Data integrity had already become a top priority for the clinical and life science (pharma, biopharma, med device) sectors before the outbreak of COVID-19. Data Integrity Guidelines New guidance had been issued by both the FDA and the UK’s MHRA [...]
By early May, the LIMS architect for an Ivy League health system’s biobank and his team of ten felt like they’d been hit by a train. COVID-19 research had accelerated to bullet train speeds, driving monumental volumes of lab work, [...]
Biobanking: More – Much More – Data On at least one key trend, every prediction and prognostication about the future of biobanking arrives at a consensus. The sheer volume of data facing biorepositories is likely to continue to grow…fast. Our [...]
Since biobanking began in the late 1990s, the industry has grown…fast. This rapid expansion and growth has translated into huge volumes of samples – all requiring storage, organization and management for the various industries and applications for which specimens are [...]
Bob Voelkner, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, discusses LabVantage’s new industry-specific packaged LIMS solutions. These packages – available for a number of different applications including biobanking, pharma and the oil & gas industry – lower costs and reduce the [...]
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 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 and personalized medicine has further [...]
Biobanks, registries and biorepositories have been with us for at least three decades, but as with most systems that rely on data, management has become more complex than ever. Not only must you track physical specimens, but also the growing [...]