Capabilities include integration of analytical instruments and advanced multi-dimensional study management supporting stability, clinical, DMPK and bio-analytical applications
Thermo Electron 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.
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 authorise samples and confirm their identity using advanced electronic signature features.
Authorised 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 personalise 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 organisation 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 utilised, 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 and beverage industries. SampleManager 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 said to be the world's most widely used Lims with an installed base of over 1100 systems supporting approximately 45,000 daily users in 43 countries around the world.
