

Pharma Logistics Week presents the 3rd Pharmaceutical Packaging and Labeling Forum, taking place May 22-24, 2017 in San Diego, CA! This event will gather keen-minded speakers and sponsors who will be sharing the most advanced theories to ensure patient safety, comply on a global scale, offer a new level of supply chain security, and more.

The 2017 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, February 19–23, 2017 in Orlando, brings together 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world. Exceptional education, world-class speakers, cutting-edge health IT products and powerful networking are hallmarks of this industry-leading conference. More than 300 education programs feature keynotes, thought leader sessions, roundtable discussions and workshops, plus a full day of preconference symposia.

Seacoast Laboratory Data Systems, a nationwide leader in providing customizable software solutions and services for commercial and hospital outreach laboratories, recently announced the addition of the Report Dashboard for their SurroundLab™ AR solution. The new Report Dashboard allows clients to stay connected to their critical business data, anytime, anywhere.

Abbott Informatics announces the release of new Mobile apps and a redesigned user interface for the STARLIMS Content Library. Launched last year, the STARLIMS Content Library allows customers to discover new content for STARLIMS, and enhances the value of add-on products such as Advanced Analytics and Mobile.

The Biorepository at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Bioresource stores a variety of samples, including whole blood, plasma and sera. With some 30,000 samples from 5,200 volunteers and patients now collected, a Matrix Gemini Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) from Autoscribe Informatics has been implemented to manage all aspects of sample handling and allow the most efficient use of freezer storage space. System actions include sample tracking, location recording and chain of custody reporting with full audit trails of all activities.

Today, IDBS, a leading global provider of advanced software for R&D companies, announced that New Haven-based Achillion Pharmaceuticals has implemented the IDBS E-WorkBook for electronic laboratory data capture.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced new technologies that are designed to automate and standardize workflows, helping to boost productivity and efficiency for laboratories working in a range of research environments. The new solutions are on display February 6-8 at the 2017 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) conference, Booth 701, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

FDB (First Databank, Inc.), the leading provider of clinical drug knowledge that improves medication-related decisions and patient outcomes, and Translational Software, Inc. (TSI), a leader in the intelligent use of genetic data for clinical decision support, today announced a collaboration to develop pharmacogenomics (PGx)-based drug knowledge within health information system workflows.

Reflecting its drive to provide innovative solutions to the genomics community, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is the first genomics company to develop and bring to market a complete ribonucleoprotein-based Cpf1 CRISPR system. Expanded CRISPR toolkit includes Cpf1 and range of Alt-R™ support products, increasing the options available to molecular biology researchers

Having to access multiple systems (such as LIMS, ERP, CAPA, MED, EDMS, LMS and EQM) or manually populate data from one system to another presents significant efficiency, productivity, and compliance challenges.

ACH Foam Technologies announces DuraTherm PLUS+™, an advanced cold chain shipping solution that assures payload temperatures remain between 2⁰ to 8⁰ Celsius for a 24-hour delivery window. Validated to International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) 7D standards, DuraTherm PLUS+™ is available in summer and winter profiles to accommodate off-the-shelf seasonal packout solutions for pharmaceuticals and other products with acute temperature sensitivity.

The Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc. is pleased to finally announce that both our LiMSfinder.com and LiMSforum.com sites are merging together into one site. The new site is will be LiMSforum.com. We will be continuing to run the LiMSfinder.com site for about a month until we are sure that we have worked out all the kinks and issues. The reason for the merger of the two sites is so that we avoid information overlap and that we provide a new, robust interface that is mobile friendly and responsive in its design and to provide a complete new set of features that are not available at LiMSfinder.com.

Last month we released the latest v5.3 version of SLims, our platform to digitize Life Science laboratories. We have now produced a short video with all the highlights of the new release. You will find a demonstration of all the features freshly released in the Content, ELN, Setup and Workflow sections.

Sparta Systems today announced the release of Stratas® 2.0. The latest release of the innovative cloud platform includes enhancements and new features within both the Stratas Quality Management and Stratas Supplier Collaboration solutions

The difficulty and complexity of the LIMS interface can be so overwhelming that a user never gets to realize the amazing things a LIMS can do to make their work life easier.