A fresh start at a new location
Vivenics has been growing rapidly, so we were ready for the next step and moved to a new location in 2023. Here at our new office in Oss, very close…
Digital validation of computerised systems
Vivenics strongly believes that validation of computerised systems can be simplified and improved. Modern technology especially supports the transition from a document and paper based approach to a record based…
Data privacy
Our Data Privacy professionals support new and existing clients with their expertise. Besides privacy impact assessments, contractual support, privacy procedures, and process applications in our role as EU Representative –…
Data management and curation
In today's digital landscape data is everywhere, and its effective management is crucial for insightful analyses within organisations. Vivenics is developing a service that revolutionizes data curation and migration, grounded…
New team members
To support the development of our services we have welcomed an intern and a trainee to our team. Ayla Budel from the HAN University of Applied Sciences is working as…
Let’s bid farewell to time zones and welcome UTC
Time is an abstract concept that we have made tangible by dividing it into units of time. Twice a year, we further manipulate time with summer and winter time. Internationally…
Security sells…..but who’s buying?
I guess we all know by now that porn is probably the single most popular thing people look for on the internet. You and I are rare exceptions of course,…
Vivenics and Tenwise join forces for new Dotmatics applications
TenWise and Vivenics join forces for the development of new applications for the Dotmatics platform. The current Dotmatics platform contains chemo-informatics tools that researchers use for analysing chemical structures. In…
Cybersecurity in life sciences labs
Cybercrime is omnipresent and it becomes a fast growing problem. We are all familiar with the (many) news items about hacking and ransom ware. And this is only the tip…
Continued growth in a challenging year
2020 is a challenging year for everyone, including Vivenics. But we've succeeded to continue our growth! Growing attention for data integrity… Our clients are very satisfied by the quality of…
New experts
Last year the Vivenics team was strengthened with two new experts, time to introduce them to you. IT project lead Ron Peeze Binkhorst has a lot of experience in the…
See you soon!
You can expect more newsletters from Vivenics in the near future. We also publish our blogs and posts on topics that may interest you. So follow us on LinkedIn and…
Lab of the Future – Methods Database on its way
As a member of the Pistoia Alliance, Vivenics has participated in the Lab of the Future Methods Database project. The Methods Database is a solution to store, search and retrieve…
New business
We have already mentioned our participation in the ERMD programs for MSD PharmOps and MSD Biotech, and the Dotmatics support projects for Debiopharm and Pivot Park Screening Centre. Other important…
People at Vivenics deliver excellent value for money
‘Smart drug development for better patient treatment and value creation’. This mission statement belongs to Swiss-based Debiopharm, a family-owned business with expertise in drug development in Oncology and Infectious Diseases…
Don’t worry, be weary…
I am tired. I mean really, really tired. A multitude of projects, constantly shifting between several focus areas and working overtime have worn me out. The bright side of it…
Where Art Thou, Precious Content?
Living in an information era can be both exciting and frustrating at times. One of my personal annoyances is the deluge of information I have to struggle through to find…
Vive Glennis Grace! Vive La Hollande! Vive….Nics?
A few weeks ago, millions of people in The Netherlands were glued to their screens, either TV, laptop or smartphone. Why? Because one of our best singers, Glennis Grace, was…
Making the shift towards bio-informatics
Paying regular visits to Pistoia Alliance meetings, like the one in London on ‘Next Generation Sequencing’ recently, allows us to have sneak previews into the promising future of R&D in…
GDPR: the months after….
We don’t know about you but we for our part have experienced the aftermath of the GDPR implementation as quite hectic and somewhat confusing. The initial panic that got the…
When will labs stop Excelling and start excelling?
Research in life sciences is to a great extent about conducting all kinds of experiments. After all, there is no ready-made solution. If only there was one. Ironically, the trial…
“We were going for bronze and took it home”
In business, working together implies staying on the right track as a team and following the same line. Some of the Vivenics staff took things quite literally last week when…
Vivenics and Dotmatics join forces
We are happy, and a bit proud, to announce that Vivenics has recently entered into a partnership with Dotmatics. Dotmatics is a global informatics solution and service provider that was…
Will your printer be the next target for cybercriminals?
Despite widespread skepticism years ago, Internet of Things (IoT) has meanwhile claimed its place in many industries and is here to stay. Ever more people are discovering the infinite possibilities…
Game, set and ‘health’ to…
In several ways, business is quite like sports. It’s about excelling, beating competition, showing perseverance and stimulating talented people. Vivenics Director Petrik Cuijpers is among those fanatics who feel just…
Embracing the future through ColLABoration
Bringing the Lab of the Future within reach is a very exciting but costly adventure. This is one of the reasons why leading life science companies worldwide have joined forces…
Data protection: burden or social responsibility?
With the impending implementation of GDPR regulations, some interesting observations are emerging. One of them is the difference in effort perception organizations may have when it comes to data protection…
Is it a stockbroker? Is it a church warden? NO! It’s IT Repair Man!
