LIMS ROI: How to Build a Number Your CFO Will Accept

Most LIMS business cases open with an industry-average savings percentage, and the conversation becomes an argument about whether that number applies to your lab. Here is the other approach: four current-state cost lines you can pull from your own records in an afternoon, the five figures to demand from any vendor in writing, and the formulas.[Read More]

The 2026 Laboratory Compliance Calendar: Every Deadline and Where It Actually Stands

Six dated entries, each with current status. The FDA's LDT rule is vacated, not delayed. The BIOSECURE Act is law but not yet operative. And ISO/IEC 17025 was not revised in 2025, despite widespread reporting to the contrary. The next hard date is 18 December 2026, and most of these frameworks ask for the same four records.[Read More]

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 24, Issue 32

August 10, 2026
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

Volume 24, Issue 32

In This Issue

Featured Books

The Ultimate Guide to Laboratory Compliance

Struggling to keep up with lab regulations?

Discover how to turn compliance from a headache into a competitive edge.

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We’re recruiting for a LabVantage Developer – REMOTE USA or Canada

Join CSols Inc., a premier laboratory informatics consultancy trusted by global biotech, pharma, and chemical companies to modernize lab data management. We're seeking a talented LabVantage Developer to design, build, and deliver LIMS solutions spanning data migration, configuration, validation, and support across regulated and non-regulated environments. If you thrive at the intersection of science and technology, we want to hear from you.[Read More]

Enhanced Project Benefit Capture at a Collaborative Life Sciences Non-Profit

Kalleid partnered with the Pistoia Alliance to design a standardized framework for capturing and communicating project value. The three-phase engagement delivered a Benefit Capture Template, marketing-ready pitch deck, and streamlined process flow, improving funding predictability, steering committee transparency, and visibility into project outcomes.[Read More]

S02 E08: Sustainable Science: The Rise of Digital Traceability and qNMR at USP

Host Becky Stewart sits down with Kyle Larsen of the United States Pharmacopeia to discuss the shift toward digital reference standards and the launch of USP Method Connect. A must-listen for lab managers and scientists looking to bridge legacy paper-based systems with modern, automated qNMR workflows and digital traceability.[Read More]

The Rise of the Data Quality Oversight Architect in Clinical Trials

Clinical trial oversight has long meant reconciling separate views: Clinical Ops, Data Management, Medical Monitors, and Biostatisticians each working from their own reports. Astrix explores how a centralized Data Quality Oversight Interface, powered by AI-led curation and agentic automation, unifies these roles into one real-time view of trial health, cutting the lag between signal and action.[Read More]

Audit Trail Example: What FDA Inspectors Actually Review

Inspectors do not start with the result. They start with one record and ask what happened to it. ELabELN walks through a single method qualification run with eight audit trail entries, showing which ones hold up, which one triggers an observation, and why the configuration entries most labs skip are the ones reviewers read first.[Read More]

The PFAS Deadline That Did Not Move: Initial Monitoring Is Due April 26, 2027

EPA has proposed pushing PFAS treatment compliance to 2031 and rescinding four of the six regulated analytes, but neither proposal moves the monitoring date. Initial results are still due to the state by April 26, 2027. LabLynx breaks down the sampling schedules, what UCMR 5 data can still count for, and where the deadline actually gets missed.[Read More]

Top 5 AI Trends Reshaping Life Sciences in 2026

AI adoption across life sciences has climbed to 70 percent, yet only 9 percent of leaders report meaningful ROI. Astrix maps the five shifts that close that gap in 2026, from generative biology and synthetic control arms to automated regulatory authoring, Smart LIMS environments built on ALCOA+ data integrity, and the scientific AI talent gap.[Read More]

We’ve an opening for a STARLIMS Developer – Remote

CSols is hiring a senior STARLIMS developer to design, customize, and maintain v11 and higher across Life Sciences, Quality Manufacturing, and Public Health verticals. The position is remote with global collaboration. It calls for deep technical expertise, strong problem solving, and the instincts to work well across cross-functional implementation teams.[Read More]

Why Your Tech Recruiter Needs a Lab Coat: Solving the Biopharma Recruiting Language Barrier

Generalist tech recruiters scan for Python and SQL, then send candidates who have never set foot in a regulated lab. Kalleid breaks down how that language gap stalls LIMS, CDS, and MES projects, burns out hiring managers, and misses the passive specialists entirely. The fix is a recruiter fluent in GxP, CSV, and the science behind the role.[Read More]

Replacing Your LIMS? Ask the Right Questions First

A LIMS replacement is a long term decision that reaches well past the feature checklist. SciY walks through what a future ready system needs: cloud native architecture, API first integration, embedded security and compliance, and an interface teams will actually use. The piece also weighs vendor partnership, migration support, and total cost of ownership.[Read More]

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 24, Issue 31

August 3, 2026
Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update

Volume 24, Issue 31

In This Issue

Featured Books

The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Best Laboratory Software for Your Needs

Unlock the secrets to smarter lab management with the ultimate guide to finding the right software fit.

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