LIMS for all Pathology Laboratories

Matrix Gemini™ is the World’s first fully configurable Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Animal Pathology Management Information System that is designed for every animal health and Veterinary laboratory. Matrix Gemini delivers an identical user experience no matter whether you use a LAN, WAN or the Web. As soon as any screen is designed using the unique Matrix Gemini™ OneTime™ Configuration Tools, it is immediately available via your network or over the web, without further modification, effort or cost!

Choose the connection to suit your situation and role; if you are out of your lab today, use the Web; back in your lab tomorrow, use a client on your LAN – Matrix does not mind! Just license the number of concurrent users that you need and connect whichever way is best for you. Unlike other systems that have “bolt on” web pages, older legacy code and esoteric, proprietary scripting languages, Matrix Gemini™ is developed using pure Microsoft .NET tools to deliver a LIMS for the 21st century so that you can move ahead with confidence.

Today, laboratories are required to change their processes on a frequent basis. This is a challenge when implementing a LIMS unless the system is extremely configurable. However, until now there has always been a trade-off in choosing a LIMS – configurability vs. speed of implementation. Not any more. Matrix Gemini offers fast implementation and an excellent fit for a wide range of laboratories and processes.

Matrix Gemini™ is:

√  Better by Design
√  Faster to Implement
√  Easier to Use and Support
√  Designed for Business Change

Le LIMS du XXIème siècle

La configurabilité d’un LIMS - essentiel!

Another Outstanding Year for Sales

Autoscribe are pleased to announce a growth of 58.5% in new software system orders on a worldwide basis compared to 2004/5. In particular, strong performances have been seen in North America (131.9% growth) and the UK (65.9% growth) with Matrix LIMS contributing most significantly. It is also interesting to note that this growth is due to doubling the number of systems sold.

VelQuest® Partners with Autoscribe Ltd and Zumatrix, Inc. to Provide a LIMS Stability Study Module for Pharmaceutical Quality Operations

