Laboratory Information System (LIS)

Laboratory Information Systems in Russia

• Laboratory Information Systems - Systems and Project Catalog

Purpose of the system

Laboratory information systems represent an independent class of complex software systems designed for healthcare. Laboratory automation is one of the typical tasks that have to be solved in large diagnostic centers, hospitals or specialized commercial laboratories. Laboratory diagnostics for the attending physician is one of the most important methods of examining the patient.

The main purpose of LIS is to automate the work of laboratory employees, increase the efficiency of organizing the work of the laboratory, reduce the number of errors and manual operations. The connection of automatic laboratory analyzers is the most important feature of LIS that attracts customers. It allows employees to automatically transfer orders to analyzers and receive research results from them without resorting to manual material management and sorting of responses. Other typical LIS functions are:

• Integration with hospital medical information systems in terms of automated receipt of research orders from the workplaces of attending doctors;
• Registration of material entering the laboratory;
• Distribution of materials (orders) to workplaces, formation of working documentation (tasks) for laboratory assistants;
• Monitoring the implementation of laboratory diagnostics processes;
• Automatic input (or automatic receipt from analyzers) of test results;
• Intermediate quality control, participation in external quality control systems;
• Analytical processing of the obtained data;
• Transmitting responses to hospital information systems, or exporting data in various electronic formats, or preparing results for printing;
• Report generation.

Systems in Russia

• ALTY Laboratory (Altay Group)
• ILIMS (Galen Firm)
• LIS qMS (СП.АРМ)
• LabSystem
• Medap-LIS
• PSM-AKL
• LIS "Alice" (Galen Firm)
• Unified Laboratory and Information System of Moscow

Market estimates

2024: Global Laboratory Information Management Systems Market Size Reached $1.43 Billion for the Year

At the end of 2024, the costs in the global market for laboratory information management systems (LIMS) amounted to $1.43 billion. Almost half of this amount was provided by the North American region. Such data are provided in a Fortune Business Insights study, the results of which were published on November 7, 2025.

LIMS is specialized software designed to manage laboratory operations. Such platforms optimize the collection, analysis and storage of laboratory data, as well as help to form various reports (quality certificates, test reports, schedules, etc.). LIMS systems include personnel, equipment and consumables management functions.

One of the main drivers of the market, the authors of the study name the automation and digitalization of laboratories in various sectors, health care including pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. LIMS platforms can receive data directly from laboratory equipment, excluding manual input and related errors. At the same time, automatic distribution of tasks and operation management increase the overall efficiency of work. LIMS systems play a key role in providing real-time information collection, sample tracking, and integration with laboratory installations as well as corporate infrastructure.

The introduction of artificial intelligence has a significant impact on the industry. Neural networks are capable of processing huge amounts of information at high speed: this increases the efficiency of data analytics and improves decision-making processes. In addition, there is an active development of cloud LIMS. These platforms provide flexibility, scalability, and usability. Employees can interact with the system from anywhere in the world where there is an Internet connection, which simplifies the organization of remote work. At the same time, costs are significantly reduced, since laboratories do not need to invest significantly in their own server equipment and its maintenance. The service provider takes over the software update, ensuring that it is up-to-date and secure.

Among the factors that hinder the expansion of the market is the high cost of implementing and maintaining LIMS systems. A serious problem is also the lack of specialized IT specialists and qualified laboratory employees with experience with LIMS platforms.

The market is segmented into software and services, with services generating the bulk of revenue in 2024. The deployment model is led by local systems, which provide more control over data and operations compared to cloud platforms. From a geographical point of view, North America dominates with a share of 46.2%, or $0.66 billion. Significant industry players globally are:

• Thermo Fisher Scientific;
• LabVantage Solutions;
• LabWare;
• Starlims;
• LabLynx;
• Labworks;
• Ovation;
• Siemens;
• Illumina;
• CloudLIMS.

In 2025, the laboratory information management systems market size is expected to reach $1.48 billion. At the same time, the United States will have $0.61 billion, the Asia-Pacific region - $0.33 billion, and Europe - $0.29 billion. Revenue in Latin America will be at the level of $0.1 billion. Fortune Business Insights analysts believe that in the future, the CAGR will be 6.12%. Thus, by 2032, spending may increase to about $2.24 billion.^[1]