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The 2026 Laboratory Compliance Calendar: Every Deadline and Where It Actually Stands | LabLynx LIMS

The 2026 Laboratory Compliance Calendar: Every Deadline and Where It Actually Stands

Regulatory shifts landing in 2026, the frameworks behind them, the financial case for getting ahead, and a phased roadmap from gap analysis to accreditation.…

Does Your LIMS Need to Be Validated? What Each Regulator Asks For | LabLynx LIMS

Does Your LIMS Need to Be Validated? What Each Regulator Asks For

Somewhere between choosing a LIMS and going live, a question arrives that nobody put on the project plan: does this thing have to be validated, and by whom? If your lab’s records support an FDA-regulated product, an EU GMP submission, or an accredited testing scope, the system holding those records has to be validated for the way your lab actually…

The PFAS Deadline That Did Not Move: Initial Monitoring Is Due April 26, 2027 | LabLynx LIMS

The PFAS Deadline That Did Not Move: Initial Monitoring Is Due April 26, 2027

Most of the PFAS coverage since May has been about deadlines moving. EPA proposed letting drinking water systems request two additional years, to 2031, to meet the PFOA and PFOS limits, and proposed rescinding the regulations for four other PFAS entirely. Both proposals are still proposals. Neither one touches the date that matters first. Initial monitoring results are still due…

Cloud or On-Premises LIMS: The Decision Is Not About Security | LabLynx LIMS

Cloud or On-Premises LIMS: The Decision Is Not About Security

Compares cloud and on-premises hosting on cost, deployment speed, accessibility, scalability and data control, with a checklist for deciding between them.…

Chain of Custody for Environmental Labs: The Form Is Not the Requirement | LabLynx LIMS

Chain of Custody for Environmental Labs: The Form Is Not the Requirement

Where paper custody forms break down past 1000 samples a month, plus sample ID standards, transfer controls and a five-step path to automating the process.…

FSMA 204 Moved to 2028. Your Retail Customers’ Deadlines Did Not. | LabLynx LIMS

FSMA 204 Moved to 2028. Your Retail Customers’ Deadlines Did Not.

The federal date slipped to 2028 but Walmart and Kroger set their own supplier deadlines, and the traceability gap most food suppliers miss sits in the lab.…

Environmental Monitoring Lab: One Sample, Step by Step | LabLynx LIMS

Environmental Monitoring Lab: One Sample, Step by Step

Inside the testing an environmental monitoring lab performs across water, air, soil, toxicology and microbiology, and where better data handling pays off.…

LIMS vs ELN: Converged on Features, Not on the Unit of Work | LabLynx LIMS

LIMS vs ELN: Converged on Features, Not on the Unit of Work

A side-by-side breakdown of what each system does, the financial case for each, the scenarios that call for both, and what delaying the decision tends to cost.…

Laboratory Informatics: Five Kinds of Data, Three Decisions | LabLynx LIMS

Laboratory Informatics: Five Kinds of Data, Three Decisions

What laboratory informatics actually covers, how the field evolved, and the way sample management, digital notebooks and automation connect people, instruments and data.…

5 Manual Lab Tasks a LIMS Handles For You | LabLynx LIMS

5 Manual Lab Tasks a LIMS Handles For You

Five jobs worth handing to software first, including instrument data entry, chain of custody, certificates of analysis, holding times and spec checking.…