Pharma & Life Sciences · Lab data digitization
Your lab still runs on paper that no one trusts at audit time
Banao digitizes lab data — from analytical instruments and bench notebooks to LIMS entry and certificate of analysis — so every test result is searchable, traceable, and ready for a regulatory submission without a manual re-key step.
The system lives inside your GxP environment: audit trail on every field, version control on every entry, and human sign-off where the SOP requires it. You get a complete data chain from instrument output to release decision.
The first call is free · 45 minutes · no obligation
What we build
What a Banao lab digitization deployment includes
Digitizing lab data is not installing a new LIMS. It is instrument interfaces, structured capture, GxP controls, and training — we own all four.
Instrument-to-LIMS direct capture
HPLC, spectrophotometers, balances, and dissolution testers push results directly into your LIMS or ELN — no manual transcription, no clipboard entry, no re-key errors.
Electronic lab notebook (ELN) deployment
Structured digital records replace bench notebooks with same-day search, cross-reference by batch or product, and regulatory-ready export. Paper stays as the safety net during cut-over, then retires.
Certificate of analysis auto-generation
Test results from verified instrument feeds compile into a CoA without manual assembly. Specifications are checked against the result; out-of-specification flags are raised before the CoA is drafted.
21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 controls
Every field carries a complete audit trail. Electronic signatures, access control, and record retention are configured to your SOP, not bolted on as an afterthought before the audit.
LIMS-to-ERP data bridge
Release decisions and inventory updates pass to SAP or equivalent at the point of sign-off — no re-keying between systems, no delay while QA emails operations.
Out-of-specification detection and CAPA linkage
The system flags OOS results at capture and opens a CAPA workflow automatically. Investigators get a pre-populated deviation record, not a blank form and a stack of printouts.
Dogfooding
We run structured data pipelines ourselves before you do
Banao operates a ~300-person engineering company on its own AI and data infrastructure. InterviewGod processes every engineering hire through a structured data pipeline — scoring, audit trail, decision log — before any recruiter sees a candidate. Vikaas runs our demand-gen pipeline with the same data discipline.
We are not describing lab digitization from the outside. The data controls we sell are the same ones we trust our own operations to — which is the standard we hold your instrument data pipeline to.
Screens Banao's own engineering hires through a structured, auditable data pipeline.
Runs Banao's own demand-gen pipeline with full data traceability.
The honest version
When lab digitization is not the right move yet
A digital system is only as good as the process underneath it. We will tell you when to hold off:
- SOPs not yet finalized: digitizing an unstable process locks in today's mistakes. Fix the process first, then the paper.
- Existing LIMS that meets your needs: if your current system is compliant and your team uses it, we are not going to recommend replacing it. Configuration and interface work is usually cheaper than a migration.
- Low test volume: below a certain throughput, the integration cost exceeds the transcription-error risk for years. The Discovery Sprint gives you that number for your actual volumes.
- Data governance gap: if your organization cannot agree who owns a data field, digitizing the field creates a dispute at scale rather than a record. We will flag this early.
How we start
How we start — map the data before building the system
We do not quote a LIMS interface off a brochure. We look at your actual instruments, your SOP gaps, and your submission calendar first.
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AI Discovery Sprint
2 weeks · fixed price
We audit your instrument landscape, map current data flows from bench to release, identify the highest-risk transcription points, and hand back a prioritized digitization plan with effort and compliance-risk estimates — yours to keep. If you proceed, the Sprint fee is credited against the build.
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Build
Instrument interfaces, ELN structure, CoA pipeline, GxP controls, and LIMS or ERP bridge — built to your SOP, not a generic template. Validation documentation (IQ/OQ/PQ) is part of the deliverable.
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Validation and go-live
We run IQ/OQ/PQ alongside your quality team, support the parallel-run period on paper and digital, and train lab staff and QA on the new workflows before paper retirement.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does the system pass 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 validation?
Yes. Audit trail, electronic signatures, access control, and record retention are configured to those requirements as a baseline. Your validation documentation — IQ/OQ/PQ — is part of the build deliverable, not a separate engagement you arrange after go-live.
How long does integration with our existing LIMS take?
It depends on your instrument count and your LIMS version. The Discovery Sprint maps this exactly. A typical single-site instrument interface layer takes six to twelve weeks; a full LIMS-and-ELN deployment across multiple instruments runs longer and is staged by lab section.
Which analytical instruments can you connect?
HPLC and UPLC, UV-Vis and IR spectrophotometers, analytical balances, dissolution testers, and most instruments that export a file or support a data-transfer protocol. Instruments that only print to paper are handled via structured OCR capture with human verification — we scope this in the Discovery Sprint.
Can you migrate our historical paper records?
Yes, selectively. Full retrospective digitization of years of paper is expensive and rarely required by the regulation — what is usually needed is traceability from the current batch forward. We identify which historical records have regulatory or commercial value and migrate those; the rest are indexed and retained as paper.
What happens if the system goes down during a critical test?
Paper fallback procedures are part of the go-live plan. The system does not replace paper until parallel running confirms stability and your quality team signs off. After that, the fallback SOP remains in place and is tested in your change control schedule.
Get started
Show us your lab data flow and we will find the breaks
In 45 minutes we can walk through your instrument landscape, your current transcription steps, and your next submission deadline — and tell you where digitization pays back first.
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