Product: STARLIMS LIMS, sold alongside separately named SDMS, LES, ELN (including Labstep), Advanced Analytics, QM Essentials, and MODA-EM products. Vendor: STARLIMS Corporation, Hollywood, Florida (Florida document S15157). Formerly Abbott Informatics. Category: Laboratory information management system (LIMS) for pharmaceutical, biotech, QC, public-health, and clinical labs, with adjacent informatics products. Not an MES, ERP, or QMS. Verification date: 2026-10-03. Scope: Public web sources only.

1. Overview

STARLIMS is a long-established commercial LIMS, formerly Abbott Informatics, now independent and backed by Turn/River Capital since January 2026. It sells a Quality Manufacturing LIMS to pharma, biotech, and device QC labs, a SaaS edition for small batch manufacturers, and a separate catalog of SDMS, LES, ELN, analytics, and environmental-monitoring products; its public-sector base runs from U.S. federal health agencies to European police forensic labs.

STARLIMS was founded in 1986. Its homepage claims 2,000+ laboratories, 700+ customers, and 85+ countries; the January 2026 investment release says "over 1,100 customers." It serves R&D, quality control and manufacturing, public health, and clinical diagnostics. (Homepage; Turn/River announcement.) Target buyers are pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical-device manufacturers (Life sciences); small and medium batch manufacturers in pharma, food and beverage, and consumer goods (QM Essentials); and public-health and clinical labs. A 2023 interview adds CMO/CDMO, oil and gas, chemicals, agrochemicals, automotive, and lab services. (La Gazette interview.)

Outside the LIMS:

• MES. STARLIMS interfaces to third-party MES. (Digital transformation article.)
• ERP and QMS. SAP is an integration target. STARLIMS sells no QMS; MODA-EM mentions CAPA as a customer activity, not a module.
• Abbott diagnostics and AlinIQ are separate Abbott products.
• SDMS, LES, ELN, Advanced Analytics, QM Essentials, and MODA-EM are separately named products, though STARLIMS markets them as one platform.

2. Company and product identity

Point	Fact	Source
Founding	1986, by Itschak Friedman.	Homepage; interview
Florida entity	STARLIMS CORPORATION, document S15157, active profit corporation filed 11/29/1990, FEI/EIN 65-0234123. 4000 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 333 South, Hollywood, FL 33021 (address changed 02/25/2026).	Sunbiz detail
Public listings	IPO in Tel Aviv in 1993; NASDAQ listing in 2007.	Interview
Abbott acquisition	Abbott completed its $123 million acquisition of STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. on 22 March 2010 (also Exhibit 99.1 to a STARLIMS Technologies Form 6-K). A vendor "2023 wrapped" page dates it to 2009 and says the brand was retired for 12 years.	PR Newswire; SEC exhibit; 2023 wrapped
Abbott Informatics years	A 10 August 2015 release, bylined STARLIMS Corporation, announces Abbott Informatics launching STARLIMS technology 11.1. UK tenders in 2017 and 2018 name Abbott Informatics Europe Ltd / Abbott Informatics as contractor. Francisco Partners wrote in 2021 that STARLIMS "thrived within Abbott's informatics business." Florida records show a name change on 05/30/2014 and an "Amendment and Name Change" on 02/07/2022; LIMSWiki reads these as the switch to Abbott Informatics Corporation and back to STARLIMS Corporation.	LiMSforum; FP 2021; Sunbiz; LIMSWiki
2021 carve-out	On 7 July 2021 Francisco Partners agreed to buy the STARLIMS product suite and related assets from Abbott. Terms undisclosed. At the time: more than 1,100 customers in 60 countries.	FP 2021
2026 investment	On 13 January 2026 Turn/River Capital made a strategic investment and Francisco Partners agreed to exit. Terms undisclosed. Products named: LIMS, ELN, LES, SDMS.	FP host of the 2026 release
CEO	The January 2026 release quotes CEO Trey Cook. The Florida annual report of 02/25/2026 lists CEO Robert M. Schultz; the about page names Max Schultz as CEO.	2026 release; about; Sunbiz
Staff and offices	Over 270 full-time employees as of the 2023 interview. Headquarters in Florida; European operations in Madrid, Alkmaar, Tel Aviv, Witten, Manchester, and Guyancourt; direct sales in France.	Interview
Labstep	Acquired 22 August 2023: a cloud R&D electronic lab notebook. Price undisclosed.	Labstep acquisition

