Illumina, Inc. today announced that it has declared conformity with the requirements of the IVD Directive and has applied the CE mark to an expanded VeriSeq™ NIPT Analysis Software for clinical laboratories in the European Union (EU).

Following the success of the inaugural Cancer Biotherapeutics conference in London, the the Immuno-Oncology Summit Europe 2017, to be held 20-24 March in the heart of London’s Canary Wharf Business District. With an expanded three-track program, attendees can now experience a full week of cutting-edge science and discussion.

Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s Eighth Annual Biotherapeutics Analytical Summit has grown from strength to strength year over year, covering a wide variety of product characterization topics ranging from post-translational modifications to bioassays, from process change to compliance, from developability to biosimilarity.

Pittcon is the world’s leading annual conference and exposition on laboratory science. Pittcon attracts attendees from industry, academia and government from over 90 countries worldwide.

Discussions on key insights from thought leaders into the biggest challenges in the analytical and clinical phases of biosimilar drug development, from addressing current regulatory struggles, demonstrating the quality attributes needed to prove interchangeability, and successfully entering the market.

In this short paper published in December 2016, Hiner et al. of the University of Wisconsin at Madison demonstrate their open-source library SCIFIO (SCientific Image Format Input and Output). Built on inspiration from the Bio-Formats library for microscopy image data, SCIFIO attempts to act as “a domain-independent image I/O framework enabling seamless and extensible translation between image metadata models.” Rather than fight with the difficulties of repeating experiments based on data in proprietary formats, SCIFIO’s open-source nature help with reproducibility of research results and proves “capable of adapting to the demands of scientific imaging analysis.”

Autoscribe Informatics will be showcasing two new capabilities for remote usage of its Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) at PITTCON 2017. The Matrix Gemini Field Analytics System extends the use of the LIMS to the field, allowing data to be recorded off-line and uploaded to the LIMS when an internet connection can be re-established. The new Web Portal allows third parties access to relevant data, reports and metrics produced in Matrix Gemini.

LabVantage, the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, recently announced that the company achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification. While LabVantage has always used international standards to create and sustain their practices and procedures, this certification provides solid evidence that the LabVantage quality management system meets the highest standards available. As a leader in the industry, this certification further distinguishes the quality of LabVantage products and services and will help the company maintain its competitive edge.

LabVantage Solutions, the leading global laboratory informatics provider, announced the release of LabVantage 8 Pharma. The solution provides the pharmaceutical industry with a pre-validated, pre-configured LIMS. The goal of the solution is to reduce cost, reduce risk and improve lab efficiency overall.

Precision BioSciences, a genome editing company based in Durham, North Carolina, has implemented IDBS E-WorkBook to improve its data capture and streamline innovation in cancer immunotherapy, gene therapy and food science. Deploying E-WorkBook across its three businesses will improve Precision BioSciences’ knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Signet Accel, a software and services company specializing in data integration and harmonization, today announced a partnership with the Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety (ACRES), a non-profit, multi-sector collaborative bringing together diverse stakeholders in clinical research and healthcare with a shared goal of accelerating medicine development with greater safety, speed and efficiency.

This webinar focuses on discussing the prospective role of biobanking to facilitate the conduct of high quality research that helps enhance health and well-being of man kind.

International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra announces that John Muir Health has purchased an archive to store radiology and cardiology studies in the cloud. All images in the enterprise will be archived in three geographically separate areas with fail-over capabilities.

Live Webinar from Astrix on January 26th at 1PM EST. The LIMS selection process poses many risks to an organization. Join Astrix Technology Group as we provide a deep dive on the reasons why LIMS implenetations fail to achieve their goals and how to fix those issues.

In one hour we will explore how to get more value for your organization through optimizing, expanding, and upgrading your LabWare LIMS™.

On every project there are things that we know and things that we don’t know. It is the project manager’s responsibility to plan for and manage both the knowns and the unknowns in order to deliver the project on-time, within budget, and meeting specifications.

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) 69th Annual Scientific Meeting will take place Feb. 13-18, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. Themed "Our Future Reflects Our Past: The Evolution of Forensic Science" by AAFS President John E. Gerns, MFS, more than 4,000 national and international forensic professionals will assemble to discuss issues facing the profession and attend scientific sessions that focus on scientific advances that will affect the forensic sciences moving forward.

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (Ortho), a global leader of in vitro diagnostics, today announced that its ORTHO CONNECT™ V2.0 middleware solution is CE Marked, signifying conformity with all EU regulation.

IDBS has today launched The E-WorkBook Cloud, an enterprise, Cloud-based platform designed specifically to meet the future challenges of scientific and R&D data management.

LabVantage Solutions, a global leader in laboratory informatics, announces that they have been selected to replace an existing, custom Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) at Kennametal Inc.’s Quentin C. McKenna Technology Center in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. A global industrial technology leader, Kennametal delivers productivity to customers seeking peak performance in demanding environments by providing innovative custom and standard wear-resistant solutions. The company employs more than 12,000 team members worldwide and generated nearly $2.1 billion in revenues last year.