Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 2, Issue 35

September 14, 2004Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 2, Issue 35   In This Issue  Announcements - Call for Papers, Articles & Case Studies    Recent News 09/14/2004 - STARLIMS Supports Californias BSE Testing Program 09/13/2004 - LLR Partners Announces Sale of Portfolio Company InnaPhase Corporation 09/13/2004 - Thermo Electron Acquires InnaPhase Corporation 09/09/2004 - PerkinElmer Announces Agreement with Predictive Diagnostics That Allows for Comprehensive Biomarker Platform 09/08/2004 - 400,000+ Visit Lab Tests Online in August 09/08/2004 - Taratec Names John H. Freeman as Chief Operating Officer 09/08/2004 - CA-China Soft Software Technology and Northwest Analytical Partner to Deliver World-Class Quality…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 2, Issue 34

August 31, 2004Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 2, Issue 34   In This Issue  Announcements - Call for Papers, Articles & Case Studies    Articles 08/29/2004 - Automating Document Change Control in FDA Regulated Environments: Increase Efficiency, Ensure Compliance and Improve Profitability 08/24/2004 - Extending Laboratory Data Management with Web Services    Recent News 08/30/2004 - Atrium Research Delivers the First Industry Report on the Emerging Market for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks 08/30/2004 - NEW SOFTWARE FOR MICROBIOLOGY TEST MANAGEMENT 08/30/2004 - ToxLab 2.0: New Intelligent Sequencing Software for Toxicological Reporting 08/30/2004 - ToxLab Forms: New Toxicological Reporting Software Launched 08/28/2004…

Automating Document Change Control in FDA Regulated Environments: Increase Efficiency, Ensure Compliance and Improve Profitability

The purpose of document change control systems is to ensure that manufacturers build products that are safe and reliable. Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP) presume that both the process and documentation directing the process follow pre-approved methods, and any change to these methods is both restricted to authorized personnel, and tracked for future review. All FDA-regulated companies are mandated to have a document change control system.

Efficiency Keeps ARUP Laboratories Industry Leader

ARUP Laboratories owned by the University of Utah (UU) is a leader in the laboratory testing market space. Serving clients in all 50 states, ARUP offers an extensive menu of over 2,000 diverse medical laboratory tests and test combinations, with a particular expertise in the more exotic analyses. Operating 24 hours a day, the company processes over 20,000 specimens of blood, body fluid, and tissue biopsies each day. Although ARUP maintains super human testing efficiency and turn around time, their success hasn't happen overnight.

Extending Laboratory Data Management with Web Services

Today there is much written and talked about when it comes to “Web Services”, but what does it mean to you and your laboratory data management systems. This article will address a specific technology that makes “Web Services” possible and useful to the laboratory.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 2, Issue 33

August 24, 2004Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 2, Issue 33   In This Issue  Announcements - Call for Papers, Articles & Case Studies    Articles 08/24/2004 - Extending Laboratory Data Management with Web Services    Recent News 08/23/2004 - Agilent Technologies to Acquire Silicon Genetics, Leading Provider of Life Science Informatics 08/23/2004 - Liaison Technologies Achieves CDISC Compliance; Certification Continues to Add Value to Pharmaceutical Offering 08/20/2004 - National Instruments LabVIEW Goes Embedded with New CompactRIO Platform 08/20/2004 - Siemens and Biomax Informatics Announce Strategic Alliance in Gene Expression Simulation 08/20/2004 - Bio-Rad Purchases MJ GeneWorks, Inc. 08/19/2004 - Concurrent…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 2, Issue 32

August 17, 2004Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 2, Issue 32   In This Issue  Announcements - Call for Papers, Articles & Case Studies    Articles 08/16/2004 - The Impact of the Guidance for Industry Part 11, Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures Scope and Application 08/06/2004 - The Pros and Cons of Using "Drivers" to Interface Instruments with LIMS    Recent News 08/16/2004 - Waban Software Announces Availability of Next-Generation LIMS at 40th DIA Annual Meeting 08/16/2004 - 5AM Solutions Releases Microarray Enterprise Manager Software 08/14/2004 - AVAILABLE NOW! Chrom Perfect 5.5.2 - More Features - More Hardware support - Easier To…

The Impact of the Guidance for Industry Part 11, Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures – Scope and Application

This document will interpret and discuss the impact of the Guidance for Industry – Part 11, Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures – Scope and Application which was released as a final guidance for industry by the FDA in August of 2003.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 2, Issue 31

August 10, 2004Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 2, Issue 31   In This Issue  Announcements - Call for Papers, Articles & Case Studies    Articles 08/06/2004 - The Pros and Cons of Using "Drivers" to Interface Instruments with LIMS 07/25/2004 - Efficiency Keeps ARUP Laboratories Industry Leader 07/25/2004 - Planning and Assessing the Implementation of a System in FDA Regulated Environments    Recent News 08/09/2004 - Thermo Electron Showcases its Latest Developments at Drug Discovery Technology 2004 08/07/2004 - IntelliChem Selects Siebel CRM OnDemand to Manage Rapid Organizational Growth 08/07/2004 - Praxis Life Sciences Launches Computer System Validation Boot Camp…

The Pros and Cons of Using "Drivers" to Interface Instruments with LIMS

A driver can be a very effective tool for transferring data from a source to a destination because they are specifically designed to work within a very clearly defined and fixed application. However, in the real world of instrument interfacing each laboratory has unique needs and requirements that are continually changing. In that environment the better choice is a flexible solution that can be readily configured to meet each laboratory’s specific needs.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 2, Issue 30

August 3, 2004Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 2, Issue 30   In This Issue  Announcements - Call for Papers, Articles & Case Studies    Articles 07/25/2004 - Efficiency Keeps ARUP Laboratories Industry Leader 07/25/2004 - Planning and Assessing the Implementation of a System in FDA Regulated Environments    Recent News 08/01/2004 - STARLIMS Awarded GSA Schedule 70 07/31/2004 - ACD/Labs and Eigenvector Provide Enhanced Toolset Integration 07/31/2004 - ACD/Labs Software Provides Enterprise-Wide Analytical Data Management for Boehringer Ingelheim 07/29/2004 - SharpStack Plus 5.0 adds 2D and 3D Blind Image Deconvolution Features to Image-Pro Software 07/29/2004 - Information Data Management Announces…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 2, Issue 29

July 27, 2004Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 2, Issue 29   In This Issue  Announcements - Call for Papers, Articles & Case Studies    Articles 07/25/2004 - Efficiency Keeps ARUP Laboratories Industry Leader 07/25/2004 - Planning and Assessing the Implementation of a System in FDA Regulated Environments 07/18/2004 - Equbits product suite helps High-Throughput Screening (HTS) scientists develop accurate predictive models to support virtual screening efforts    Recent News 07/24/2004 - LIMS in Real Life - a Seminar incorporating the Autoscribe Matrix LIMS User Meeting 07/24/2004 - New National Instruments Controller Area Network Products Improve Automotive Testing Efficiency, Support CAN…