3. Pharma and biotech relevance

The Quality Manufacturing LIMS targets pharmaceutical, medical-device, and biotech manufacturers. STARLIMS pitches batch release, method transfer from R&D into QC and manufacturing, and compliance capture. (Life sciences; QM LIMS.) The QM LIMS ships more than 15 standard workflows (batch testing with CoA, stability, environmental testing, materials receiving, contract-lab testing, continuous process, sample testing, outsourcing), hundreds of standard reports, full audit trails, and electronic signatures. STARLIMS does not claim FDA or 21 CFR Part 11 certification for the LIMS.

Its Part 11 claims attach to SDMS. The SDMS v12.2 announcement says the product was designed to help with 21 CFR Part 11 (record creation, audit trails, electronic signatures, data security) and keeps raw data as the original record. A "Lab 4.0" article calls SDMS "designed to be 21 CFR Part 11 compliant." STARLIMS publishes nothing on EU Annex 11 or GAMP 5.

QM Essentials, the small-batch SaaS edition, lists pharmaceutical manufacturers among its buyers and says its simpler scope means less time to validate.

Pharma-adjacent references (section 9): Bayer crop-science regulatory and GxP labs, GSK pharma and consumer-health sites, and Douglas Pharmaceuticals.

4. Capabilities

Function	What STARLIMS documents	Where it sits	Source
Sample and batch testing, CoA	15+ standard workflows: batch testing with CoA, sample testing, materials receiving, outsourcing, contract labs, continuous process.	Quality Manufacturing LIMS	QM LIMS page
Stability	QM LIMS workflow. Optional extension on QM Essentials, which still pre-configures a Stability Study Manager role.	LIMS; optional on SMB edition	QM LIMS; QM Essentials
Environmental testing	QM LIMS workflow; included in QM Essentials as "Environmental Monitoring."	LIMS	Both pages
MODA-EM	Separate QC-microbiology environmental-monitoring platform: automated scheduling, mobile capture, device integration, analytics, floor-plan mapping (AutoCAD and Visio); modules MODA-EM, MODA-FDC, MODA-VIP. "Integrates with your LIMS."	Separate product	MODA-EM
Audit trail and e-signature	QM LIMS and QM Essentials. The LIMS assigns work only to trained, authorized staff and records chain of custody.	LIMS	QM LIMS; QM Essentials; Lab 4.0 article
Instrument integration	"Common laboratory equipment connectors"; SPC reporting via NWA; web services, file transfer, and direct database links to Empower and Chromeleon.	LIMS	QM LIMS; Lab 4.0 article
SAP	"The only certified SAP connector." No version or certifying body published.	LIMS	QM LIMS
Request portal	"Request Management Portal" for test requests to contractors.	QM LIMS	QM LIMS
LES	SOP-structured data capture on mobile touch screens, away from the bench. Bayer uses STARLIMS LES on mobile devices in lab and field for procedural guidance and GLP documentation.	Separate product	Platform; Bayer story
ELN	A STARLIMS ELN (launched 2009) guides users through methods and procedures.	Separate product	Interview; Lab 4.0 article
Labstep ELN	Cloud R&D notebook acquired 2023: "Cloud Labstep Electronic Lab Notebook," real-time structured capture, IP protection. Labstep cites 900+ universities and 65+ companies.	Acquired product	Homepage; acquisition release
SDMS	Central repository; parses and stores scientific documents; captures instrument data including HPLC; standalone or with a LIMS. v12.2 offers web services to any LIMS, a CDS, an ELN, SAP, and other lab systems.	Separate product	Platform; SDMS v12.2
Advanced Analytics	Standard or custom KPIs. Version 2.0 (May 2025): SaaS, associative engine, natural-language questions, in-memory processing, drag-and-drop dashboards. Optional on QM Essentials.	Separate SaaS product	Advanced Analytics 2.0; QM Essentials
QM Essentials scope	Pre-loaded batch login, environmental monitoring, CMO outsourced samples, static data. Roles: admin, lab manager, analyst, assistant, inventory manager, sample reception, stability study manager. Five-user minimum. Live "in as little as 4–6 weeks."	SaaS edition of QM LIMS	QM Essentials
Mobile (2015)	Version 11.1 added offline mobile capture with sync and support for Windows 8.1, IE11, SQL Server 2014, iOS 8.4, Android 4.4.2 and 5.0.1.	2015 release	LiMSforum
Formulation and microbiology (2014)	QM2014.R1 added formulation development with separate stability scheduling, GHS labelling, ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2008 sampling plans, investigative microbiology decision trees, plate management, and multi-specification checks.	2014 release	SCW

