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Are LIMS becoming ELNs?
For nearly four decades if you had a lab and structured data to manage, you turned to a laboratory information management system (LIMS) to keep you sane. There appeared to be no better way to search...
View ArticleFiling a patent? Sooner is better!
Since the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Obama in September 2011, the clock has been ticking on the current ‘First-to-Invent’ system....
View ArticleBlog/Book of LC-MS Bioanalysis
The first ever comprehensive guide to experimental methodology for LC-MC bioanalysis (BA) is due to be published shortly. Edited by experts from Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, the...
View ArticleInformatics – the dark matter of the genomic revolution
A recent article in R&D Magazine saw researchers warning that a flood of unassembled genetic data is being produced much faster than current computers can turn it into useful information. The piece...
View ArticleClinical trials data: sharing success
Andrew Jack’s recent article in the Financial Times touches on a hot debate across the pharmaceutical industry: should European and US drug companies be required to share clinical trials data with both...
View ArticleLooking into the future of enterprise data management
In a world of accelerating innovation, what is the future of enterprise data management? This fundamental question lies at the heart of the many challenges facing research and development (R&D)...
View ArticleQuality testing and traceability comes of age
Horsemeat adulteration. Tainted milk. TB-infected beef. E. coli-infected bean sprouts. All shocking scandals which have left consumers reeling, confidence in food safety dipping further and the...
View ArticleDoes collaboration keep you up at night?
Collaboration often lies at the heart of great innovations. So why should the thought of collaborating keep anyone up at night? Businesses which collaborate effectively usually flourish over those...
View ArticlePeople and informatics (Part 1)
Delivering change – from the bench to the boardroom Change is a concept close to IDBS’ heart. Our software and services are all about enabling science through positive change – helping clever people...
View ArticlePeople and informatics (Part 2)
Why knowledge management is all about people that know stuff In this second blog exploring how people are at the core of everything IDBS does, I want to consider the concept of ‘knowledge management’....
View ArticleThe most important factor in change management? People.
In recent blogs, I examined how people are at the core of everything we do: delivering positive business change from the bench to the boardroom. I also suggested that knowledge is about personal...
View ArticleInsider secrets to successful ELN implementation – where to start?
IDBS recently asked a LinkedIn user group to discuss their real life experiences of electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) implementations. People shared some real gems (thanks for taking the time...
View ArticleInsider secrets to successful ELN implementations: pilots, customizations and...
In this second of our series on insider secrets for successful ELN implementations we are looking at pilots, customizations and testing based on group feedback from our LinkedIn user group. Our first...
View ArticleInsider secrets to successful ELN implementations: rolling out the vision
This final blog in the series explores implementation strategies and considers the ultimate measure of a successful ELN implementation. Our two previous blogs (Where to start?, Pilots, customizations...
View ArticleScience needs ELNs: how to know what you have and how to use it…
Most of us are creatures of habit, wedded to the familiar. The world of research and development (R&D) is no different. Historical practice has been to use paper laboratory notebooks to record...
View ArticleScience needs ELNs: how to know what you have and how to use it…
Most of us are creatures of habit and the world of research and development (R&D) is no different. In my last blog I talked about how the historical practice of using paper laboratory notebooks to...
View ArticleMeeting today’s chemistry data requirements
Chemists are always working with an end goal in mind – to efficiently conduct research to reach a desired result. They need tools to plan, execute and record reactions. They want to easily coordinate...
View ArticleWhere east meets west – the future of CROs
Western CROs continue to up their game. They are offering unique services in a marketplace where the big CROs of the east are providing an unsurpassed scale of resourcing to support the externalization...
View ArticleData today, discovery tomorrow
Data is a pharmaceutical company’s biggest asset. A recent report by Ovum has highlighted that IT spending in the small pharma/biotech sector will total $10.5bn in 2017. Investing in technology which...
View ArticleWe’ve solved a lot of big data issues since 1989
But can someone tell me where the last 25 years have gone? As Albert Einstein famously postulated, time is relative. But as I cast my mind back to when I founded IDBS back in 1989, can a quarter of a...
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