In the pharmaceutical industry, just as in many other industries, the purchase of a laboratory information management system (LIMS) is not a trivial exercise and requires a good deal of involvement from both the customer and the vendor. John Boother, Managing Director at Autoscribe Ltd, has had involvement in around 5000 LIMS projects. He describes LIMS as an enabling technology for the pharmaceutical industry.
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