Liquent Powers StarLIMS’ Next-Generation Integrated Document & Data Management Solutions
HOLLYWOOD, FL — July 16, 2003 — L.I.M.S. (USA) Inc. (“L.i.M.S.”), the developers of the StarLIMS, laboratory information management system, today announced an OEM agreement with Liquent, Inc., the global leader in regulatory publishing, intelligence, and intellectual property solutions, to enhance L.i.M.S.’ next-generation Document and Data Management Solutions.
New regulatory requirements for electronic record management specify a complete record comprising not only traditional database fields but also a full archive of related information such as chromatograms, spectra, raw data files and more. The mass of information a lab generates presents a challenge to lab management. Scientists are required to correctly store and catalog the results and reports they create. In the past information was printed, which resulted in storage and tracking problems. In addition, the opportunity to share vital data with others does not occur. Valuable information is not communicated, as no means to disseminate the information is available. StarDOC, the Document and Data Management module integrated into StarLIMS, simplifies this process with a comprehensive suite of tools to assist scientists in capturing documents and data, meta data tagging, cataloging and circulating valuable information to the lab or any facility elsewhere in the organization.
Integrating Liquent’s Vista Framework provides StarDOC with full-fledged file rendering and transformation capabilities to convert over 100 types of commonly used files into XML. The next generation of StarDOC not only provides scientists with tools to securely store and share the original data and “picture” of the scientific report, as offered by currently available scientific data archival systems, but enables meaningful extraction of the data, setting the grounds for powerful querying and analysis of the information.
StarDOC is seamlessly integrated into StarLIMS. Utilizing the functions within StarLIMS affords full access to a set of powerful tools for storing, comparing, analyzing and sharing the full electronic record as defined by regulatory requirements.
“We are delighted to promote the alliance with Liquent, which follows our path of teaming with best-of-breed applications, complementing our strategy to deliver integrated knowledge based solutions to our customer base” stated Itschak Friedman, L.i.M.S.’ President & CEO.
About Liquent, Inc.
Liquent, Inc. is the world’s leading provider of content assembly, publishing, and regulatory and intellectual property information solutions for the life sciences industry. Based on a foundation of unparalleled rendering technology, Liquent’s publishing solutions enable users to transform their proprietary content into open formats such as PDF and XML. In addition to technology and information, Liquent provides a full range of services to its clients including software implementation, business process analysis, staff augmentation, and complete regulatory publishing outsourcing for reports and submissions.
As a result, 47 of the top 50 global pharmaceutical companies rely on Liquent to stay current with regulatory requirements and to provide the technology and services to produce mission-critical documents including New Drug Applications, Marketing Authorization Applications, Common Technical Documents, reports, technical documentation, and more. Over the last decade, more than 5,000 regulatory submissions have been produced using Liquent’s world-class products and expert services.
In addition to its headquarters in suburban Philadelphia, Liquent maintains offices in Research Triangle Park, NC. Liquent’s European headquarters resides in Paris, France, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and Germany. Liquent is part of the Intellectual Property Group of Information Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IHI). For more information, go to <a target='_blank' href='http://www.liquent.com.
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About L.I.M.S.
L.I.M.S. and StarLIMS are trading names of L.I.M.S. (USA) Inc. StarLIMS is a powerful, full-featured, highly extensible and scalable laboratory information management system. StarLIMS consists of functionally rich, out-of-the-box components, allowing your laboratory to easily create and maintain its unique workflow and work style. The system provides complete traceability and regulatory compliance, while supporting process versatility. The Multiple-Tier architecture of StarLIMS simplifies and secures upgradability without vendor intervention.
For more than a decade L.I.M.S.’ primary goal has been to deliver leading edge, flexible and easy-to-use, collaborative LIMS solutions to organizations worldwide, comprising corporate, government, municipal, and private laboratories, within the chemical, clinical, environmental, food, forensics, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. L.I.M.S. (USA) Inc., has been ISO9001: 1994, certified since January 2001. StarLIMS has received top rankings in an independent Global LIMS Report published by Strategic Directions International, Inc. (SDi) For more information, please visit, http://www.starlims.com/
