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Thermo Fisher Scientific Releases Watson LIMS 7.4, Delivering Time and Cost
Savings to the Bioanalytical Laboratory’s Workflow
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 18, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.,
the world leader in serving science, introduces new functionality to the latest
release of its Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS (Laboratory Information Management
System) that brings critical time and cost savings to pharmaceutical companies
and contract research organizations (CROs) involved in drug metabolism and
pharmacokinetic (DMPK) studies for drug discovery and development. The latest
release of Watson LIMS, the leading bioanalytical laboratory information
management system, delivers improved efficiencies and reduced validation time,
contributing to time and cost savings and improved time to market.
Of the many new features unique to Watson LIMS, key among them is the new
functionality in Watson 7.4 that simplifies daily workflow for bioanalytical
laboratories by delivering enhanced functionality for incurred sample reanalysis
(ISR). ISR has become an accepted way to assess the quality of bioanalytical
assays and is widely accepted within the pharmaceutical industry and by
regulatory agencies. The latest release of Watson LIMS allows researchers to
perform incurred sample reanalysis on an individual sample basis, and eliminates
the previously required mandatory repeat runs for bioanalytical samples.
Watson’s new ISR reporting features provide new comparison methods with built-in
calculations and greater ease of use by enabling flexible, pre-configured
reporting of ISR results using templates, for a truly out-of–the-box user
experience.
Additional new functionality enhancements to Watson 7.4 include performance
enhancements in the Design Summary Report, delivering a dramatic increase in
reporting speed, enhancements to the Immune Response Module and the Watson Web
Services Library, enabling users to more easily manage the status of samples,
choose samples with a Positive Screen or a Positive Titer result for use in
subsequent assay tests, and import samples and sample-related information from
external applications.
Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS v. 7.4 also includes an industry-first built-in
data interchange with the company’s TSQ Series mass spectrometers, allowing for
direct data acquisition, peak integration and re-integration, storage, archiving
and reporting of raw data, all under the control of Watson’s centralized Oracle®
database repository. Watson’s connectivity to Thermo Scientific TSQ Series mass
spectrometers eliminates time-consuming manual verification of LC/MS data
transfers, and provides a single audit trail for QA and the FDA, providing
greater workflow efficiencies, time and cost savings. This end-to-end solution
delivers greatly enhanced functionality for data security and chain of custody
for regulatory compliance, as well as a lower cost of ownership due to the
reduced validation burden. Watson’s direct data acquisition from Thermo
Scientific TSQ Series LC/MS instruments, together with its new incurred sample
reanalysis functionality and reporting delivers time savings to pharmaceutical
companies and CROs, allowing them to bring drugs to market faster for less cost.
Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS is the leading bioanalytical LIMS, relied upon by
18 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies as well as leading CROs worldwide.
Watson is a highly specialized, protocol-driven software application designed to
support drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic (DMPK) studies in drug discovery and
development. Pharmaceutical companies and CROs worldwide that standardize on
Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS can count on secure data transmissions, regulatory
compliance, reliable audit trails and improved time to market.
Thermo Fisher Scientific will exhibit Watson LIMS v. 7.4 at the Annual
Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) in Philadelphia
from May 31 – June 4th, as well as a wide range of industry-leading
instrumentation and services designed to simplify complex workflows and
processes so customers can focus on moving science forward.
For more information about Thermo Scientific informatics solutions, please visit
booth # 99 at ASMS 2009 in Philadelphia. Alternatively, please call
+1-866-463-6522, e-mail
marketing.informatics@thermofisher.com or visit
www.thermo.com/informatics .
Oracle® is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving
science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
With 2008 revenues of $10.5 billion, we have approximately 34,000 employees and
serve over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies,
hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and
government agencies, as well as environmental and industrial process control
settings. Serving customers through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and
Fisher Scientific, we help solve analytical challenges from routine testing to
complex research and discovery. The Thermo Scientific brand represents a
complete range of high-end analytical instruments as well as laboratory
equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable integrated
laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete portfolio
of laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services used in healthcare,
scientific research, safety and education. Together, we offer the most
convenient purchasing options to customers and continuously advance our
technologies to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, enhance value for
customers and fuel growth for shareholders and employees alike. Visit
www.thermofisher.com
Informatics
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