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Moving from Custom to Out-of-the-Box Biobanking LIMS
LabVantage 8 Editions Offer OOB LIMS Solutions for a Range of Applications A biorepository might potentially manage 50 different registry protocols, consist of tens of thousands participants and offer hundreds of thousands of samples. At these scales, your informatics...
Biobanking: When to Consider Upgrading Your LIMS for Sample Management
How Important is Biobanking Today? Biobanking is a growth industry. Medicine & research are increasingly demanding well-preserved samples. A 2015 Pathobiology article on Biobanking Trends, Challenges & Opportunities details how the “growth of translational research...
Training for LIMS
At LabVantage, we are firm believers in the importance of training & ongoing education. While developing a cutting edge LIMS platform is important, ensuring our customers can maximize their use of the software is equally as important - if not more important. Why LIMS...
One ELN to Rule Them All
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) are now found in labs everywhere, from the pharmaceutical to food and beverage, to the oil and gas industries. At its core, a LIMS system manages the workflow of samples during testing – along with the approval and...
Quality Assurance: The Role of Formulations Management
Product formulation development control processes are critical to ensuring product quality and specs are met. A robust formulations management plan is the key to successful formulation control. A white paper, Enabling Product Quality Assurance Via Effective...
A Quick Guide to LIMS Web Services
Several years ago, Gartner – the world’s leading research and advisory company – published a guide to enterprise quality management hubs, EQM Hubs Unite Quality Management IT Systems Across the Value Chain. In this guide, the Gartner analysts cited the risks that...
Expert Advice from the ASTM Standard Guide for Laboratory Informatics
ASTM International taps into the expertise of 30,000 of the world’s top technical and business minds, creating the test methods, specifications, and guides critical to a wide range of industries and governments around the world. Over 12,000 of its standards are used...
Inside LIMS Technology
Does it seem like all LIMS platforms are the same? They all log samples, support data entry, and generate reports. But despite how it might first appear, laboratory informatics management systems couldn’t be more different. Something as fundamental as the screen can...
Success Stories: Managing Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases with LIMS
The field of molecular diagnostics has traditionally turned to Laboratory Informatics Systems (LIS) to manage clinical processes. The growing complexity of the field, however, combined with the increasing focus on personalized medicine solutions and the need to manage...
The True Cost of LIMS
When it comes to purchasing and implementing a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), the cost of the license is just the start. It’s important to understand all the costs that follow - and to appreciate the advantages you gain in exchange. Evaluating...
The Italy Office has Moved!
As of September 1, 2017 the LabVantage Italian office has moved from Monza to Cinisello Balsamo. The new office is a better base to serve our customers. It is in a business center which hosts other technology companies like Epson and Check Point. We were able to...
Temporary Memory, Data Integrity & Audit Trails in LIMS
Temporary Memory: Steps to Make Sure No Data is Forgotten Many LIMS users feel the writing is on the wall when it comes to managing temporary data: they believe it’s inevitable that regulatory agencies will mandate record-keeping of any values stored in temporary...