Custom and OEM software development

Life science software developers for pharma labs and instrument makers.

We design, build and validate custom software for pharma and biotech labs, and OEM software for scientific instruments. Where you need it, it's built to comply with 21 CFR Part 11, GMP and EU Annex 11.

Multiplex fluorescence western blot with a 3D band intensity view, in OEM analysis software developed by TotalLabTiterKinetix kinetic infectivity analysis of a 96-well plate

Our development teams have built life science software since 1989, used by the world's leading pharma companies:

LonzaSanofiEli LillyRocheAstraZenecaGSKMerckAbbVieJohnson & JohnsonAmgenRegeneronGenentechThermo Fisher Scientific

What scientists say about our software

  • TotalLab's 21 CFR implementation is probably the best I've ever seen and administered on-site.

    David Morton · Associate OT Specialist, Lonza

  • SameSpots and its statistic tools have become indispensable in our gel-based proteomics workflows.

    Dr Friedrich Lottspeich · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

  • Previously, we always considered 2D image alignment and analysis to be one of the big bottlenecks in 2D gel proteomics. SameSpots has completely changed that.

    Jesper Hedberg, PhD · AstraZeneca R&D, Sweden

  • I can now complete an analysis in less than one-quarter of the time that it would have taken when using the previous supplier's software.

    Todd M Umstead · Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, US

  • We are currently running more than 1500 2D-DIGE gels per year. SameSpots accurately analyses such large gel numbers in a very short period.

    Prof. Tadashi Kondo · National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan

  • I have used TotalLab gel analysis program for densitometry [...] it has proven to be far superior in accuracy, reproducibility, and ease of use.

    Arie Horowitz, PhD · Dartmouth Medical School, US

  • I wish I had it last year, I would have finished my PhD three months earlier.

    Dr David McCarthy · NUI Galway, Ireland

Built to comply with

21 CFR Part 11GMPEU Annex 11IEC 62304IVDREU Cyber Resilience Act

For life scientists · Custom software development

Custom life science software, developed around your science.

Tell us about the assay, the data or the validated workflow that's slowing your lab down. Our life science software developers turn it into software your QA team can sign off, then support it for years.

  • Image analysis and algorithms for gels, blots, plates, colonies and LC-MS data
  • Validated software that complies with 21 CFR Part 11, GMP and EU Annex 11
  • Diagnostic software to IEC 62304 and IVDR
  • Confidential work, under NDA, for leading pharma companies
Custom software development

Case study · Cell and gene therapy

One ATMP workflow instead of five systems

For the world's largest privately held pharmaceutical company, we consolidated an advanced therapy workflow into a single automated, GMP-compliant solution.

Read the case study

For instrument makers · OEM software development

OEM software development for scientific instruments, under your brand.

Your customers judge your instrument by its software. We build the acquisition, control and analysis software that ships with it, on detection algorithms already proven in our own products. Our software already ships inside instruments from several leading manufacturers.

  • Branded analysis and control software for imagers, readers and analysers
  • A 21 CFR Part 11 and GMP edition that opens regulated pharma markets
  • EU Cyber Resilience Act readiness for your software
  • One dedicated team for the life of your product line: updates, support and maintenance
  • Your brand on the software, or co-branded with ours

Outsource your instrument software development. No in-house software team to hire, train or keep.

Outsourcing questions OEMs ask us

Who owns the IP and source code?

We keep the IP and source code, which is what lets us maintain and update your software for the life of the instrument. Depending on the contract, the IP can be sold to you.

Do we need our own software team?

No. We develop, validate, maintain and support the software, so your engineers can stay focused on the instrument.

Can the software carry our brand?

Yes. It can ship under your brand only, or co-branded with TotalLab.

OEM software development

Who we are

Our developers have been building life science software since 1989.

TotalLab spun out of Nonlinear Dynamics in 2007, with the Phoretix and TotalLab products and the people who built them. That experience now goes into custom software for pharma labs and OEM software for instrument makers. You talk directly to the people who write the code, never a call centre.

  1. 1989Our development teams start building life science software
  2. 1993Phoretix 1D, in active development ever since
  3. 2007TotalLab spins out of Nonlinear Dynamics
  4. 2009Our first 21 CFR Part 11 software for regulated labs
  5. 2013SameSpots joins the TotalLab range
  6. 2015SpotMap: the first 2D software built for HCP coverage
  7. TodayCustom and OEM software, and new products for LC-MS HCPs, virus infectivity and plate assays
4,000+
published research papers cite our software
Inside
instruments from leading manufacturers, including Azure Biosystems imagers as AzureSpot Pro
Recommended
by Bio-Rad (SameSpots, SpotMap 2D) and Merck (SpotMap 2D for Auto2D)

Tell us what your lab or instrument needs.

A free 30-minute call with the people who would build it, under NDA if you need it.

Book a discovery call