May 19, 2021 - Choosing a Lab Informatics Strategy: What’s Best for Your Startup?

Laboratory informatics is a critical piece of the puzzle for clinical diagnostic lab startups. Without some serious thought about how they’ll manage their instruments, software, and data management tools, labs can find themselves travelling along a well-worn but meandering path... [Read More]

May 19, 2021 - A Renewed Focus on Customer Success in the Wake of COVID-19

LIMS vendorThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront many vulnerabilities in the way that we communicate, move around, access healthcare, and conduct business. The year-long distance and resulting loss of connection has caused personal and professional strain for almost everyone. [Read More]

May 19, 2021 - Make LIMS work for you

LIMS is developed into a complex software solution. Sometimes too complex!  Does it still fulfil its purpose to support your lab process and reduce you administration?  Is it still manageable if your processes change or develop, or does it block your Lab Grow?  [Read More]

May 19, 2021 - Moving to a Cloud-based Chromatography Data System (CDS)

Over the last year, it feels like the world has become more spread out and more remote, but we are all finding ways to work closer together while separated. Within labs, work must continue, and one way to ensure remote access with remote support is to move toward laboratory systems in the cloud. [Read More]

May 19, 2021 - What are Data Silos Doing to Your Laboratory’s Productivity?

The R&D landscape by nature is in a constant state of flux, with varying needs for instrumentation, software applications, and workflows. As a result, data can end up in silos; fragmented, unstructured, and inaccessible by other groups.
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May 19, 2021 - Academic Institutions and Regulatory Compliance in the Labs: Why It Matters

Partnering and the Challenge of Research Regulatory Compliance
Major research institutions and academic centers operate in an increasingly complex global network of scientific collaborators. In recent years, there has been a rising number of partnerships between non-profit research institutes...[Read More] 

May 12, 2021 - Critical Laboratory Information System Capabilities and Opportunities for End-to-End COVID-19 Testing

Sneak Peek! New Special Report on Labs and COVID-19. What should labs look for in an LIS for COVID-19? Get a sneak peak of this new Dark Report publication as we offer a free look at our chapter that covers how technology can accelerate COVID-19 testing, orders and results, interoperability, and reporting. [READ MORE]

May 12, 2021 - QLIMS and its partners

OnQ Software is proud to make QLIMS, maybe the best LIMS out there, available around the globe. Together with our Partners we are standing next to our customers during and after their LIMS journey.

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May 12, 2021 - Building the QA lab of the future

Digital technology is becoming essential for businesses across all industries. But in many ways, quality assurance (QA) laboratories — whether they are in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, environmental science or any number of other fields—are still operating with the kind of technology that was around in the 1990s. It’s time to step into the future.

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May 12, 2021 - Laboratory Software Spotlight – Riffyn

Digitally Driving Data Analytics for Faster Product Development
Leaders of scientific R&D groups understand that an ecosystem of multi-disciplinary workflows drives innovation, such as high quality drugs and therapeutic agents. To stay competitive, product developers rely on data to make informed decisions. [Read More]

May 12, 2021 - Case Study: LabVantage LIMS Implementation for a DNA Testing Laboratory

A leading diagnostics laboratory that specializes in DNA based testing was in the process of implementing a LabVantage LIMS. Recognizing the complexity of LIMS implementations, the group was interested in engaging a team of consultants to assist with developing a project strategy, establishing a project plan and providing LabVantage LIMS specific guidance to the project team. [Read More]

May 5, 2021 - Cybersecurity for the Life Sciences R&D Ecosystem

The rate of data generation is increasing exponentially in today’s technology driven world. This is especially true for R&D activities in the life sciences, where technologies like next generation sequencing (NGS) are creating terabytes of genomics data in a single run... [Read More]

May 5, 2021 - Tech-Driven Support for– or Alternatives to – Lab Consolidation After Hospital M&A

Check out this new blog post to learn how best-of-breed laboratory technology can maximize lab value and viability during and after hospital merger and acquisition activity.

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May 5, 2021 - CannaQA: One LIMS for Multi-State Cannabis Testing

CannaQA: One LIMS for Multi-State Cannabis Testing

The fragmentation of cannabis regulations poses a particular challenge for multi-state cannabis testing labs. Although the industry and state regulators are trying to align requirements and standards, testing labs still lose many of the benefits of multi-state operations. CannaQA is a laboratory information management system (LIMS) that can help multi-state laboratories...

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May 5, 2021 - How Agile and Scrum Can Help You Build Better Clinical Lab Software

The Agile methodology is one of the most common project management methods for software development, and for good reason. Its iterative nature lends itself to an ideal build process. Add clearly-defined team roles and a lightweight Scrum framework—with short, focused bursts of work called Sprints, which typically last 1–4 weeks... [Read More]

May 5, 2021 - QLIMS the realistic alternative….

If you are planning to upgrade your LIMS, renew your LIMS or implement a LIMS at your laboratory…? Realize that there is a realistic alternative for the LIMS products you already know! Take a look at QLIMS….if you are looking for a product instead an endless project and want to spend your money on Science not on Software. [Read More]

May 5, 2021 - Understanding Lab Data Management

Whenever we speak to clients about the needs and pain points in their laboratories, there is one topic that always comes up: Laboratory Data Management. What is interesting is that not all of our clients have the same definition of laboratory data management.

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April 28, 2021 - ISO Accreditation: Do I Need It?

What You Need and How to Get It

Across industries, ISO accreditation is becoming a must-have for testing laboratories. This proof of competence reassures customers that your lab has the discipline and systems to produce consistently valid results. At the same time, ISO accreditation boosts your lab’s productivity. Yet the only quick, affordable way for a laboratory to achieve ISO accreditation is to have a laboratory information management system (LIMS). Here’s what you need to know about ISO accreditation and how a LIMS makes all the difference.

April 27, 2021 - Case Study: Business Process Analysis and LIMS Selection for a Global Life Sciences Company

A global life sciences company focused on providing products for emerging public health threats staffs eight laboratories for product manufacturing, quality control/testing, and research and development. These laboratories prepare and test a range of products for direct sale and distribution to governments and...

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April 20, 2021 - Astrix to Present Keynote Address at 2021 Virtual STARLIMS Connect

Please join us for the 2021 Virtual STARLIMS Connect taking place April 27-29, 2021. This year’s conference is complimentary and completely virtual event with all of the same benefits as our live events including keynote addresses, a customer panel where you will hear directly from your colleagues, networking opportunities, poster sessions and much more!

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