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Here’s a simple question with a potentially confusing set of answers: Do you know which lab samples are being tested and where every sample is in the testing process? If you conduct complex sample testing, chances are you don’t know – through no fault of your workflow. Sample tracking presents a delicate balancing act where...

In almost every industry, whether it involves running lab tests, manufacturing medical devices, producing food products, or developing drugs, it is mission-critical to keep track of all changes.  In the life sciences industries, such as biotech, medical device, pharmaceutical, testing laboratories, or CLIA laboratories, the change control process is key to compliance efforts. Understanding why...

An article in the June 18, 2020 edition of the journal Nature Biotechnology details a remarkable project at the  Innovative Genomics Institute at University of California, Berkeley (UCB): converting a research lab into a CLIA-certified COVID-19 testing lab in just three weeks. In this blog post, Bryan Warf, Third Wave Analytics Principal Scientist and project...