5. Architecture and deployment

STARLIMS offers on-premises, cloud hosting, and cloud subscription. Both cloud models run on an AWS private cloud managed by STARLIMS, and customers can "add more licenses over time." (Deployment options.)

Hosting Services are a monthly subscription. The service includes public or private AWS cloud, infrastructure software licensing, "application high availability of 99.9%," development, test, and production environments, patching and malware protection, monitoring, database backup and retention, disaster recovery with a 4-hour RTO and 15-minute RPO, and "compliance with HIPAA and GDPR requirements." (Cloud hosting resource.)

QM Essentials is the SaaS edition for smaller batch manufacturers: subscription, five-user minimum, support included. It runs on Quality Manufacturing LIMS technology and scales "without the need for a major system migration."

Versions in circulation: QM2014.R1; technology 11.1 (August 2015); SDMS v12.2; and version 12.3, "an HTML5-based cloud environment," which Bayer described as an upcoming upgrade in May 2025.

6. Integrations

Named in product material: Empower and Chromeleon; NWA for SPC; SAP ("the only certified SAP connector"); SDMS web services to LIMS, CDS, ELN, and SAP; MODA-EM to the LIMS; LES with the LIMS at Bayer. The LIMS takes raw-material and batch data from an MES or ERP and accepts QR and RFID scans. STARLIMS publishes no interface specifications.

Technology partners: AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce (Tableau), and Northwest Analytics. Implementation partner CSols worked alongside STARLIMS at GSK. Sterling Computers Corporation resold STARLIMS maintenance to the VA.

7. Pricing and commercial model

Pricing is quote-only. STARLIMS publishes no list price, rate card, or per-user fee. QM Essentials is "subscription-based" with "a lower upfront cost," "starting at a minimum of five users." Hosting is a monthly subscription. The $123 million Abbott paid in 2010 bought the company. The 2021 and 2026 deals did not disclose terms.

Public contract records

USAspending lists 197 contract awards matching "STARLIMS" since 2007-10-01, including awards to STARLIMS Corporation and to support firms such as Precise Software Solutions, Inc. Four are below. Each is one buyer's contract; the 2015 HHS line bundles 15 licenses with maintenance.

Order	Buyer	Signed	Recipient	Description	USD
75D30123F18285	HHS (via GSA vehicle 47QTCA22D002P)	2023-09-26	STARLIMS CORPORATION	"STARLIMS LICENSES"	Obligated 3,083,638.94; with options 3,329,084.00
15DDHQ23P00000478	Department of Justice	2023-06-01	STARLIMS CORPORATION	Renewal of STARLIMS annual maintenance, base year plus 4 option years, 14 June 2023 to 13 June 2028	Obligated 2,637,491.47; base and options 4,379,152.45
HHSD2542015M87527P	HHS	2015-08-18	STARLIMS CORPORATION	"15 NEW STARLIMS LICENSES, PUBLIC HEALTH FULL-USER LICENSES&MAINTENANCE"	123,330.06 (1 offer, extent competed G)
VA11816F1352	Department of Veterans Affairs (NASA vehicle NNG15SC89B)	2016-08-19	STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION	"BRAND NAME ABBOTT INFORMATICS CORPORATION STARLIMS ANNUAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE PLAN. POP AUGUST 22, 2016 - AUGUST 21, 2017 WITH FOUR 12-MONTH OPTIONS."	322,021.90

