Overview

What is a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)?

A modern LIMS serves as a central productivity hub to manage lab data, workflows and teams and increase lab operational efficiency, productivity and effectiveness in delivering results. A LIMS should deliver the capabilities of an electronic lab notebook with fully integrated molecular biology tools, sample management, inventory management, integration with lab instrumentation, electronic signatures, and complete audit trails.

The challenges of a traditional LIMS

Most legacy LIMS solutions were designed for chemistry applications. While many LIMS offerings may partially work for some small molecule processes, they are not sophisticated enough when it comes to the fast-changing and evolving complex world of biomolecule research and development. Legacy LIMS:

• Lack experimental context
• Struggle with unstructured lab data capture and data management
• Inefficient knowledge transfer
• Not adaptable to rapid evolving modalities
• Struggle to integrate with high-throughput and automation lab instruments

Benefits

Optimize handoffs across teams

• Design workflows easily
• Provide context for work done
• Streamline progress and unblock bottlenecks

Manage data over R&D lifecycles

• Register samples into shared laboratory data sets
• Integrate sample test results
• Increase inventory utilization
• Maintain sample history across R&D

Share operational insights

• Aggregate results natively and in real-time
• Improve flow with operational reports
• Share KPIs across teams

Oversee scientific ecosystem

• Connect instruments
• Share data across teams and geographical sites
• Protect valuable IP

Maintain data integrity

• Collaborate in a compliant environment
• Manage lock down procedures
• Maintain traceability
• Validate system updates easily

Features

Built for modern biology

Address the complexities and nuances in designing, testing and producing today’s complex large molecules.

Connected

Leverage a shared digital solution that brings all scientists together to advance R&D with minimal friction

Adaptable

Support ever-changing and evolving process changes over time and as programs advance.

Modern technology

Built on a powerful, simplified and always up-to-date, unified cloud-based native workspace that promotes scientific collaboration.

Full traceability

Sample tracking, data management, and monitoring resources throughout the entire research lifecycle.

Better data integrity

Maintain quality control, audit trails, and data integrity in non- and GxP compliant environments.