Advanced LIMS Technology Case Studies and Business Opportunities [Hardcover]

Laboratory Information Managements Systems (LIMS) are either custom-built or off-the-shelf solutions to the problems of controlling the flow of data through laboratories. In this book commercial relevance is ensured by authors from major industrial organizations who demonstrate by example successful application of the technology. This book provides an excellent up-to-date overview of this intensely competitive field.Laboratory Information Managements Systems (LIMS) are either custom-built or off-the-shelf solutions to the problems of controlling the flow of data through laboratories. In this book commercial relevance is ensured by authors from major industrial organizations who demonstrate by example successful application of the technology. This book provides an excellent up-to-date overview of this intensely competitive field.LIMS: An automating or informating technology. A model for a comprehensive LIMS. LIMS in a forensic laboratory. Applications of a LIMS in a pharmaceutical drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics laboratory. Use of protocol-synchronous LIMS structures to expand the role of the centralized clinical trial laboratory in pharmaceutical research. Medical Laboratory Information Systems (LIS). EPA's relational laboratory information management system: development and implementation. LIMS to robotics interface: A practical approach. Interfacing the real world to LIMS. Replacement LIMS: moving forward or maintaining the status quo. The promise of client server LIMS applications. Standards for analytical laboratory data communications, storage and archival.