Lab Management

Consolidation, collaboration and configurability seem to be the three C’s driving the need for more tightly integrated lab workflows and systems, especially in the life science market. The challenge now is integrating data coming from many different sources and to decipher patterns that lead to insight and innovation.

Patents are more than just boring legal documents. “A patent is the link between R&D and the legal processes,” notes Pierre Buffet, executive vice president of intellectual property information firm Questel. “Patents can be used for various interesting business purposes outside of simply protecting a new invention,” adds Director Ronald Kaminecki with Dialog LLC.








