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Starting a Medical Devices Company, Diagnostics Laboratory, or Contract Research Organization (CRO) Startups in the life sciences, bioscience, and biotechnology industries often face completely unique...
February 2022
Having a lean startup plan, or lean business plan, is an excellent way to understand exactly how your startup or small business will work, what market it will fit in, and how it will grow. It can also...
February 2022
ISO 17034:2016 General Requirement for the Competence of Reference Material Producers As a laboratory scientist or researcher, you often work with reference materials for method calibration, validatio...
February 2022
What is a CLIA Certificate of Waiver? Did you know there are a total of 260,000 laboratory entities that are CLIA certified in the U.S? CLIA, an acronym for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments,...
February 2022
The life sciences and healthcare industries have changed over the last decade. That change has only accelerated since 2019 and the start of the pandemic. More and more companies were founded or spun o...
February 2022
Do you always need a written business plan? Keeping track of every part of your business in your head is an impossible task, and the components of cash flow–sales, costs, expenses, assets, liabil...
February 2022
What is an ISO 17025 Accreditation? In 1999, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) developed and issued ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibra...
February 2022
What is ISO 17020? Did you know that the inspection bodies that assess the quality and reliability of companies’ products and services need a regulatory certification themselves to perform the inspect...
February 2022
Laboratory Testing Regulations: GMP vs. GLP Do you ask yourself before consuming any packaged food or medicine if they are safe for your health? As the average consumer, we might not always question t...
February 2022
Effective research and advancements in life science would not be possible without the discovery of PCR. PCR has contributed greatly to innovations in biopharmaceuticals, biotech crops, and industrial ...
February 2022
What is DNA Modification? DNA modification, also referred to as genetic modification or genetic engineering, is defined as the alteration of the genetic makeup or original genome of organisms that wou...
February 2022
What is RNase? RNases (or ribonucleases) are a class of hydrolytic enzymes that catalyzes both the in vivo and in vitro degradation of ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules into smaller components. The nuc...
February 2022
