Recent News
Upcoming Conference - FDA News. Web/Audio Conference. "Spreadsheet Validation - Tools and Techniques to meet FDA Requirements ". Tuesday 22nd June 2010. David Harrison.
ABB and Finsbury Solutions - January 2010. ABB and Finsbury Solutions formalise an agreement whereby ABB will supply DaCS and associated services for ensuring validation of Excel Spreadsheets within the Life Sciences Industries. (Click here for press release)
DaCS version 3.6 - November 2009. ABB releases version 3.6.1 of DaCS following successful completion of functional testing. DaCS 3.6 provides compatibility with Excel 2007 and is now shipping to all customers. (click here for further information).
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New Case study.
A recent remediation project resulted in projected savings in excess of $3million over 5 years for a US based Molecular Diagnostics Company. The project including busines process improvement, Excel workbook development and automation, and validation of the DaCS and Excel system (click here for further information).
Other case studies can be viewed here
Conferences and Publications
David Harrison and Dave Howard of ABB have authored a series of papers detailing "A Pragmatic Approach to the Validation of Excel Spreadsheets". The series comprises three papers: 'Overview' , 'Specifications' and "Testing" and have recently been published by the Pharma IT Journal. For more details click here.
ABB Products and Services
ABB have added a number of new spreadsheet validation services to this years offerings, providing a new set of consultancy services to assist you with your spreadsheet validation projects. All services can be seen on the solutions page, or you can download the facts sheets from the links below.
FDA Discussion
For the latest information from the FDA and industry on spreadsheet validation see here
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