Labtronics and Molecular Devices Connect on LIMS Interfacing
SoftMax® Pro 5 software from Molecular Devices is the industry standard microplate analysis software, offering extensive data capture, analysis, and reduction capabilities for Molecular Devices’ SpectraMax® line of absorbance, luminescence, fluorescence, and multi-detection microplate readers.
LimsLink is Labtronics’ configurable software for creating instrument-to-LIMS interfaces. LimsLink helps laboratories to eliminate manual data management and ensures the speed, accuracy and security of data recording, by electronically transferring valuable instrument data to LIMS.
The new LimsLink template provides pre-configured support for the exchange of information between the two applications by means of the standardized XML structures for plate layouts and data files established for SoftMax® Pro software.
LimsLink will retrieve sample IDs and concentration information from LIMS, and then automatically populate the plate layout in SoftMax® Pro software. At the end of analysis, the user will export the results via XML, which LimsLink will collect and format for reporting back to LIMS. The template method is completely configurable with respect to the LIMS queries as well as LIMS reporting.
Tom Curtis, Vice President of Product Innovation at Labtronics, noted ,“The new LimsLink template speeds up the process of creating flexible LIMS interfaces that fully address the specific instrument and LIMS configurations that the SoftMax Pro 5 user has in place.”
Commenting on the Labtronics LimsLink interface, Craig Tin, Product Manager for SoftMax® Pro software at MDS Analytical Technologies stated, “Our pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers can more efficiently transfer their microplate assay data to their LIMS package of choice in a secure GLP environment. Our collaboration with Labtronics helps increase productivity of GLP labs standardized on the SpectraMax® microplate reader platform”.
The new LimsLink template is available for LimsLink v4.1 and SoftMax® Pro version 5.3.
About MDS Analytical Technologies
MDS Analytical Technologies is a newly established MDS Inc. business unit comprised of two main lines of business. The Sciex product portfolio offers proven market leadership in mass spectrometry. The Molecular Devices product portfolio is the gold standard in high-performance bioanalytical measurement systems that accelerate and improve drug discovery and other life sciences research. Find out more at www.moleculardevices.com or www.mdssciex.com.
About MDS Inc.
MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS; NYSE: MDZ) is a global life sciences company that provides market-leading products and services that our customers need for the development of drugs and diagnosis and treatment of disease. We are a leading global provider of pharmaceutical contract research, medical isotopes for molecular imaging, radiotherapeutics, and analytical instruments. MDS has more than 5,500 highly skilled people in 29 countries. Find out more at www.mdsinc.com or by calling 1-888-MDS-7222, 24 hours a day.
