eLN SUPPLEMENT


Define the position of eLN in your Lab data informatics strategy In recent years, we have seen new eLN software products populating a relatively small market. There is good reason to think about specialised eLN functionality for different disciplines like Biology or Chemistry. For us it is very important that each of our Lab information systems (e.g. eLN, LIMS, CDS, SDMS etc.) has a clearly defined spectrum of functionality with minimal overlap and a clearly defined business role to play.


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Partnering with the vendor to align strategy and product direction Working with a software vendor that is committed to collaboration with their customer base is a prerequisite for a successful implementation of an eLN. The philosophy of your organisation in regards to software design greatly affects the vendors you will consider and


ELN


Electronic Laboratory Notebook


Store, organize, find and share your day-to-day experimental results


L IMS + E L N Figure 4 eLN in the global organisation and the knowledge continuum Those roles can be very different depend-


ing e.g. on where you work along the Pharmaceutical R&D pipeline. Supporting the creativity of early discovery creates different requirements compared to those created in later stages of development supplying material for Clinical studies.


Does the eLN need to be the centre of the universe? For the scientist at the bench, the eLN may very easily become the centre of the universe. Proper integration with other Lab Informatics systems makes this a likely outcome. What is important to keep in mind is that the eLN needs to be well structured in order to be a data producer and consumer at the same time. eLN can be the data provider for uses such as business metrics or scientific prediction and simulation. For those cases, a consistent data structure is an absolute prerequisite. Aligning the consistent data structure, metadata consistency not just across the Lab Informatics systems in one disciplines but across the organisation is the challenge that needs to be addressed. The graphic by Michael


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eventually settle on. You could pick a vendor’s application and try to ‘customise’ it close to what your users expect, or you could pick a vendor that can deliver an application very close to your functional expectation then ‘configure’ to what your users need. The customisation road means the customer will take delivered application versions and contribute largely in the continued design and development of the product to meet the organisation’s needs. The other path means the organisation focuses on subtle configurations to realise their needs, but relies more on the vendor for in-depth design and development. The key to this type of collaboration is assuring strategy alignment when it comes to evolution of the product. Both philosophies have a roll in software design, and it is very likely that a successful eLN project will have components of both.


Future needs of the pharmaceutical industry The Pharmaceutical Industry is changing rapidly. Pharmaceutical companies are no longer doing all their research within their own walls. Mergers


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Extensive Customization From unstructured experiment (biology, chemistry, pharmacy ...) documentation to routine complex record: find and define your specific needs through extensive customization (custom fields, templates and workflows)


Organized and Collaborative Schedule tasks, visualize them on Gantt chart and share the work with your collaborators team


Secure and Compliant Manage users' access, track their activities through log report and create audit trails


Electronic Signatures Double electronic signature system based on CFR 21 Part 11 and patents requirements


Fully Intergrated with


LabCollector (LIMS) The ELN is an add-on for LabCollector, a laboratory information / inventory management system


Economical and Affordable Unlimited users, perpetual license, unlimited books and pages, low price


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