European tenders (TED) for STARLIMS work:

Notice	Date	Buyer	Contractor	Scope	Value
157427-2017	2017-04-26	Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (functionality at Guy's Hospital)	Abbott Informatics Europe Ltd, Maidenhead	"The Supply and Implementation of a Laboratory Information Management System"	GBP 449 854 (estimate GBP 300 000, excluding VAT)
149426-2018	2018-04-06	Scottish Police Authority	Abbott Informatics (sole developer of the licensed software)	Ref. PROC-17-0052	GBP 431022
365795-2018	2018-08-21	Public Health England	Abbott International Ltd, Burnham On Crouch	Sole-supplier support for "their StarLIMS product," used for years	GBP 306295.00
162334-2018, 388983-2018	2018-04-14, 2018-09-06	Komenda Główna Policji (Polish National Police HQ), Warszawa	Granteam Sp. z o.o., Skawina (one tender; concluded 2018-08-06)	Post-warranty service of the Starlims application and database, pool of 1 200 person-hours (ref. 69/BŁiI/18/EZ)	Estimated PLN 786000.00; awarded PLN 852032.52
14609-2020	2020-01-13	Scottish Police Authority	Abbott Informatics Europe, Sale	"Forensic Evidence Management — Interface and Services," with call-off services; Abbott Informatics named as owner of the proprietary software (ref. PROC_19_20_072, concluded 2020-01-07)	GBP 300000 ceiling
354072-2021, 416811-2021, 675340-2021	2021-07-13 to 2021-12-31	Komenda Główna Policji	Granteam Sp. z o.o., Skawina (one tender; concluded 2021-12-22)	Starlims service and modernization, up to 1 200 person-hours (ref. 92/BŁiI/21/MR); 416811-2021 moved deadlines only	PLN 852032.52
799608-2024	2024-12-31 (awarded 2024-10-04)	Département de Seine-et-Marne	STARLIMS FRANCE, 11 rue Jacques Cartier, Guyancourt 78280	"Maintenance du logiciel STARLIMS et prestations complémentaires"	Framework maximum EUR 300000
195307-2026, 254470-2026, 433359-2026	2026-03-20 to 2026-06-25	Komenda Główna Policji	ENIGMA SYSTEMY OCHRONY INFORMACJI Sp. z o.o., Warszawa (ref. 99/42/BŁiI/26/IŁ; awarded 2026-05-15)	STARLIMS post-warranty service, up to 800 person-hours; 254470-2026 updated 195307-2026	PLN 755784 net; PLN 929614.32 payable

Other European notices name STARLIMS as the buyer's installed LIMS: a molecular-diagnostics PIN at Gransha Hospital, Londonderry (225695-2020); a Waters A/S mass-spectrometer award at the University of Copenhagen (45733-2021); a data-transformation award to Astrada AB at Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset (598486-2021), which lists Starlims among its lab systems; and an Oslo Universitetssykehus mass-spectrometer tender that requires a StarLIMS link (409512-2023).

Questions a buyer should ask

1. Which product is quoted: Quality Manufacturing LIMS, QM Essentials, Labstep, the STARLIMS ELN, LES, standalone SDMS, Advanced Analytics 2.0, MODA-EM, or a bundle?
2. Concurrent or named users? Is maintenance bundled, as on the 2015 HHS order?
3. On-prem, STARLIMS-hosted AWS, or subscription? Are 99.9% availability, 4-hour RTO, and 15-minute RPO contractual?
4. What does "certified SAP connector" cover: product version, SAP version, certifier?
5. Are Empower, Chromeleon, NWA, MES, and QR/RFID interfaces software or services?
6. Which IQ, OQ, and PQ work stays with the buyer on QM Essentials?
7. Which version is sold relative to SDMS v12.2 and version 12.3, and is the HTML5 cloud build the same code as on-prem?
8. Which entity signs: STARLIMS Corporation, STARLIMS France, or another subsidiary?
9. What do 700+ and 1,100 customers count?
10. Which module carries the Part 11 and Annex 11 validation package?

