Quality you can Trust

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When your clinical flow cytometry data file represents a patient, it is critical that you can rely on the results generated by your instrument and software.  As the first third party flow cytometry data analysis software listed with the FDA, FCS Express is the tool of choice for the clinical reference or hospital based laboratory.

The FDA Quality Systems Regulations described in 21 CFR § 820 provide a comprehensive set of guidelines describing all aspects of the development of medical devices. These guidelines are extremely rigorous, and are designed to help promote the development of high quality medical devices for use in patient treatment and diagnosis. All procedures involving the production of FCS Express Clinical Edition (CE) have been audited by an independent validation expert and conform to the pertinent 21 CFR § 820 requirements. FCS Express CE is listed with the FDA as a medical device and is subject to all federal regulations that pertain to our class of devices. 

Join the Industry Leaders

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Clinical lab testing requires structure and consistency which means the tools that you use in your lab must be tried-and-true.  You already know that the best way to determine a proven method is to seek out the reviews of your peers.

De Novo Software is the industry leader in providing clinical flow cytometry data analysis solutions in the clinical setting.  Hundreds of clinical labs use FCS Express to analyze thousands of cases every day, year by year.   

 

Easy Integration options

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FCS Express integrates directly with Microsoft Office products and may be configured to integrate with Laboratory Information Systems.  Eliminate potential manual data entry errors and head towards a paperless environment. 

With FCS Express, you can export your flow cytometry results directly to PowerPoint, Excel, or PDF, publish your analysis online and collaborate with multiple testing locations.  

Automate Your Quality Control

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Ensuring the quality of your flow cytometry results is an important aspect of any clinical analysis, but implementing Quality Control can often be tedious and time consuming. The QC process can be largely automated in FCS Express by adding using QC checks to flag any questionable conditions so you can stop wasting time double checking on the accuracy of your results and let FCS Express handle this task for you.

Improve quality and eliminate careless errors by incorporating Custom Tokens to automatically display text or perform complex calculations during the analysis. Patient information or keywords can be automatically extracted from your cytometry data files so there is no need to worry about clerical errors or typos.  Set up automatic checks to ensure all patient data files match when analyzing multiple files in complex panels. Streamline your analysis with pre-defined Alerts built right in your layouts to flag techs of  suspicious results or to reflex additional testing as pre-defined conditions indicate.  FCS Express allows you to increase throughput and avoid costly mistakes without sacrificing quality.

Adapts to your workflow

FCS Express provides the flexibility to fit into your routine flow cytometry workflow and processes.  Standardize your reporting by designing customized analysis templates for each type of assay your lab performs.   Yet still handle add on tubes  or reflex testing with hidden pages that only appear when you need them.  Configure your templates to automatically export the type of results each client wants based upon the rules  or conditions that you define.  FCS Express doesn't limit you from working the way you want.

Personalize Your Reports

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Finally design a high quality, publication ready report that you can be proud of.  Add your company logo and any relevant information and statistics that update in real-time as you make changes to your analysis.

Don’t be stuck recreating the same comments on every flow cytometry report. In FCS Express, you can create a library of predefined comments to drag and drop into your analysis as needed. High quality reports are exported in your format of choice so you get results how you need them, where you need, and in record time.   

Minimize Validation Requirements

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Just like you have to perform some assay validation even when using an FDA approved flow cytometer, you will still have to validate your own particular analysis with FCS Express CE. However, you do not have to validate every possible feature that could be used, as you would with a data analysis product that is not listed for in-vitro diagnostic use, according to FDA guidelines. You can also trust that every release of FCS Express will conform to the same high quality demanded of a medical device.

We offer a full IQ/OQ validation package for those labs who require maximum documentation.

Customer Testimonials

"My function here at Labcorp is to set up a work flow process for over 350 cases a day companywide so without a doubt I am choosing FCS Express to accomplish this. In my opinion there just isn't another software option for us. I need a user friendly package that will accommodate our current complex multicolor analysis as well as be able to expand for future growth, provide high quality reports for our clients, offer a virtual component for those customers that want to offer tech only flow or more closely interact with their patient results and the big challenge is that this has to happen in an extremely high volume reference laboratory. De Novo Software has been able to provide us with the features that we need and their technical support is extraordinary. I can't imagine a successful clinical lab without FCS Express; it is the "go-to" Clinical package."

