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Vendor:Merck KGaA

2019-09-23T18:16:32Z

BrightLab: /* Pricing */

{{Infobox company
|company_name = '''Merck KGaA'''
|company_logo =
|company_type = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_partnership#Germany Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien]
|traded_as =
|industry = Pharmaceuticals Chemicals Life sciences
|genre =
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|location_city = Frankfurter Straße 250, Darmstadt
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|area_served = Worldwide
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|homepage = [https://www.emdgroup.com/en emdgroup.com] [http://www.emdmillipore.com/US/en emdmillipore.com] [https://www.brightlab.com/ brightlab.com]
|linkedin = [https://www.linkedin.com/company/emd-affiliates-of-merck-kgaa-darmstadt-germany/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/emd-affiliates-of-merck-kgaa-darmstadt-germany/]
|footnotes =
|intl = Yes
}}

'''Merck KGaA'''—operating as '''Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany''' in Europe and '''MilliporeSigma''' in North America—is a pharmaceutical, chemical, and life sciences business operating in close to 70 countries.

==History==
The company was reportedly founded in 1668 and remains "the oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company in the world."<ref name="MerckHist">{{cite web |url=https://www.emdgroup.com/en/company/who-we-are/history.html |title=History |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref> In recent times, the company is notable for its acquisition of Millipore Corp. in 2010<ref name="MWGermany10">{{cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/merck-buys-millipore-in-72-billion-deal-2010-02-28 |title=Germany's Merck to buy Millipore in $7.2 billion transaction |work=MarketWatch |date=01 March 2010 |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref> and Sigma-Aldrich in 2015, which combined with Millipore would become MilliporeSigma in North America.<ref name="ReischTheMaking15">{{cite web |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/11/merck-kgaa-completes-sigma-aldrich-acquisition.html |title=The Making Of MilliporeSigma |author=Reisch, M.S. |work=Chemical & Engineering News |date=19 November 2015 |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref>

==Technology and products==
===BrightLab===
BrightLab is a [[Cloud computing|cloud-based]] [[laboratory informatics]] solution that is designed to enable researchers to "control all aspects of the experiment lifecycle from a single, easy-to-configure platform." <ref name="BLHome">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/ |title=BrightLab |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> BrightLab combines [[electronic laboratory notebook]] (ELN) functionality with integrated modules for inventory and request management, Sigma-Aldrich ordering, and instrument scheduling.<ref name="BLHome">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/ |title=BrightLab |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref>

In addition, BrightLab allows users the option to connect their instrument data to their [[ELN]] via its [[scientific data management system]] (SDMS), which can "automate the capturing, tagging, storing, parsing, and analyzing of data." <ref name="BLHome">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/instrument-connect/ |title=BrightLab Instrument Connect |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> The software is hosted in the cloud as a [[software as a service]] (SaaS) distribution model.

====Features====

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|-
! colspan="2"| Product: [https://www.brightlab.com BrightLab]
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| manual_entry = Y<ref name="BL_ELN">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/electronic-lab-notebook/ |title=BrightLab Notebook Is Your Collaborative Research Hub |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref>
| multiple_view =
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| query = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
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| inventory_man = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| document_man = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| lab_group_man = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| experiment_man = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| workflow_man = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| customer_man =

| reg_compliance = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
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| data_norm = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
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| electronic_sig = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| version_control =
| data_backup = Y<ref name="BLHome" />

| custom_reporting = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| report_printing = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| label_support = Y<ref name="BL_IM" />
| barcode_support = Y<ref name="BL_IM" />
| export_pdf = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
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| email_integration = Y<ref name="BL_IM" />

| admin_manage = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| modular = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| instrument_inter = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| mobile_device = Y<ref name="BL_IM" />
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| commenting = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
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| web_client = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| online_help = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| saas_model = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| usage_cost =

| industries = industry-neutral
}}
|-
|}

====Pricing====
BrightLab offers the following modules for [https://www.brightlab.com/academia free to academic labs]:
* Inventory Management
* Request Management
* Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN)
* Sigma-Aldrich Commerce
* Instrument Scheduling and Asset Management

For non-academic labs, please contact the vendor for a quote.

====Demonstration videos and other media====
* [https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/content/dam/sigma-aldrich/video/brightlab/welcome-to-brightlab-ms.mp4 BrightLab demo video] (MilliporeSigma/U.S. and Canada)
* [https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/content/dam/sigma-aldrich/video/brightlab/welcome-to-brightlab-mk.mp4 BrightLab demo video] (Merck/rest of world)
* MilliporeSigma also has [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkk32KOo9ufd3CBG28lpggg/videos a YouTube channel].

====Additional information====
* [https://www.brightlab.com/blog BrightLab Blog]
* [https://www.brightlab.com/academia BrightLab Academia]
* [https://www.brightlab.com/request-trial BrightLab Free Trial]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}


[[Category:General ELN]]
[[Category:ELN vendor]]
[[Category:Vendors]]

Vendor:Merck KGaA

2019-09-23T18:12:51Z

BrightLab: /* BrightLab */

{{Infobox company
|company_name = '''Merck KGaA'''
|company_logo =
|company_type = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_partnership#Germany Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien]
|traded_as =
|industry = Pharmaceuticals Chemicals Life sciences
|genre =
|fate =
|predecessor =
|successor =
|company_slogan =
|foundation =
|founder =
|defunct =
|location_city = Frankfurter Straße 250, Darmstadt
|location_country = Germany
|locations = Multiple
|area_served = Worldwide
|key_people =
|products = BrightLab
|production =
|service =
|revenue =
|operating_income =
|net_income =
|aum =
|assets =
|equity =
|owner =
|num_employees =
|parent =
|divisions = MilliporeSigma
|subsid =
|homepage = [https://www.emdgroup.com/en emdgroup.com] [http://www.emdmillipore.com/US/en emdmillipore.com] [https://www.brightlab.com/ brightlab.com]
|linkedin = [https://www.linkedin.com/company/emd-affiliates-of-merck-kgaa-darmstadt-germany/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/emd-affiliates-of-merck-kgaa-darmstadt-germany/]
|footnotes =
|intl = Yes
}}

'''Merck KGaA'''—operating as '''Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany''' in Europe and '''MilliporeSigma''' in North America—is a pharmaceutical, chemical, and life sciences business operating in close to 70 countries.

