Waltham, MA and Bradford, CT 3/6/17—Thermo Fisher Scientific has purchased Core Informatics for an undisclosed amount. Core Informatics provides cloud-based LIMS, ELN and SDMS (Scientific Data Management Solutions). “The scientific community is rapidly adopting cloud-based laboratory and scientific data management capabilities,” said Thomas Loewald, senior vice president and chief commercial officer of Thermo Fisher. “Integrating the leading technologies of Core Informatics is part of our strategy to set the standard for digital science solutions, from life sciences discovery to applied markets and manufacturing.”

Tom Loewald, chief commercial officer of Thermo Fisher, told IBO, “Core Informatics brings a range of innovative cloud capabilities to Thermo Fisher. The Platform for Science (PFS) is a cloud-based informatics platform, providing the underlying data management infrastructure for lab workflows, allowing end-to-end sample and specimen tracking across experiments, assays and processes. Core Informatics’ LIMS, ELN and SDMS as well as its communication products, Core Connect and Core Collaboration, run on the platform.” He added, “PFS provides the scientific community with a flexible, cost effective and secure way to collect, store, analyze and share information. Customers in regulated environments can use Core Informatics’ validated cloud offering, which includes Installation Qualification (IQ) for the cloud infrastructure that is used to host the Platform for Science, and is complemented by Core’s Operational Qualification (OQ) validation services.” The company also noted that its LIMS business has been stronger on the industrial side and Core Informatics’ strength is discovery applications. Among Core Informatics’ customers are genomics and biopharmaceutical companies. HartfordBusiness.com reports that the company has about one hundred employees.