LIMS with Enhanced Functionality for Pharmaceutical Applications

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc recently announced significant functionality enhancements to Darwin LIMSâ„¢, its purpose-built laboratory
information management system (LIMS) designed specifically for pharmaceutical QA/QC. Offering environmental monitoring, dissolution,
stability management, product and batch management and system interfacing, Thermo Scientific Darwin 3.0 brings new capabilities to
pharmaceutical laboratories.
Thermo Scientific Darwin LIMS fully integrates environmental monitoring data into the batch record. Built-in charting tools allow users
to visualise each location independent of the samples. This ensures that any failure is apparent at the batch level and allows the laboratory to quickly determine whether the source of the contamination is in the laboratory or the production environment. This embedded
functionality enables laboratory managers to react rapidly to non-conforming product before it reaches the consumer.
The new fully validated Web interface of Darwin 3.0 allows for more efficient reporting and sharing of test data across the laboratory.
Built on the Microsoft .NET framework, Thermo Scientific Darwin can be easily extended to meet the specific needs of a customer to include dashboard-ready tools for multi-user and multi-site environments. The interface gives immediate information on resource and instrument utilisation, so laboratory managers can maximise productivity by optimising resources.
Darwin 3.0 also features solution and reagent inventory management and built-in instrument calibration and maintenance, allowing continuous operations and increased efficiencies. Reagent lots and amounts
are logged and tracked over time, ensuring that a test is never stopped due to lack of reagent availability or a bad/expired lot. Likewise, instrument calibration and maintenance tracking prevent a user from
running a test on a non-calibrated or out-of-compliance instrument.