==History==
The company was reportedly founded in 1668 and remains "the oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company in the world."<ref name="MerckHist">{{cite web |url=https://www.emdgroup.com/en/company/who-we-are/history.html |title=History |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref> In recent times, the company is notable for its acquisition of Millipore Corp. in 2010<ref name="MWGermany10">{{cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/merck-buys-millipore-in-72-billion-deal-2010-02-28 |title=Germany's Merck to buy Millipore in $7.2 billion transaction |work=MarketWatch |date=01 March 2010 |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref> and Sigma-Aldrich in 2015, which combined with Millipore would become MilliporeSigma in North America.<ref name="ReischTheMaking15">{{cite web |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/11/merck-kgaa-completes-sigma-aldrich-acquisition.html |title=The Making Of MilliporeSigma |author=Reisch, M.S. |work=Chemical & Engineering News |date=19 November 2015 |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref>

==Technology and products==
===BrightLab===
BrightLab is a [[Cloud computing|cloud-based]] [[laboratory informatics]] solution that is designed to enable researchers to "control all aspects of the experiment lifecycle from a single, easy-to-configure platform." <ref name="BLHome">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/ |title=BrightLab |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> BrightLab combines [[electronic laboratory notebook]] (ELN) functionality with integrated modules for inventory and request management, Sigma-Aldrich ordering, and instrument scheduling.<ref name="BLHome">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/ |title=BrightLab |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref>

In addition, BrightLab allows users the option to connect their instrument data to their [[ELN]] via its [[scientific data management system]] (SDMS), which can "automate the capturing, tagging, storing, parsing, and analyzing of data." <ref name="BLHome">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/instrument-connect/ |title=BrightLab Instrument Connect |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> The software is hosted in the cloud as a [[software as a service]] (SaaS) distribution model.

====Features====

{{Ombox productfeature}}

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="border-style:none;" background="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
! colspan="2"| Product: [https://www.brightlab.com BrightLab]
|-
| style="background-color:white; border-style:none;"| {{Databox ELNfeature
| chem_draw_calc =
| chem_spec_file =
| task_event_sched = Y<ref name="BLInst">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/instrument-connect/ |title=BrightLab Instrument Connectivity Brings Research Automation to the Next Level |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref>
| manual_entry = Y<ref name="BL_ELN">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/electronic-lab-notebook/ |title=BrightLab Notebook Is Your Collaborative Research Hub |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref>
| multiple_view =
| data_analysis =
| data_sharing = Y<ref name="BL_ELN">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/electronic-lab-notebook/ |title=BrightLab Notebook Is Your Collaborative Research Hub |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref>
| custom_fields =
| custom_temps_forms = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| query = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| import_data = Y<ref name="BL_IM">{{cite web |url=https://www.brightlab.com/inventory-management/ |title=BrightLab Inventory Management Accelerates Material Lifecycle Tracking |publisher=Merck KGaA |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref>
| data_linking_int = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| data_linking_ext = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| export_msexcel =
| export_raw = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| data_warehouse = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| project_task_man = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| inventory_man = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| document_man = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| lab_group_man = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| experiment_man = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| workflow_man = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| customer_man =

| reg_compliance = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| qa_qc =
| performance_eval =
| audit_trail = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| chain_custody =
| roles_security = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| data_norm = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| data_val =
| data_encrypt = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| electronic_sig = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| version_control =
| data_backup = Y<ref name="BLHome" />

| custom_reporting = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| report_printing = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| label_support = Y<ref name="BL_IM" />
| barcode_support = Y<ref name="BL_IM" />
| export_pdf = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| export_msword =
| export_htmlxml =
| email_integration = Y<ref name="BL_IM" />

| admin_manage = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| modular = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| instrument_inter = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| mobile_device = Y<ref name="BL_IM" />
| soft_integration =
| alarms_alerts = Y<ref name="BLInst" />
| external_monitor =
| messaging =
| bookmarking =
| commenting = Y<ref name="BL_ELN" />
| multilingual =
| network =
| web_client = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| online_help = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| saas_model = Y<ref name="BLHome" />
| usage_cost =

| industries = industry-neutral
}}
|-
|}

====Pricing====

====Demonstration videos and other media====
* [https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/content/dam/sigma-aldrich/video/brightlab/welcome-to-brightlab-ms.mp4 BrightLab demo video] (MilliporeSigma/U.S. and Canada)
* [https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/content/dam/sigma-aldrich/video/brightlab/welcome-to-brightlab-mk.mp4 BrightLab demo video] (Merck/rest of world)
* MilliporeSigma also has [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkk32KOo9ufd3CBG28lpggg/videos a YouTube channel].

====Additional information====
* [https://www.brightlab.com/blog BrightLab Blog]
* [https://www.brightlab.com/academia BrightLab Academia]
* [https://www.brightlab.com/request-trial BrightLab Free Trial]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}


[[Category:General ELN]]
[[Category:ELN vendor]]
[[Category:Vendors]]