Commercial off-the-shelf laboratory information management systems (LIMS) often come with pre-built protocols to help labs get up and running quickly. But if your lab solely relies on these pre-built protocols, you’re missing out on efficiencies that could give your business a competitive advantage.
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When developing therapeutic antibodies, selecting only the strongest candidates for further clinical development increases the chances of successful clinical trials. The important decision of candidate selection can only be done right with high quality, accessible data from which insights can be easily drawn.
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Thanks to a new U.S. law, drugs under development no longer need to be tested on animals before being administered to volunteers in human trials. Long-time animal rights advocates have lobbied for this action, while some people working in the pharmaceutical sector have claimed that animal testing may be both expensive and ineffective. What effects will this have on laboratory operations moving forward? What is required in order to adapt to this change?
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Modern laboratories are under enormous pressure to produce research and simultaneously minimize waste and regulatory risk. One area where labs often fail to maximize operational efficiency is laboratory instrument management. Proper management of laboratory equipment through every phase of its life cycle is an important key for labs to get the most out of their resources. Seasoned professionals at Kalleid have deep expertise in R&D research that helps maximize laboratory efficiency.
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Join the league of top-tier laboratories that have harnessed the power of LIMS for document control, sample tracking, instrument integration and calibration, quality control and assurance, results management and reporting, training and competence management, and audit trail capabilities to achieve and maintain ISO 17025 accreditation.
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Therapeutic antibody discovery and development labs assay hundreds to thousands of antibody candidates daily to hone in on the best candidates for clinical development. Accurate, complete plate maps are critical for sample traceability and experiment reproducibility. Using
LIMSense™, a modern LIMS from AduroSys, can ensure seamless integration between instruments and LIMS without sacrificing flexibility in plate map design.
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Laboratories and their associated remote testing/sampling sites may like the numerous, multistep workflows that currently rule the organization’s daily operations. These laboratories should not buy SampleVision™. Many of your favorite workflows will be immediately streamlined if you do make SampleVision part of your lab. Conversely, if you’re looking for every possible competitive advantage in the age of digital transformation, read on for descriptions of how some of your sampling, testing, and reporting workflows would be simplified if you
did buy SampleVision.
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Following on from the
L7 MES app introduction, let us have a deeper dive into the features that set the L7 MES app as the right choice for pharmaceutical manufacturing. One of our guiding principles in designing the L7 MES app was to build the core regulatory compliance requirements all cGMP processes must adhere to, out of the box, and additionally, how to support the timely dispositioning of manufactured finished products.
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Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) may still seem futuristic. You might think your environmental laboratory can’t handle the technologies. Or maybe you don’t think your laboratory can or should be out on the bleeding edge of computing. You might be surprised then to learn that machine learning harkens back to the 1950s.
1 However, it might not surprise you to learn that environmental, water, and wastewater laboratories lag behind other scientific disciplines in ML/AI adoption.
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SCC’s Laboratory Information Systems Suite focuses on optimizing your laboratory operations, while providing consistent connectivity to laboratory instruments, robotics, and other information systems. These integrated solutions eliminate the need for costly add-ons while providing seamless interfaces linking all clinical laboratory departments throughout your provider’s network.
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Avid vitamin and supplement users may assert that increasing your intake of vitamin D reduces the risk of cancer and other diseases and prevents infection. And many scientists have supported those claims. However, new research casting doubt on the benefits of vitamin D supplementation is sparking a debate on whether healthy Americans should bother being tested for vitamin D deficiency or taking a supplement.
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The customer is both knowledgeable in their field and technically capable. Strong Python scripting skills and great ideas. The challenge is to collate data from multiple long files being generated by this instrument, perform calculations, validate the data, upload it to the sample and attach graphs generated on the fly without any manual intervention. How will we solve this?
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With unparalleled configurability and customizability, the LabLynx ELab LIMS platform can accommodate the needs of any lab in any industry. LabLynx services amplify the benefits of your LIMS. From choosing an appropriate cloud hosting service to supporting your compliance efforts, our services will elevate your lab’s performance.
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There are technical requirements to consider when researching and selecting a LIMS software application for your laboratory, but tunnel vision on those technical details can make you miss the forest for the trees. Many laboratories overlook critical elements in the selection process. The following six guidelines for choosing a LIMS provide a non-technical framework to help you evaluate LIMS alternatives.
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Clinical labs have specific needs that set them apart from research and development (R&D) labs, quality control (QC) labs, or labs in the non-life science industries, which have traditionally been sample focused. The vast amounts of patient-specific, sensitive data generated in the process of administering a clinical trial or performing DNA screenings or blood typing require high levels of computational power and even more stringent security than that required to safeguard intellectual property.
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Effective and efficient laboratory operations are essential in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing marketplace. That’s why laboratories and medical facilities around the globe rely on Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) to streamline the management of patient data and test results. In this blog post, we’ll visit the basics of this essential laboratory software and explore how labs use LIS to improve their daily laboratory operations.
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Staffing shortages can be felt in a multitude of industries, and laboratories are not immune. In fact, the number of active laboratory professionals overall has decreased. Laboratory staff are the backbone of scientific research, but shortages in laboratory staff can significantly impact the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of laboratory operations, leading to delays in research, compromised data, and increased risks to public health and safety. Is there anything laboratories can do to prepare and improve efficiency to combat the staffing shortage?
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In this post, we provide an overview of the current laws and information surrounding workplace drug testing and resources to help employers keep their workplace safe and compliant.
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Biobanks and the specimens they hold are key to modern drug discovery and development. The ISO standard 20387 ‘General requirements for biobanking’ has been developed to define the requirements for competence, impartiality, and consistent operation of biobanks to ensure the quality of the specimens and data they hold. This article will describe how Autoscribe’s Matrix Biobank Management LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) can help biobanks meet the requirements of ISO 20387.
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Laboratory inspections and audits, planned and surprised, are an ongoing fact of life. The issue is not to prepare for them but to always be prepared for them. A well-designed LIMS, like LabLynx ELab LIMS, can give you control over lab operations, documentation, testing, test results, equipment calibration schedules, and more.
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