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Thermo Scientific Clinical LIMS Delivers a Lab-Centric Solution for Patient-Centric Results

24 Jul 2011
bridget bridget
Laboratory Director

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced the launch of a new informatics solution to support clinical laboratories serving the emerging fields of translational and personalized medicine. Thermo Scientific Clinical LIMS is a fully functional data and sample management system that is designed to improve the management of laboratory workflow and drive a clinical lab's processes while enabling bi-directional communica­tion between physicians and the lab.

Thermo Scientific Clinical LIMS delivers the end-to-end laboratory data and patient data management functionality needed by scientists and technicians involved in clinical and molecular diagnostics and related research. The new Clinical LIMS is an important addition to the Thermo Fisher Scientific portfolio of products that support laboratories in their efforts to deliver advanced testing capabilities to hospitals and clinicians, and enables an end-to-end solution that supports labs from sample preparation to final patient results. The company will showcase the products at Thermo Scientific booth #1720 during Clinical Lab Expo at AACC 2011, being held July 26 - July 28, at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

By bringing together the sample-centric core functionality of a LIMS with the patient-centric compliant functionality of a traditional LIS (laboratory information system), Thermo Scientific Clinical LIMS supports the delivery of a streamlined and automated information flow following the patient from point-of-care to molecular testing and results analysis, diagnosis and treatment.

Thermo Scientific Clinical LIMS provides healthcare professionals with easier accessibility to test data originating in the clinical diagnostics testing laboratory. Clinical lab technicians will also appreciate that the Clinical LIMS facilitates compliance with all industry regulations related to patient privacy, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and those related to clinical testing such as Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Thermo Scientific Clinical LIMS also supports the most widely used ANSI-accredited standard for interoperability of health information technology (Health Level 7 Messaging – HL7) and is designed to enable laboratories to operate in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

Thermo Scientific Clinical LIMS is being used by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Foundation Medicine, Inc., a cancer diagnostics company that aims to bring comprehensive cancer genome analysis to routine care. Foundation Medicine is using next-generation sequencing as a platform for its cancer diagnostic test. Test results will be reported within the context of publicly available scientific and medical literature and clinical trials to provide a decision-making tool to help guide therapeutic decision making.

For more information about Thermo Scientific LIS, please visit Thermo Scientific booth #1720 during AACC 2011. Alternatively, please visit the company article page.

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Combinatorial ChemistryCombinatorial chemistry, also known as combichem, is a technique used in drug discovery to create libraries of structurally related compounds. A library is generated by synthesis with a chemical reactor system or by computer-based modeling of compound combinations. When undertaking combinatorial chemistry consider reagents, buffers, resins and standards.LIMSLIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) is an informatics software system used to improve the quality assurance and quality control (QA / QC) of data management. LIMS can be a standard for common lab workflows, such as commercial off the shelf systems (COTS), or customized for more specialized lab use. Systems are available for mainframe computers or PC.Medicinal ChemistryMedicinal chemistry is a broad discipline encompassing the design, identification, synthesis and development of chemicals in drug discovery. It includes a number of techniques covering structural biology, synthetic chemistry and molecular biology. Technologies used in medicinal chemistry include ADME, lab-on-a-chip, high content screening and assay assembly.Process ChemistryProcess chemistry is an important stage of drug development for scaling-up drug production or chemical synthesis reactions. It is useful for optimizing economical and efficient drug production. Process chemistry uses reactors and pump systems as well as reagents, standards and buffers.Clinical TrialsClinical Trials, an essential part of drug discovery process, assess the safety and effectiveness of a new medication or device in the pharmaceutical industry. Clinical Trials are a phased process (Phase 0, Phase I, Phase II, Phase III and Phase IV) which begins after initial preclinical testing.

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