Beckman Coulter to Acquire Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics’ Clinical Microbiology Business
Beckman Coulter, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the clinical microbiology business of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics.
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 12, Issue 26
July 16, 2014 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 12, Issue 26 In This Issue Webcast Focus 07/16/2014 - Get the Most from your SampleManager LIMS™ Join us as we share and explore some of the highest productivity enhancing capabilities of SampleManager LIMS™, extending and enhancing your system and what information you need to decide if upgrading your system would be worth the time and effort. Articles What Happened to Phase 2 of your LIMS Implementation? It’s a funny thing but if you ask anyone who has been involved in the LIMS industry for any length of time, they will uniformly…Sparta Systems Releases Latest Version of Market Leading EQMS Software
Sparta Systems, Inc.,an industry pioneer and global leader in enterprise quality management solutions (EQMS), today announced it had released its newest version of its world renowned EQMS software, TrackWise®.
Transcriptic Launches Science-as-a-Service Platform to Accelerate Biological Research
Transcriptic, a cloud-based research services provider, today announced the launch of Transcriptic Platform, a programmable system for defining and executing experimental protocols that have proven to create a 10-fold productivity advantage for researchers working on molecular and cell biology.
Natera Achieves CE Mark for Its Cloud-based Analytical Software to Support the Panorama™ Non-invasive Prenatal Test
Natera, Inc., a leader in non-invasive genetic testing, today announced its cloud-based analytical software has achieved Conformité Européenne (CE) marking. This registration provides a significant step for Natera to license and sell its software throughout the European Union to support laboratory partners who will run Panorama in their own laboratories as an in vitro diagnostic (IVD).
Laboratory External Quality Assessment (EQA) Database development Application for Kenya
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Global HIV and AIDS Program (DGHA) is supporting the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This request for proposals (RFP) is one component under the overarching PEPFAR goal to strengthen health system capacity and services in Kenya. This RFP solicits offers from qualified information technology software providers and developers to create an electronic system for managing the activities and data related to the External Quality Assurance (EQA) programs administered by the Kenyan Ministry of Health (MOH) National Public Health Laboratory Services (NPHLS). This RFP is only in reference to the software necessary to support these activities.Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 12, Issue 25
July 10, 2014 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 12, Issue 25 In This Issue Webcast Focus 07/16/2014 - Get the Most from your SampleManager LIMS™ Join us as we share and explore some of the highest productivity enhancing capabilities of SampleManager LIMS™, extending and enhancing your system and what information you need to decide if upgrading your system would be worth the time and effort. Articles What Happened to Phase 2 of your LIMS Implementation? It’s a funny thing but if you ask anyone who has been involved in the LIMS industry for any length of time, they will uniformly…SLAS Announces Fall 2014 Educational Webinar Lineup
The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) recently announced its fall 2014 schedule of educational webinars. The lineup includes: Development of a Fully Automated Ultra-High Throughput Flow Cytometry Screening System to Enable Novel Drug Discovery; Making a Quantum Leap in Mass Spectrometry Throughput with Acoustic Dispensing; New Advancements in Paper-Microfluidic Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Psyche Systems Corporation’s LabWeb Achieves ONC HIT 2014 Edition Modular EHR Certification from ICSA Labs
Psyche Systems Corporation's, LabWeb® Version 8 has achieved ONC HIT 2014 Edition Modular EHR certification, which designates that the software is capable of supporting eligible laboratories and hospitals with meeting the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
New Immunogenicity Analysis Tool Emerges from Dartmouth-EpiVax-URI Collaboration “In Silico” Host Cell Protein for Protein Therapeutics
A Public-private partnership resulted in the development of a new web-based tool that will help manufacturers of protein-based therapeutics improve the safety of their manufacturing processes, avoiding problems that caused the FDA to suspend a clinical trial in 2012 for a Factor IX protein.
MediSafe Expands into Wearables During Google’s I/O Developer Conference; Releases 1st Medication Management App for Android Wear Smartwatches
At Google’s I/O Developer Conference last month, MediSafe (www.medisafeproject.com) expanded its leading medication management platform to include wearables, becoming the first mobile health app on Google’s just-announced suite of Android Wear smartwatches.
What Happened to Phase 2 of your LIMS Implementation?
It’s a funny thing but if you ask anyone who has been involved in the LIMS industry for any length of time, they will uniformly agree that Phase 2 of LIMS implementation projects rarely, if ever, come to fruition. Is this because breaking a LIMS implementation into multiple phases is wrong? Not really. There are perfectly good reasons to do so like:Database Management Systems Provider Reports Record Sales
Autoscribe Informatics, a leading provider of database management systems, has reported record sales for the first quarter of the 2014-15 financial year. Autoscribe’s flagship product, Matrix Gemini, is used in database management applications ranging from Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) to Quality Management Systems.
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 12, Issue 24
July 03, 2014 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 12, Issue 24 In This Issue Webcast Focus 07/16/2014 - Get the Most from your SampleManager LIMS™ Join us as we share and explore some of the highest productivity enhancing capabilities of SampleManager LIMS™, extending and enhancing your system and what information you need to decide if upgrading your system would be worth the time and effort. Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 06/25/2014 - Request for Information- Laboratory Information Management Systems Massachusetts Department of State Police - Crime Lab - Request for Information (RFI) in order to solicit information from all…USEPA Publishes Report on LabLogic’s ‘Wilma’ Water Monitor Evaluation
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has published a public report on their operational experiences with LabLogic's 'Wilma' system. Wilma is a unique instrument and software package that has been designed specifically for monitoring and analysing radionuclide levels in water samples.
Organic Labeling & Marketing – How strict are the certification guidelines?
This training on Organic Labeling & Marketing will help the attendees understand the requirements of the USDA National Organic Program including the expectations in the agriculture sector. It will highlight the agricultural methods used to grow food and approved methods that integrate cultural, biological and mechanical practices.
CareTech Solutions’ iDoc Achieves ONC HIT 2014 Edition Modular EHR Certification from ICSA Labs
CareTech Solutions, an information technology and Web products and services provider for U.S. hospitals, announced today that the company’s document imaging and archive solution, iDoc™ version 5.5 has achieved ONC HIT 2014 Edition Modular electronic health record (EHR) certification which designates that the software is capable of supporting eligible laboratories and hospitals with meeting the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