I like watching Black Mirror on Netflix every now and then. This sci-fi anthology series explores a twisted, high-tech near-future where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide. It generates…
Let the ‘Ten Commandments’ (of Fair Information) set you free
In our latest blog we added a sense of perspective to the fuss regarding the GDPR and the feelings of anxiety it is causing. We would like to elaborate a…
Blogging: the year after
When we started blogging about a year ago, we really didn’t know what to expect in terms of involvement from our readers. We are more than happy to see that…
Which path will you take on the road to data integrity?
In our latest blog we explained how Petrik Cuijpers executed a comprehensive data integrity project for an important Vivenics customer. At the same time, just a few doors down the…
A data integrity survey keeps you out of ‘dire straits’
“I go checking out the reports, digging up the dirt. You get to meet all sorts, in this line of work”. Once famous lyrics from the Dire Straits song “Private…
General Data Protection Regulation: Are you prepared for ‘G-day’?
We admit the header sounds a bit eerie, with a nod to the battle of Normandy and all. The truth however is that, with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)…
Shall I call ‘doctor’ Amazon or ‘nurse’ Azure?
As brand-new member of the renowned Pistoia Alliance we were privileged enough to attend the US Conference on 10 October. Our trip turned out to be more than ‘just’ a…
Drug manufacturers are fleecing us, or maybe not?
Falling ill is no picnic. Fortunately, the cure is often just a few blocks away in the form of some pill, ointment or powder. Rather unfortunately however, the prices for…
Vivenics at the forefront of worldwide R&D innovation
Being part of the R&D business, whether it is in the pharma industry, food or any other industry, is more exciting than people assume. We guess we, at Vivenics, and…
Wizards of ‘Oss’ celebrate a brand new day
Some months ago we dedicated a blog to a new cooperation between Vivenics and Nous Labautomation Support. We ended the blog by saying that in case the cooperation would fail…
Comprehensive new software for in vivo studies looking for ‘test animals’
With a background in both R&D and informatics, it was just a matter of time before Vivenics would launch their very own fully dedicated software solution for modern in vivo…
ALCOA principles: ‘healthy’ guidelines for data integrity – 5 –
Thumbs up for all of you who are still attending our comprehensive, five-part masterclass on data integrity! You have shown the perseverance it actually takes to incorporate a solid approach…
Oh happy data (oh happy data…)!
A few days ago, I was watching a funny sketch by a Dutch comedian. In this particular sketch he is mocking ecofriendly people who, in his opinion, take the empathy for their environment just…
ALCOA principles: ‘healthy’ guidelines for data integrity – 4 –
The fourth and penultimate blog in our masterclass on data integrity is about data being Original. In the digital era we find ourselves in, copying (and pasting) documents, pictures and…
Data Integrity: game on or game over?
To optimise data integrity and maintain your DI performance at the highest level, participating in our current masterclass is certainly helpful but may not entirely do the trick. For DI…
ALCOA principles: ‘healthy’ guidelines for data integrity – 3 –
Welcome back to our ‘masterclass‘ on data integrity that has meanwhile brought us to the Contemporaneous principle. Simply put, contemporaneous data are data recorded at the time they are generated…
Wizards of ‘Oss’ join forces
Among the movies now showing in cinemas around the world is Going in Style starring Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine. Along with another lifelong friend they team up for a…
ALCOA principles: ‘healthy’ guidelines for data integrity -2-
Assuming that the online marketing data we recently accessed are at least accurate and original, our first blog on the Attributability of data within the ALCOA framework was well-received by…
Vivenics ‘European tour’ 2017
You may be a little puzzled by the header and wonder if the research informatics people have suddenly decided to pursue a career in pop music. After all, some are…
ALCOA principles: ‘healthy’ guidelines for data integrity -1-
We guess most organizations in life sciences would acknowledge that their data are accurate and trustworthy. However, inspection authorities such as the FDA did not appear out of thin air…
Is there a ‘cure’ for data integrity failure?
We think it’s fair to say that integrity is an undisputed virtue in human relationships. Few of us feel comfortable around people who are dishonest and/or unreliable. This is particularly…
Avoid FDA warning letters by Fostering Data Accuracy
Companies involved in the life sciences industry, either in the pharmaceutical industry, food or other trades, are all fully aware of their responsibility to ensure data integrity at all times…
Meet us at the Innovation for Health event on 11 feb 2014 in Amsterdam RAI, booth Pivot Park
Vivenics will be present on the Innovation for Health event held on the 11th feb 2014 at the Amsterdam RAI. Interested in speaking to us, Vivenics will be located at the…
Co-hosted event on the Pivot Park with our partner IDBS
Vivenics and IDBS co-hosted on the 31th October 2013 a local networking event on the Pivot Park in the Netherlands. Vivenics invited all tenants on the park to join this…
Vivenics enables R&D Informatics Portal with IDBS as partner
Oss 21-dec-2012, Vivenics signed off a partner agreement with ID Business Solutions (IDBS) in a new and exiting business model offering their solutions in the Vivenics Informatics Portal!! Together with IDBS…
Life Sciences Park Oss new name: Pivot Park
Oss, The director Alie Tigchelhoff revealed the new name for the Life Sciences Park in Oss. New name : Pivot Park