GCP guidelines include standards on how clinical trials should be conducted, define the roles and responsibilities of clinical trial sponsors, clinical research investigators, and monitors. In the pharmaceutical industry monitors are often called Clinical Research Associates.

Spectra QEST announces that Soil and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME), a leading regional consulting and engineering firm, operating out of ten offices in three states, has implemented the award-winning QEST Platform.

Students taking the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Applied Science at Berkshire College of Agriculture (BCA) were given an insight into the practicalities of laboratory sample handling, tracking and management recently through a presentation by John Boother, Managing Director of Autoscribe Ltd. Autoscribe is a leading software provider specialising in database management applications including Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Quality Management Systems.

DNAnexus Inc., the leader in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, today announced that Stanford University, the Data Coordination Center (DCC) for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project, a flagship functional genomics consortium funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH, has adopted the company’s cloud genomics platform to support data analysis and sharing for its Phase 3 project.

Xybion Corporation, leading provider of preclinical R&D solutions announced today that CTI Biotechnology in Suzhou, China has implemented Xybion's Pristima® 7 Preclinical Suite. Pristima® was selected after an exhaustive evaluation of top selling preclinical software systems on the market.

FlowJo, LLC, the provider of the market-leading third-party software for single cell analysis, and BD Life Sciences – Biosciences, a segment of leading global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), announced today that they have established a strategic relationship to integrate BD’s flow cytometry data acquisition software with FlowJo’s data analysis platform for the research market.

RURO, Inc., a leading LIMS, RFID and sample management solutions provider announces the release of Limfinity® version 6 of it's flagship platform. . The Release features a revamped data mining engine, continued performance improvement. Structured forms, image views, enhanced granularity permissions, other features underscore 1.5 years of development.

HEXALIS is already in use at over 1,200 labs across the country, while BIOSERVEUR/Mesanalyses.fr connects 1,300 labs, 70 hospitals and 13, 000 doctors to share information.

Bio-IT World and Cambridge Healthtech Institute are again proud to host the Fourth Annual TCGC: The Clinical Genome Conference, inviting stakeholders impacting clinical genomics to share new findings and solutions for advancing the applications of clinical genome medicine

Successful biodefense requires a multi-faceted and coordinated approach from assay to technology to reporting. At the Knowledge Foundation's Biodefense World Summit, leaders from government, academia, and industry will come together to discuss pathogen detection, point-of-care technologies, and biosurveillance, demonstrating threat detection and assessment from start to finish.

AACC, a global scientific and medical professional organization dedicated to better health through laboratory medicine, is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of a new journal: The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine: An AACC Publication. Set to debut in 2016, this international, peer-reviewed publication will showcase applied research on clinically relevant laboratory topics as well as commentary on the practice of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.

We've all talked about the subject of SAP QM and LIMS - Can you use just one? Do you have to have both? This webinar will review these scenarios plus more.

ApolloLIMS will both Sponsor and Exhibit at the Spring meeting for the Southwestern Association of Toxicologists held this year in New Orleans, LA, from June 18 - 20th. Come visit our booth to learn more about our flagship Laboratory System, ApolloLIMS as well as our other great products.

Core Informatics announces the launch of the Platform for Science Marketplace™, the first of its kind catalog of pre-configured scientific applications designed to flexibly support the changing needs of modern laboratories, integrate data sources, and speed informatics deployments.

The Global Event for Biotechnology - BIO covers the wide spectrum of life science innovations and application areas. Drug discovery, biomanufacturing, genomics, biofuels, nanotechnology and cell therapy are just a few of the industries represented at the BIO International Convention.

ImageIQ, an innovative imaging software and contract research organization supporting the preclinical research and clinical trial markets, today announced the launch of ImageQuantify.com(www.ImageQuantify.com), an online quantitative image analysis service for preclinical research.

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Waters Corp. today announced a formal agreement to exchange instrument controls to improve the productivity of customers who own software and instruments from both companies. The new agreement replaces earlier provisions under which Agilent implemented control of Waters instruments in the Agilent OpenLAB chromatography data system and Waters implemented control of Agilent liquid chromatography instruments in Waters Empower Software.

Sapio Sciences has announced the release of Exemplar LIMS™ 7.0. Exemplar LIMS 7.0 accelerates Sapio's Informatics strategy of going beyond traditional LIMS systems by combining Biology ELN and SDMS capabilities with industry best searching tools, robust collaboration and high scalability.

The World Preclinical Congress (WPC; formerly the World Pharma Congress), now in its 14th year, is making a commitment to focus predominantly on preclinical research and highlight the challenges and opportunities in early drug discovery and development.

The European Human Genetics Conference (now in its 49th year) is a forum for all workers in human and medical genetics to review advances and develop research collaborations. The conference has become one of the premier events in the field of human genetics with over 3.000 delegates, more than 215 oral presentations, 13 workshops, 8 educational sessions, and over 150 exhibiting companies. The ESHG conference is where the latest developments in human genetics are discussed, and where professionals from all parts of human genetics meet.