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Why the world needs to get real about how we treat data for INDs It goes without saying that preclinical collaboration is complex business. So why then is so much of the historical data, collected over...
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A more compatible, more intuitive E-WorkBook: You asked for it. We’re working...
Sharing, analysing and interrogating data to make it meaningful is crucial. Yet much of the world’s most powerful software can be a nightmare to integrate and often requires in-depth, expensive...
View ArticleGet Your Fridays Back
R&D is data-centric so why are we wasting so much time on reports? 60% of staff in all areas of R&D tell us that they cannot write reports to communicate with colleagues without complex access...
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America Invents Act is now Law – aka “Get your data together, we have to...
President Obama signed the America Invents Act into Law last Friday. So it’s all change at the USPTO and with a handy 15% increase in fees too. But what does it mean to researchers, R&D...
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R&D Informatics Customer Success
IDBS’ Enterprise Customers range from global enterprises to academic research institutions. When we work with our customers to document their implementation experiences we hear a similar story,...
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Why don’t they teach modelling in schools? Part II
Say what you’re not saying, don’t say it, say what you didn’t say Last time I blogged that modelling is not limited to software engineering, play and simulation; but is universal in human endeavour. I...
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Why Chemists should always share their failures
Scientific research is changing. Our customers want to break down the silos between departments, improve communication, simplify the way they work and let scientists focus on doing science. Their...
View Article“Why isn’t that documented?”
How we use Web 2.0 methodology so you’ll never say this about IDBS In his last blog post, Chris Molloy highlighted reasons why accurate content is important. So when it comes to product documentation,...
View ArticleA Biomass of data at BIO, Mass
Amongst the companies providing fodder for booth trophy hunters, national dancers, alphorns and buckets of beer, what was one of the big buzzes at BIO 2012? Bioprocessing. Last year this area was just...
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The virtual cup of coffee
Could it be the next breakthrough in scientific collaboration? As a wise man once noted, science is the search for shared knowledge. And in my view it’s the word – share – that is the most important...
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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 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 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...
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