CORPEX LIMS Software
One laboratory information management platform of modules, so a pharma QC lab, a microbiology lab, and a water lab each get a system shaped around how they actually work. Every module is available on its own or as part of the platform.
Streamline Your Laboratory Operations
CORPEX LIMS is one platform of specialized modules designed to meet the unique challenges of modern laboratories. Whether you are in pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, water quality, or microbiology, we have a solution that fits your workflow.
Our systems support regulatory compliance, data integrity, and operational efficiency through instrument integration and automated calculations, instead of spreadsheets stitched together after the fact.
Based in Egypt or the MENA region? Explore our LIMS for Egyptian laboratories (النسخة العربية) — EDA, EGAC ISO 17025 and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant, with Arabic support and local implementation.
One Platform, Six Modules
CORPEX LIMS is one platform with one sample record, one audit trail and one set of electronic signatures. Each module is available on its own or as part of the platform.
Samples & QC testing module
Sample tracking from receipt, results against specification, OOS investigations linked to CAPA, and controlled Certificates of Analysis.
Microbiology & EM module
Sterility, growth promotion and microbial limits testing, with environmental monitoring sessions against alert and action limits.
Samples & QC testing for bioanalytical labs
Sample tracking, results with electronic signatures, audit trail and Certificates of Analysis for bioequivalence and bioavailability labs.
Stability module
ICH Q1A protocols and automatic pull scheduling, chamber excursions flagged per study, and ICH Q1E shelf-life evaluation.
Water module
Sampling points with their own limits, Alert / Action / Specification bands and sampling schedules for drinking water and wastewater labs.
ELN/LES worksheets module
QC execution and R&D worksheets with instrument capture, and electronic signatures on review and approval.
Related CORPEX laboratory products
Bioprocessing LIMS
Upstream, downstream, and bioanalytical workflow tracking for biopharmaceutical manufacturing under 21 CFR Part 11.
Cleantrol EM
Risk-based environmental monitoring software for cleanroom trending and contamination control sampling schedules.
Microbiology on Tablets
CORPEX LIMS runs in the browser, so the Microbiology & EM module opens on tablets as well as desktops, away from the bench.
What Is a LIMS Software System?
The short answer for anyone new to the term.
A laboratory information management system, or LIMS, is the software of record for a testing lab. It logs every sample that enters the building, tracks it through each analytical step, stores the result against the method and specification that applies, and produces the certificate or report at the end. Before a LIMS is in place, that trail usually lives across paper worksheets, spreadsheets, and instrument printouts that someone reconciles by hand before a batch can be released.
CORPEX LIMS software is built for labs that cannot afford that gap: pharmaceutical QC and stability labs, food and beverage testing labs, water and environmental laboratories, chemical manufacturers, and microbiology and bioanalytical facilities. Each of these runs a different mix of tests and report formats, which is why CORPEX LIMS is one platform of modules on the same sample record and audit trail: Samples & QC testing for general QC and bioanalytical work, Microbiology & EM for microbiology, Stability for stability studies, Water for water testing, and ELN/LES worksheets for worksheets and experiments. Each module is available on its own or as part of the platform. In practice, it's for the QA manager who signs a certificate of analysis and needs the number behind it to be the number the instrument actually produced.
The Regulatory Requirement a LIMS Answers
21 CFR Part 11, ISO/IEC 17025, and the data-integrity principle underneath both.
Most labs don't buy a LIMS because paper is inconvenient. They buy one because a regulator or accreditation body requires proof that the data behind a released batch, a certificate, or a test report is complete, attributable, and unaltered. FDA 21 CFR Part 11 sets the framework most pharmaceutical and food QC labs are measured against: electronic records have to be as trustworthy as the paper they replace, changes need a reason and a timestamp, and every signature has to tie back to a specific, authenticated user.
ISO/IEC 17025, the accreditation standard testing and calibration labs work to, adds requirements around method validation, measurement uncertainty, equipment calibration records, and the technical competence behind a result — Egypt's EGAC accreditation body assesses against this same standard. CORPEX LIMS is designed around both frameworks: every record carries a full audit trail of who entered a result, when, on what instrument, and what changed afterward and why, and electronic signatures tie to individual user accounts rather than shared logins. The underlying principle is ALCOA+: results have to be attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original, and accurate, and the system's job is to make that the default rather than something a lab enforces by discipline alone.
How a Sample Moves Through CORPEX LIMS
The same six-step backbone runs under every module of the platform.
1. Login and sample tracking
A sample is registered, given a barcode or label, and its tracking starts. Sample login and tracking replaces the logbook with a record every subsequent step attaches to.
2. Resource assignment
The system checks which instruments, reagents, reference materials, and specifications apply, drawing on resource management for instruments, materials, and suppliers.
3. Data acquisition
Where the instrument supports it, results flow in directly through instrument integration instead of manual transcription, with built-in calculations for assay, dissolution, disintegration, and average weight.
4. Review and investigation
A result outside specification is flagged at entry for the analyst to acknowledge and raised at review as an OOS investigation linked to CAPA, in the same system rather than a separate spreadsheet.
5. Approval and signature
A reviewer signs off electronically, the audit trail records who approved what and when, and the certificate of analysis is generated from the same underlying data.