8. Implementation and validation support

STARLIMS publishes no implementation method, timeline, or rate card for the core LIMS. What it does state:

• QM Essentials goes live "in as little as 4–6 weeks," support included.
• STARLIMS prefers standard configuration to customization to shorten projects.
• Bayer chose STARLIMS for "STARLIMS Professional Services," "white glove support," ongoing maintenance, and train-the-trainer.
• At GSK, CSols and STARLIMS worked with product management, quality, analysts, lab leadership, and IT to localize a global design.
• MODA-EM comes with "dedicated implementation services."
• Version 11.1 (2015) let custom configurations deploy without entering the Designer environment.

STARLIMS publishes no IQ/OQ/PQ, GAMP 5, or CSV deliverable set.

9. Customer evidence

Name	Evidence	Limit
Bayer	Vendor story (May 2025): Bayer CropScience regulatory and GxP labs on STARLIMS since 2009, replacing siloed systems; audit trail; mobile LES for GLP documentation; Europe, Australia, North America, and South America; upgrade to version 12.3 planned. Quotes from Tassilo Steffl, Senior Business Solution Architect, Bayer AG.	Crop science, not human pharma.
GlaxoSmithKline	Webinar page (May 2025): STARLIMS rolled out at GSK pharma and consumer-health sites with CSols; "repeatable success in Europe, South America, and Asia."	No sites, dates, or metrics.
Douglas Pharmaceuticals	Quote from David Hipperson, Quality Engineering Manager: efficiencies from standard workflow, QC, stability and microbiology sample management, custom reporting, instrument and enterprise integration.	No metrics on the page.
DuPont	Quote from Christopher Dehen, PhD, Information & Data Science Technical Manager, on reduced manual processing; expanding Quality Manufacturing across an R&D lab network (2023).	No plant list.
Carabao	Quote from Tawatpong Supikamolsenei, Quality Control Manager, Carabao Dang Brand Factory: less paper, automated result upload; energy-drink testing with automated scheduling.	Food and beverage.
Sasol, Dr Lal PathLabs, an unnamed coffee and tea company	Named in the 2023 year-in-review (lab operations, SDMS and geographic expansion, sample tracking).	Narrative only.
Public-sector users	Public Health England, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, Scottish Police Authority, Seine-et-Marne, Polish National Police HQ, HHS, DOJ, VA (section 7).	Contracts.
Labstep	900+ universities and 65+ companies.	Labstep's base, not STARLIMS LIMS sites.

10. Competitive and third-party context

STARLIMS says it took top spots in G2's LIMS and SDMS categories in 2023 with an average score of 4.5 out of 5. No Gartner, Forrester, IDC, or Everest ranking is cited.

FDA's openFDA device-event data (updated 2026-09-22) holds 23 reports under brand name STARLIMS and 29 under Abbott Informatics. Sample reports are for STARLIMS CLINICAL SOLUTION and STARLIMS PUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTION, manufacturer ABBOTT INFORMATICS CORPORATION; one is report 3006130047-2021-00001, a malfunction received 20210812, generic name calculator/data processing module for clinical use. They are device-problem reports, not inspection findings. FDA and EMA search pages could not be queried on 3 Oct 2026, so no warning letter, Form 483, or EMA record naming STARLIMS is cited.

11. Changes and renames

• 1986: founded. 1990: Florida corporation filed.
• 1993 and 2007: IPOs in Tel Aviv and on NASDAQ.
• 22 March 2010: Abbott completes the $123 million acquisition.
• 2014 to 2022: the Florida corporation carries the Abbott Informatics name, per LIMSWiki's reading of state filings.
• 7 July 2021: Francisco Partners agrees to buy the suite from Abbott; the brand returns.
• 22 August 2023: Labstep acquired.
• 13 January 2026: Turn/River invests; Francisco Partners exits. Trey Cook is CEO in January; Florida's February filing lists Robert M. Schultz.
• Customer counts (700+, 1,100) and country counts (60, 85+) differ across STARLIMS's own materials.

12. Source library

Pages retrieved 2026-10-03. Full URL list: sources note. Every claim above is in the product's evidence set with its source, type, and confidence.