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| LabVantage Solutions Signs Contract with National Cancer Institute Core Genotyping Center |
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Bridgewater, NJ October 8, 2001. LabVantage Sapphire™ Informatics to be used for high throughput genotyping analysis and evaluation of new technologies and innovations in genotype analysis.
LabVantage Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of Life Sciences LIMS and Enterprise LIMS solutions, announced today that the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Federal government's principal agency for cancer research and a component of the National Institutes of Health, has signed a software and services agreement with LabVantage. NCI's Core Genotyping Facility will be using LabVantage Sapphire™ software to perform high throughput genotyping analysis.
LabVantage Sapphire™ will provide NCI with the ability to manage and track details of every sample from the DNA provider through to their Core Genotyping Facility Units. It will also provide the laboratory with capabilities for electronic worksheet generation, sample and genotype reagent tracking, and instrument and robotic integration. To increase operational efficiency, the Sapphire™ software system will also be used to track costs of all samples and genotypes processed.
Such solutions are necessary to discover and validate SNPs through the SNP 500 cancer resequencing effort -- a Cancer Genome Anatomy Project -- and to develop genotyping assays, to track and genotype DNA samples, and to provide NCI investigators with access to genotypes at the Core Genotyping Facility. This will further enable NCI investigators to translate hypotheses into findings with public health implications.
"We are proud to have been selected to assist NCI scientists with one of their top priority initiatives - Informatics and Information Flow," said LabVantage President and CEO James Aurelio. "With Sapphire™'s flexibility and configurability and the work of our professional services implementation team, we will be able to help NCI reach its goal of creating a research environment that encourages multidisciplinary collaboration to address cancer research holistically".
LabVantage Sapphire™ Informatics. LabVantage Sapphire™ Informatics is a professionally developed and supported Life Sciences LIMS solution designed to help researchers integrate, automate and manage business and Life-Sciences-related research processes to bring science to market faster. Sapphire™ connects multiple, dissimilar data sources into a logical, scalable, high-performance framework for scientific and business decision-making. Sapphire™ uses a browser-based interface to greatly simplify the education process for end users. LabVantage Sapphire™ Informatics:
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Works as a scalable information hub with seamless integration to leading analytical solutions. |
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Provides assay design and array management with compound management capabilities. |
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Reduces manual tasks through workflow event automation. |
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Supports regulatory requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11. |
About National Cancer Institute. The National Cancer Institute's goal is to stimulate and support scientific discovery and its application to achieve a future when all cancers are uncommon and easily treated. NCI works towards this goal in two major ways. The NCI provides a vision to the Nation and leadership for NCI-funded researchers across the United States and around the world. The NCI works to ensure that the results of their research are used in public health programs and clinical practice to reduce the burden of cancer for all people.
NCI activities encompass three key components required for a strong cancer research enterprise:
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Maintaining a sound research infrastructure and building capacity for the future. We give priority to developing the technological and personnel resources needed to support changing scientific and resource needs and the translation of new knowledge and emerging technologies into clinical practice. |
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Capitalizing on extraordinary scientific opportunities. NCI seeks opportunities that promise to provide profound insights into cancer - those opportunities that hold greatest potential to lead to major improvements in our ability to prevent, control, detect, diagnose, and treat cancer. |
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Disease-specific research. NCI continually assesses their research portfolios and plan for the research needed to uncover the biological and other characteristics that are unique to specific forms of cancer. As leader of the National Cancer Program, NCI also provides the public with scientifically sound cancer information using all forms of communication carefully designed to meet the needs and preferences of cancer patients, their families, and those who care for them. |
NCI's ultimate purpose is to help move research findings into clinical practice, chart and improve the quality of cancer prevention and care, and reduce disparities in the burden of cancer. They sponsor and conduct cancer research that will expand our understanding of cancer and develop improvements in prevention and care. NCI encourages creativity and innovation in all of our endeavors; support development of, access to, and use of new technologies by cancer researchers; and back up these approaches by providing research training and career development opportunities and maintaining support mechanisms and collaborative environments to link scientists with their colleagues and with critical technological and information resources.
About LabVantage Solutions. LabVantage Solutions, a Chatterjee Group company, is the leader in Discovery Lifecycle LIMS and Enterprise LIMS solutions. LabVantage helps customers reach beyond the traditional four walls of the laboratory with solutions that enable information sharing via intranets and extranets. LabVantage has data management and information production software for high throughput screening, genomics, proteomics and traditional manufacturing QA/QC. LabVantage products stand out in the areas of: workflow process automation, open database modeling, and integration of multiple data sources into a single browser interface. The company also offers services that ensure customer success, such as industry and technology consulting, implementation services, application training, and extensive customer support services. For further information about LabVantage Solutions, please visit our Web site at www.labvantage.com.
Certain statements contained in this release may be forward looking statements and are thus prospective. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.
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