GAITHERSBURG, Md.–Ocimum Biosolutions is proud to announce its partnership with Clarmon Corporation to distribute, implement and support its Compliance Management Solution, QAvalid™. Ocimum Biosolutions’ extensive knowledge of Computer Systems Validation requirements and processes as well as its extensive understanding of pharmaceutical and biotechnology laboratories combined with Clarmon’s unique solution, QAvalid™, creates a valuable partnership for regulated industries seeking effective and efficient validation solutions for their laboratory systems. “Our partnership with Clarmon will provide a true value-added solution to our customers who are seeking to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their Computer Systems Validation projects,” said Anuradha Acharya, CEO of Ocimum Biosolutions. “By leveraging our own experiences in validating our laboratory software systems with the Clarmon QAvalid™ solution, we bring real-life expertise to this partnership,” Ms. Acharya added. “We are very pleased to begin this partnership with Ocimum Biosolutions, whose first-hand experience with our Compliance Management Solution as well as their world-class sales and technical staff will provide a very powerful experience to our ever-growing global customer base,” said Jan Olsen, Chief Operating Officer of Clarmon Corporation. “Ocimum Biosolutions and Clarmon together will revolutionize the computer systems validation process to enable regulated industries reduce their costs in these challenging economic times, while simultaneously improving the quality and consistency of their validation documentation.”

QAvalid™ is a Web-based software suite designed to manage and automate quality and compliance processes. An alternative to paper based or manual systems, QAvalid™ is both efficient and simple to use, combining the control and compliance of traditional tracking databases with the flexibility of manual systems. Proprietary linking technology built into QAvalid™ enables users to connect and synchronize electronic content with the relevant regulations, standards or guidelines, making it easier to maintain documents up-to-date. The QAvalid™ Add-In for Microsoft Office allows users to perform controlled document writing, reviewing, approving or testing in the familiar Microsoft Office environment. Users can thus perform most of the common tasks in offline mode and can also add traceability references to connect related content. The QAvalid™ software suite developed by Clarmon and distributed by Ocimum Biosolutions includes specialized solutions that are focused on specific quality and compliance processes. By integrating and connecting the complementary solutions, companies benefit from a quality process that is streamlined from end to end.