6. Trending
Process capability and statistical process control turn accumulated results into trend charts and control limits, so a drift shows up before it becomes an out-of-specification result.
LIMS vs ELN: Where the Line Sits
Two different jobs, and CORPEX builds for one of them.
A LIMS and an electronic lab notebook (ELN) solve different problems, and it helps to be clear about which one you're buying. A LIMS is built around samples: it logs a sample in, tracks it against a specification and a method, and produces the result and the release decision. An ELN is built around experiments: it's where a scientist records what was tried, what was observed, and the reasoning that led from one experiment to the next, which matters most in R&D and discovery work where the specification doesn't exist yet.
CORPEX does not make you choose. The ELN comes inside CORPEX LIMS rather than as a separate product, so a development scientist's notebook entries sit in the same system as the samples, methods, specifications and results they lead to. Across the Samples & QC testing, Microbiology, Stability and Water modules, the LIMS side does the sample-centric work: sample tracking, method and specification management, instrument data capture, and the audit trail a regulated QC or stability lab is assessed against. When a method moves from development into routine QC, there is no hand-off between two vendors' systems.
CORPEX LIMS for Egyptian and MENA Laboratories
Local implementation, Arabic support, and EDA/EGAC alignment from day one.
CORPEX is an Egyptian company headquartered in the New Administrative Capital, and most of the labs running CORPEX LIMS day to day are Egyptian pharmaceutical, food, and water laboratories working toward Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) GMP expectations or EGAC accreditation under ISO/IEC 17025. That's a different starting point from buying LIMS software from a vendor with no local presence: implementation, training, and support run in Arabic as well as English, and quotes are priced in Egyptian pounds.
For a closer look at what that means for your lab, see LIMS software in Egypt (also available in Arabic), and our clause-by-clause mapping of a LIMS to ISO 17025 for EGAC accreditation.
Connecting LIMS to the Rest of Your Systems
A LIMS rarely runs alone. Here's how CORPEX fits it into the rest of the plant.
Beyond the CORPEX LIMS modules, CORPEX rounds out the lab data stack with CFast for quick QC lab data capture and calculation, and CORPEX SDMS to centralize scientific data such as chromatography and spectroscopy output that doesn't fit neatly into a single sample record. Both plug into the same data and instrument integration layer as the LIMS itself.
For manufacturers running an ERP, LIMS and SAP integration connects CORPEX LIMS to SAP or any ERP through a configurable, API-key-secured interface (master data in, results and documents out), set up during implementation, so a batch isn't sitting in two systems with two different answers. And because installing regulated software is itself a computerized system that must be validated, every LIMS deployment is backed by computer system validation (CSV) — IQ/OQ/PQ documentation you can hand to an inspector, not just working software.
Choosing and Running a LIMS
Plain-language guides for labs evaluating or extending a LIMS. See all articles.
How to Choose a LIMS for an Egyptian Lab
A vendor-neutral checklist: compliance, deployment, cost, support and validation.
What a LIMS Really Costs an Egyptian Lab
Total cost of ownership, hidden costs, EGP versus dollar pricing and EDA inspection readiness.
LIMS vs ELN vs SDMS: What Each One Does
A plain guide to what each lab system does, where they overlap and which your lab needs.
SAP vs LIMS in Pharma: Can SAP QM Replace a LIMS?
Sample tracking, instrument integration, stability testing and compliance compared.
ICH Q1A Stability Testing: What Inspectors Check
Storage conditions, pull-date scheduling, trending and shelf life under ICH Q1A(R2).
ALCOA+ Data Integrity and GxP Compliance
Audit trails, electronic signatures and automated controls for GxP environments.
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Request a ConsultationFrequently Asked Questions About LIMS Software
What is a LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System)?
A LIMS is software that manages laboratory data, samples, workflows, and instruments. It automates quality control processes, ensures data integrity, and helps laboratories comply with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, ISO 17025, and GMP regulations.
What industries use LIMS software?
LIMS software is used in pharmaceutical, food and beverage, chemical, environmental, water treatment, biotechnology, and clinical laboratories. Any lab requiring sample tracking, data integrity, and regulatory compliance benefits from LIMS.
Is CORPEX LIMS FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant?
Yes. Every CORPEX LIMS module (Samples & QC testing, Stability, Water, Microbiology & EM, ELN/LES worksheets) is designed for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, with electronic signatures that record name, time and meaning, a hash-chained tamper-evident audit trail, and data integrity controls.
What is the difference between LIMS and ELN?
LIMS focuses on sample management, testing workflows, and quality control data. An ELN (Electronic Lab Notebook) records experimental procedures and observations. CORPEX LIMS covers both: the ELN is part of CORPEX LIMS, so experiment records and routine sample testing live in one system.
Can LIMS integrate with laboratory instruments?
Yes. CORPEX LIMS supports direct instrument interfacing for automated data acquisition, eliminating manual transcription errors and ensuring data integrity in regulated environments.
Can CORPEX LIMS integrate with ERP systems like SAP?
Yes. CORPEX LIMS connects to SAP or any ERP through a configurable, API-key-secured interface: master data comes in, and results and documents go out. The interface is set up during implementation, and the CORPEX services team delivers SAP and ERP integration projects. See LIMS and SAP integration for detail.