The strategic acquisition expands MasterControl's manufacturing and quality platform withmodern, cloud-native CMMS capabilitiesSALT LAKE CITY, March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MasterControl , a leading provider of quality and manufacturing software solutions for life sciences, today announced the acquisition of Qualer, a cloud-native asset management company that simplifies tracking, calibration, and maintenance of critical assets and equipment across lab and manufacturing facilities. The acquisition extends MasterControl's ability to enhance life science product development by enabling organizations to manage quality, manufacturing, and asset performance in a single integrated platform."Life sciences customers are eager for solutions that bring quality assurance, manufacturing, and asset management all into one unified platform to ensure they can streamline development and innovation," said Jon Beckstrand, CEO of MasterControl. "This acquisition accelerates our vision of helping customers reduce complexity, increase efficiency, and speed time-to-market for life-changing products. Qualer will help us address a critical need in the industry – reducing costs, increasing productivity, and ensuring compliance for physical assets."The merger brings together industry-leading, life sciences-specific QMS, MES, and CMMS software onto a single, integrated platform, helping organizations:Gain greater control over critical software systemsImprove end-to-end operational control and collaborationReduce the risk of noncompliance, product recalls, and costly delaysSpeed issue resolution, improve productivity, and streamline workflowsAlign quality, production, and asset management with strict regulatory requirements"Joining forces with MasterControl marks an exciting new chapter for Qualer," said Ryan Arnold, CEO of Qualer. "Our shared commitment to advancing life sciences through innovative technology makes this a natural fit. Together, we'll be able to deliver even more value to our customers and help shape the future of regulated manufacturing."The acquisition comes at a critical time for the life sciences industry

Document Summarizer software solution assists quality teams to improve document management processes, ultimately ensuring they can help their organization maintain the high standards required to meet regulatory requirements. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MasterControl, a leading provider of quality management and next-generation manufacturing execution software for life sciences, today announced a new beta program for its AI-powered Document Summarizer. As the third tool released in MasterControl's GxPAssist AI suite of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications, Document Summarizer eliminates hours of manual work freeing up users to focus on delivering life-saving products. Life sciences organizations must adhere to regulatory and compliance standards that require quality management teams to keep extensive libraries of highly technical documents like standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, validation reports, and more. Quality Managers must generate summaries and descriptions for all of these documents to concisely and accurately indicate each document's content and function, note any changes between versions, and make it easier to search for and locate documents in the system