Sapio Sciences
Driving Pharmaceutical Advancements with an Integrated LIMS and ELN Informatics Platform

Kevin Cramer, CEO

The informatics landscape in biopharma R&D is best described as multiple divisions and departments with many disparate LIMS and ELNs systems which often do not ‘talk’ to each other. This leads to disjointed workflows held together with brittle, point-to-point integrations that are difficult to maintain, expensive, and trap data in silos, thereby slowing the pace of science. While there is a consensus in the industry as to “why” effective integration of laboratory informatics tools is integral to streamlining workflows, it is not well understood ‘how’ to go about this task.

The answer lies with Sapio Sciences a US-based pharma-tech company that empowers organizations to digitalize their laboratory’s workflows, break down data silos, and gain a unified view of their laboratory operations. Sapio is at the forefront of the digital lab with its integrated lab information management system (LIMS) and electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) solutions. “We are governed by the mission to enable the digital transformation of laboratories and help accelerate research and development in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies,” says Kevin Cramer, CEO of Sapio Sciences.

Solving the Achilles’ Heel of LIMS and ELN Integration

Sapio’s configurable, flexible, and user-centric LIMS and ELN systems are widely known for their efficiency in streamlining laboratory operations and the flow of information. With the vision to integrate several capabilities into a single, unified platform, Sapio has spent fifteen years developing its solutions that offer more than just digitalization capabilities to the users. “Operating in a cloud-based environment, digital labs recognize that LIMS and ELN systems, which were typically used as distinct applications, can offer far more value and greater benefits when combined in a single solution,” Cramer notes. To this end, Sapio delivers robust LIMS, ELN, and Scientific Data Management (SDMS) capabilities all in one informatics platform, completely pre-integrated. With this, organizations can manage their laboratories and scientific data from one centralized hub and analyze and visualize the data across their enterprise to make better informed decisions.

Since different laboratories practice different methodologies for tracking their data and processes, Sapio has embedded data configuration functionalities into its platform that enable users to create the solution per their specific needs. The low-code, no-code platform also comes with built-in analytics and data visualization capabilities where scientists can visualize information in the format they prefer, be it a bar chart, pie chart, scatter plot, or heat map. Scientists can even configure their workflows and create templates to support ELN experimental workflows. With Sapio, users can automate and track critical lab workflows, including complex processes, to drive lab efficiency while facilitating proper data tracking, automation, and reporting. Notably, Sapio has also built various out-of-the-box, science-aware components such as their plasmid editor that allows scientists to design plasmids visually with built-in wizards to assist in the process.

We are governed by the mission to enable the digital transformation of laboratories and help accelerate research and development in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies

To ensure that only authorized personnel can judiciously utilize the platform, Sapio provides layers of accessibility where only certain pre-designated employees are granted permission to perform a particular function, such as create a template, or execute a particular workflow. Elaborating more on the solution’s core benefits, Cramer adds, “Our pre-integrated LIMS and ELN platform on our innovative architecture expedites the R&D process in laboratories. Scientists no longer need to spend time wrangling with data and processes, and instead, they can focus more on discovery. Since its inception, Sapio has earned the reputation of being a product-centric and customer-oriented company. Several leading pharmaceutical, biotech and clinical companies trust their R&D operations to Sapio.

Driving Excellence at the Core

One of Sapio’s clients, a world-class laboratory service provider, acquired several companies using different LIMS systems. The client inherited several diverse systems that prevented them from getting a consolidated view of the data from various laboratories. Since these systems were fundamentally different, their integration was impossible to execute. As part of their digital transformation strategies, the customer decided to implement Sapio’s informatics platform for their laboratories. Sapio enabled them to eliminate redundant custom solutions, streamlined their processes onto a single platform, and helped them gain invaluable insights into their operations and save time and money.

Such success stories speak volumes about Sapio’s capabilities and an incredible team that steers the company toward success. If there is one company that values its culture and people as much it values its services, it’s Sapio. The company’s heart is an incredible group of “geeky” technology and science experts whose synergistic efforts make it possible to deliver a complete informatics solution to scientists. Sapio also promotes and invests in training programs to help it’s team stay ahead of the latest developments in science and technology.

With technological excellence and value-delivery on track, Sapio is now shifting its focus toward expanding the science-aware capabilities of its platform including expanded support for small-molecule registration and analytics. “We want to make it easy for labs to get up and running. We’re always investing in improving the configurability of our systems and making them easier to utilize,” remarks Cramer. Sapio will be incorporating more pre-built solutions for bioanalysis and CRISPR design capabilities, and data migration tools from other solutions. After the lengthy process is creating an integrated, science-aware platform Sapio is ramping its sales and marketing efforts to ensure that clinical and pharmaceutical organizations are aware of the depth and breadth of its offerings to enable a complete digital transformation. All in all, Sapio will continue to do what is does best—empower scientists with a solution that accelerates the next lifesaving break through.