Ocimum Biosolutions today announced the launch of Biotracker™ Lite, a general purpose version of its Life Sciences Specialty LIMS solution, Biotracker™. Biotracker™ Lite is designed to meet the requirements of small to medium laboratories and offers a gamut of features including; managing samples and their associated data, inventory management, laboratory instrument management and integration, GLP and 21 CFR 11 compliance, ad-hoc and standard reports, and much more. Biotracker™ Lite is an ideal solution for smaller labs that are looking for a robust, yet affordable automation solution to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their laboratory processes.

Ocimum Biosolutions today announced that its specialty life science Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Biotracker™ has been awarded the prestigious caBIG® (cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid®) Bronze Compatibility Certification by the National Cancer Institute, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Ocimum Biosolutions today announced the launch of its new LIMS Swap Program. Program offers license exchange of existing COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf), home grown and custom laboratory data systems for Biotracker™ LIMS licenses.

Ocimum Biosolutions today unveiled its Biobanking Stimulus Package by offering its complete BiotrackerTM Biobanking Solution for $75,000 (applicable in US and Canada). A similar Stimulus Package is also available for European countries for €58,000. The Biobanking Stimulus Package includes Ocimum’s world-class BiotrackerTM for Biobanking software, Implementation, Training, and the First year of Support & Maintenance. The package is offered at a fixed price with guaranteed on-time delivery.

Ocimum Biosolutions supplies Biotracker, an information management system for improving lab performance in integrated life science facilities that handle multifarious tasks, such as inventory management, sample tracking, instrument interfacing, experiment validation and personnel management. Biotracker has been trained by mapping diverse life science processes handled at sequencing labs, genotypying, biospecimen and biobanking facilities. Biotracker is a GLP and US FDA 21 CFR Part 11-compliant LIMS, and provides audit trail and electronic signatures with multi-level security and privileges for all operations.

When two physics majors and a biologist come together what kind of company will they be able to create. Subash Lingareddy and Anuradha Acharya were
batchmates in IIT majoring in physics. Subash was very clear from the beginning that he wanted to start his own enterprise. He could not wait for his five integrated M Sc Physics course to finish to do it. He left it after four years with a bachelor’s degree and decided to pursue a management degree at University of Illinois.

Ocimum Biosolutions is a one-of-its-kind in the product space in India. The Hyderabad-based company offers solutions in the space of biotechnology. Founded in 2001, Ocimum is today a 130-people strong organization with competencies in LIMS, bioinformatics, microarrays, genomics tools, and custom contract research services.

Ocimum Biosolutions, a Hyderabad based life sciences R&D enabling company with competencies in BioIT, Microarrays and Contract Research Services, announced that it has been ranked 55th amidst the 500 fastest growing technology companies of repute across the Asia-Pacific region by the world-renowned Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia-Pacific 2005 Program. The full list of Asia Pacific’s 500 fastest-growing technology companies was announced during the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (“Deloitte”) Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2005 ceremony held recently at The Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific program recognizes public and private companies across the Asia Pacific regions that have achieved the fastest rates of annual revenue growth during the past three years. The awards are researched and sponsored by the Deloitte Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Industry Group.

Ocimum Biosolutions, a Hyderabad-based life sciences R&D enabling company with competencies in BioIT, Microarrays and Contract Research Services, has ranked 55th amidst the 500 fastest growing technology companies across the Asia-Pacific region by the world-renowned Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia-Pacific 2005 Programme. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia-Pacific programme recognises public and private companies across the Asia-Pacific regions that have achieved the fastest rates of annual revenue growth during the past three years.

Hyderabad-based Ocimum Biosolutions is a BioIT and contract research and development company with competencies in LIMS, bioinformatics, genomics tools and custom contract research services, with operations in the US and India with support from partners in Europe and Canada. Besides customers in India, Ocimum has over 100 customers across the world. Besides pharma and agricultural organizations, Ocimum serves biological and non-biological research organizations, individuals and organizations working in the area of Microarrays.