The partnership provides a comprehensive protocol design, management and compliant lab procedure execution platform for stability studies in a multi-site pharmaceutical quality operation. The solution integrates Autoscribe’s Stability System with VelQuest’s award winning SmartLab™ GMP Electronic Notebook System. VelQuest Corporation, the developer of the SmartLab GMP Electronic Notebook System, and Autoscribe Ltd., a laboratory information management (LIMS) provider, announce an integration partnership to support a major multi-site pharmaceutical company. The company is implementing the VelQuest SmartLab GMP Electronic Notebook System for QC/QA cGMP laboratory execution, instrument integration and data capture with integration directly to SAP. To comprehensively design protocols and manage stability data, VelQuest and the client’s choice is the Matrix Stability System, developed by Autoscribe, Ltd. and supplied in the USA by Zumatrix, Inc.   This close partnership provides a seamless protocol driven integration with the following key capabilities:   •   Protocol Management – creates and maintains the details of conditions, pull periods and tests to perform. •   Study Maintenance Management – holds general information about the study, including description,      cost center and products. •   Batch Maintenance Management – holds blend, formulation/recipe, packaging and manufacturing details. •   Location Management – contains storage conditions and locations for each container which can be      specified by room, rack, shelf, box and more. •   Inventory Management – calculates the total number or amount of samples required for each study,       before it is initiated. Retained samples and those required by the protocol are handled separately. •   Reports – several standard stability reports are included and may be used as designed or modified via     Crystal Reports. •   Statistical Analysis – efficient data export to statistics software, such as JMP (SAS Institute) along with     scripts for evaluation and analysis of shelf-life claims. •   Lab Procedure Execution – Test methods for the stability studies are delivered to analysts by the GMP     electronic notebook with data captured directly from analytical instruments and compliantly integrated with     the stability system.   “The Matrix Stability System was designed in cooperation with several pharmaceutical companies and our US Distributor, Zumatrix, Inc.”, says John Boother, Managing Director of Autoscribe. “At our joint client’s multi-site quality organization, VelQuest’s SmartLab platform and the Matrix Stability System combine “best-of-breed” method execution, data capture and stability protocol design and data management for cGMP operations”. “A major goal in many companies is to eliminate the routine, non-value added and error-prone tasks through automation”, said Ken Rapp, President and CEO of VelQuest. “A key issue in the pharmaceutical industry is that a significant amount of people are dedicated to regulatory compliance functions that use costly paper-based processes. The SmartLab software has been deployed in cGMP facilities worldwide. Users have reported their ability to eliminate the paper-based data capture and documentation processes creating annual operational benefits yielding millions of dollars in efficiency gains. The integration of the Matrix Stability Study System with SmartLab provides a comprehensive protocol design, method execution, automated data capture and compliant documentation management capability for this critical process in cGMP quality operations”. European Seminar/Workshop Series (Ireland and U.K. - October 15-19) The stability module integration will be discussed at VelQuest’s European Seminar/Workshop’s taking place in Ireland and the United Kingdom from October 15 through October 19. The seminar/workshop entitled “Going Paperless in Pharmaceutical Quality Operations with a GMP Electronic Notebook System” is a half day afternoon event. To learn more and register go to http://www.velquest.com/EuroSeminar.aspx. About VelQuest Corporation Founded in January, 1999, VelQuest Corporation provides a suite of configurable off-the-shelfsoftware products to help transition regulated industries from labor-intensive, paper-based operations to automated, efficient systems with greater confidence in compliance than ever before possible.The SmartLabTM solution uses VelQuest’s electronic Process Management & Compliance (ePMC™) Core Operating System that is an innovative “method-centric” software automation platform designed to provide the foundation for compliance-based activities in the life science markets. The software embraces the FDA’s “cGMPs for the 21st Century: A Risk Based Approach” and “Quality by Design” initiatives, and supports the company’s SmartLabTM applications for a fully compliant electronic laboratory, SmartShell™ 21 CFR Part 11 instrument and application remediation software, and SmartBatchTM electronic batch record system. For more information, please visit http://www.velquest.com/webinars.aspx/. About Autoscribe Ltd. Autoscribe Limited is a world leader in the development and supply of successful LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) and software solutions for the scientific laboratory and business markets. Autoscribe originally pioneered its unique configuration tools for the LIMS market and today Matrix LIMS software is seen as the industry standard for configurable LIMS to which others aspire. Autoscribe offers a wide portfolio of standard LIMS and off the shelf, scaleable LIMS, fully configurable LIMS products for Stability Study Management, Training Record Management, Resource Planning, Nuclear Industry LIMS for District Surveys, Chemistry and Liquid Discharge, Water / WasteWater Management LIMS, LIMS for the Food Industry, Environmental Monitoring LIMS, Instrument Calibration and Maintenance, Sample Tracking, Customer Complaints and Feedback Management. Autoscribe's Scientific and Business software solutions are: • Faster to Implement • Easier to Use • Better by Design offering Better Returns on Investment • Designed for Business Change In North America, Autoscribe products are supplied and supported by Zumatrix, Inc. of Falmouth, MA. For more information on our entire product line and services go to http://www.autoscribe.co.uk or email us at matrix@autoscribe.co.uk VelQuest is a registered trademark of VelQuest Corporation. ePMC, SmartLab, SmartShell and SmartBatch are trademarks of VelQuest Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

Matrix Hazardous Waste Tracker is a Microsoft Windows based system designed to track, locate and consign any type of hazardous waste samples anywhere in an organisation for compliance with regulatory authority legislation.

This barcode ready tracking system allows the registration of hazardous waste items, progress/status checking, chain of custody management and reporting, lookup of EWC lists and consignment of hazardous waste.  Details of carriers, consignees and users, with their associated authority, are all stored within the system. Matrix Hazardous Waste Tracker simplifies hazardous waste management by tracking work and samples to comply with eg EU / EWC / Environment Agency regulations.

Matrix Hazardous Waste Tracker enhances traceability and accountability by auditing all actions and eliminates errors by allocating a unique identifier to each item of hazardous waste. Immediate feedback on waste status using the status features. The system is delivered with fully configurable reports which include waste status on-site and waste status consigned off-site for specified date ranges. All systems are fully configurable and may be configured via Autoscribe’s unique OneTime™ Configuration tools for use over the LAN, WAN or Web. Systems may be easily upgraded to full LIMS / Business System Management functionality.

For further information please eMail matrix@autoscribe.co.uk or contact us at:
Autoscribe Limited
Wellington House
Riseley Business Park
Basingstoke Road
Riseley
Reading
Berkshire
RG7 1NW
UK

Telephone:   +44 (0) 118 984 0610
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Matrix Gemini LIMS v5.1.1.2 is now available. Matrix Gemini is a Microsoft .NET, C# product that is a fully configurable and highly scaleable Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

Matrix Gemini uniquely delivers the best of both desktop and web worlds, for any laboratory in any industry. Unlike other systems that have bolt-on or web only interfaces, Matrix Gemini uniquely allows configuration of both desktop and web using its OneTime configuration Tools. You are free to choose the connection to suit the situation and role; out of the lab today, use the web; back in the lab tomorrow, use a LAN client. For further information or to arrange a demo, please eMail matrix@onelims.com