Thermo Electron Releases SampleManager 2004 R2
Thermo Electron Corporation has announced the release of SampleManager 2004 R2 – a major new version of its flagship LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System). SampleManager 2004 R2 features a host of Web interface enhancements. It also offers optional new capabilities including integration of analytical instruments and advanced multi-dimensional study management supporting stability, clinical, DMPK and bio-analytical applications.
SampleManager’s new Web enhancements provide full interaction with laboratory data over a standard Internet browser. Users can receive samples, print barcode labels, produce reports, review and authorize samples and confirm their identity using advanced electronic signature features. Authorized users can also reallocate samples around the laboratory over the Web, while maintaining the chain of custody. A configurable browse feature offers users the ability to personalize their view of the data.
The highly flexible and scalable integration solution for analytical instruments now available with SampleManager 2004 R2 facilitates the automation of laboratory functions, streamlines system administration and offers advanced mapping and parsing functionality for instrument output. Data is automatically and securely captured from instruments, eliminating potential transcription errors and improving the flow and management of laboratory data. A standard interface is used within the lab and around the organization to integrate all types and brands of instruments, thereby simplifying operations, and offering the efficiencies and compliance benefits of increased automation. Rather than conventional PC-based instrument integration applications, a scalable architecture based on Microsoft .NET technology is utilized, with no requirement for extensive custom coding.
The advanced multi-dimensional study management solution now available with SampleManager 2004 R2 is designed to support a range of study-based environments, including stability, clinical, DMPK and bio-analytical applications. A study, in this case, is an investigation of the effect of a number of variable factors upon a set of samples. For example, a stability study for a drug may investigate the effects of temperature, humidity and packaging on an active ingredient in a formulation over its expected shelf life. This solution is particularly suited to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food & beverage industries.
SampleManager LIMS can be implemented to support local or global lab deployments, is scalable for a large user base and is available in multiple languages. The system is also flexible and configurable to accommodate the various workflows, lab types and user communities that exist across the enterprise. SampleManager is acknowledged as the world’s most widely used LIMS with an installed base of over 1,100 systems supporting approximately 45,000 daily users in 43 countries around the world.
Thermo Electron was recently named Life Sciences Instrument Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan. Thermo was selected because of their ability to provide total solutions to customers, from outfitting an entire lab with equipment to prepare and analyze samples, to software that manages all the data.
SampleManager 2004 R2 provides full interaction with laboratory data over a standard Internet browser.