Horacio Vall CLS, SCYM(ASCP)
Vice-President Science & Technology
Doctor of Biochemistry
Flow Cytometry Discipline Director Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

"The Hematopathology laboratory of the Shands Hospital at the University of Florida analyzes numerous bone marrow, blood and lymphoid tissue samples for the diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma and related neoplastic conditions every day. We have been using BD's software for our data acquisition and analysis for many years. While adequate for acquisition, this software has several limitations regarding data analysis that recently prompted us to look for alternative programs for our clinical analytical work.   De Novo Software has provided an analysis tool that is completely optimized for clinical laboratories like ours. Within a short period of time, we created a drastically improved analysis protocol in FCS Express and it seems that every day we discover new features, such as tokens, alerts, panels, etc. that easily allow us to improve the quality of the analysis. Above all, I am extremely impressed with the excellence of the support staff that is always available to answer questions and courteously and positively responds to suggestions. In my opinion, FCS Express is one of the best programs available today for clinical flow cytometry laboratories."

Raul Braylan
Former Medical Director, Flow Cytometry Laboratory of the Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida 

"I am highly satisfied with the entire FCS support team, which is fast, uncomplicated and efficient in answering (sometimes also silly) questions and helping with solutions. In my opinion, this is one mega strength of your software product, which - as good and flexible it is, it also is demanding - and why I therefore unreluctantly recommend FCS Express to colleagues."

Andrea Harrer
SALK

"I think the customer service is great! Any time I'm in need of assistance I get a quick reply that solves the problem I am having."

Jennifer Murray
Lab Manager, CHOP

"Katherine is quick to reply and her answers are thorough. She is all around amazing!"

Cora Chadick
Scientist III, Field Applications
Thermo Fisher Scientific

"FCS Express is the most intuitive, flexible, and comprehensive flow cytometry software we have ever used. The company is extremely responsive and supportive with helping us to accomplish very complex analyses and make sure the software is meeting our clinical laboratory needs. We have gone through several instrument and LIS transitions over the past 10 years and have been able to rely on the software to help alleviate the pain of those changes. We would highly recommend this for any flow lab!"

Carrie Gifford

“FCS express is a much better program than my good old go to Flow Jo.  The support is amazing, as typically taken care of immediately, and honestly 24 hours is the typical.  Flow Jo has great webinars, but FCS Express has a bunch of webinars as well, and again cannot beat the technical support.  So glad I was put into a position where I needed to leave my traditional go to [FlowJo], as FCS express has won me over.  Still new so may still have questions but love it so far.”

Karen F. Underwood, MS

"My experience with DeNovo customer support is always great and quick. Holly is the best help!!"

Noelis M. Prieto Avilés
Technical Supervisor-Flow Cytometry
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

"Holly was exceptional in a myriad of ways. She quickly helped me resolve an issue with a software upgrade and with updating our config file from a recent license renewal. She treated our issue with the proper level of urgency and was clear with instructions to assist to resolve our challenges completely. I wish all interactions with a vendor were as smooth as the experience was with Holly. Thank you so much for the support."

"De Novo support team is the best I have ever met! I sincerely appreciate Robin Kamucheka who always immediately answer my questions and even made video for me for some small questions. The support team give me big confidence to continue using FCS express!"

Huang Wang
Mater Research Institute
University of Queensland

"Juan Vazquez is very knowledgeable, and I received prompt FCS Express-related support."

Manoj Pandey
Researcher, CCHMC

"Juan was super quick to respond, asked great clarifying questions, and was very helpful at getting me the information I needed."

Lunden Simpson
Lab Manager
NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine

"Thanks so much for your help, Greg! You not only helped to address the main issue, you helped me learn a much easier way to analyze my larger data sets!"

Kimberly McKinney
Manager
Pediatric Oncology Research Lab

"I used to be in the FlowJo camp but I'm now totally converted to the FCS Express camp! Loving your software!"

"Amazing support from Katherine! She took the time to address all my questions and walked me through various solutions to the problems I was encountering. She was supportive and kind during the entire session."

Amanda Pacheco-Spiewak
PhD Candidate and Fellow
University of Maryland School of Medicine

"Robin was amazing and very knowledgeable to help me build the template we need for our new assay. I really appreciate her help."

Woan-Nu Yao
Senior Specialist, Quality Control
Lyell Immunopharma

"I was blown away that Greg not only replied quickly to my email, but he also set up a Teams meeting to address my issue. His solutions could prevent a lot of time being lost on data analysis in my lab. Thank you Greg!!"

Sean Sepulveda
Senior Research Associate
City of Hope