LabConnect, a provider of highly customized global central laboratory services to biopharmaceutical, medical device and contract research organizations, has built a new biorepository facility to expand services and better meet the evolving needs of the industry.

LabConnect’s new, 5,000-square-foot biorepository in Johnson City, Tenn., features space for ambient, refrigerated, cold (-20C) and ultra-low temperature (-70C to -80C) storage as well as liquid nitrogen vapor phase storage (-190C).

With storage capacity for more than 8 million samples, LabConnect ensures the integrity of samples as well as business continuity with fully validated and mapped backup freezers and  generators, redundant HVAC systems, whole building and biorepository security systems and a temperature monitoring system for all freezers and refrigerators with a 21 CFR Part 11 compliant audit trail.

Additionally, through its SampleGISTICS system, LabConnect tracks sample locations and consolidates data within a centralized database accessible to researchers 24/7.

LabConnect, LLC
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