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Laboratories rely on the constant provision of high quality water for a variety of purposes, from glass washing to reagent preparation and instrumental analysis. It is all too easy to take this valuable commodity for granted yet, behind the scenes, a great deal of thought goes into designing a facility that reliably and cost-effectively provides water of the required quality on a round the clock basis.

Data integrity continues to be a hot topic for regulatory agencies in the pharmaceutical industry. Companies are making tremendous efforts to ensure their data integrity capabilities are robust. We spoke to two experts, to learn more about how Chromeleon can help demonstrate regulatory compliance and help overcome CDS data integrity challenges.

Despite the important role glass plays in science, the skill to develop the glassware is in decline. Scientific glassblowing has now been classed as an endangered craft by The Radcliffe Trust.

BioBright aims to maximize the reproducibility of scientific data. Their tools are designed to enhance scientific protocols enabling scientists to more accurately collect, manage and analyze their data. We spoke to Charles Fracchia, BioBright's CEO, to learn more about the solutions they offer, and to find out what their vision of a ‘smart lab’ looks like.

This article describes some new in vitro approaches to toxicology, as well as current initiatives, to facilitate the verification of methods and conclusions, and to enhance data sharing and scientific discovery.

We spoke to Dr Philipp Pagel, CMO at numares AG, to learn about some of the limitations of current in vitro diagnostics, and how software based technologies can help overcome some of these.

We spoke to Dirk Löffert, Ph.D., CEO of Biomillenia, to learn about some of the challenges of isolating live bacterial species, and how microbiome-on-a-chip technology can help overcome some of these.

This new search tool ‘Researchably’ was recently awarded the prestigious Catalyst Grant. Designed to provide instant access to millions of resources, within one platform, it’s goal is ‘to make it easier for researchers to find the information they need’.

As pharmaceutical supply chains have grown in complexity the data used by drug developers and manufacturers to make decisions is coming under greater scrutiny from regulatory authorities.

Across the industry, the most efficient and secure food chain workflows are adopting laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to securely store, manage and access the vast amounts of data associated with food safety testing.