Empower™ Chromatography Data System
The Empower Chromatography Data System is Waters’ compliance-ready chromatography data software (CDS) for advanced data acquisition, processing, and reporting that simplifies the management of chromatography test results.

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Pharmaceuticals
Custom fields in the Empower software are highly advantageous as they save precious time and eliminate calculation errors. Adapting custom fields will reduce the burden of manual calculations and enables to release of the results promptly to support continuous manufacturing. With the support of Empower software application specialists, laboratories can easily implement these automated calculations to achieve the data integrity requirements. Moreover, it is a value-for-money product as these are in-built calculations, not required to purchase or use the other software additionally
Review Date: 27 Sept 2022 | Waters
very excellent and user friendly
Analysis of Pharmaceuticals Products
Empower Chromatography Data System (CDS) is ease to use, user friendly and is an advanced data management system.
Review Date: 2 Apr 2022 | Waters
Love the whole Waters Company.
Mostly Liquid & Gas Chromatography
Waters has some great resources with Empower tips and tricks and they are always so helpful when I reach out and ask for help.
Review Date: 30 Mar 2022 | Waters
Simple, easy to use, robust, reproducible results.
Analysis of pharmaceuticals
I have used Empower 2, a chromatography data software (CDS) package from WATERS for data acquisition, management, processing, and reporting. It is simple and easy to use. It provides accurate peak integration and processing. There are several options to generate reports based on our needs.
Review Date: 26 Nov 2021 | Waters
Easy to use
Easy to use
Easy to use
Review Date: 18 Nov 2021 | Waters
Best UI and great performance.
Assay, related substance analysis for pharmaceutical products
Best UI for chromatography solutions.
Review Date: 19 Jul 2021 | Waters
Great results
Pharmaceutical
Service is good
Review Date: 8 Feb 2021 | Waters
Empower CDS is the best software and comes with the best professional service.
Pharmaceutical manufacture
As a chromatographic analyst I started my career in 2008 and I started to work with empower chromatographic data software. I have used other software too, but I was never comfortable with other softwares for chromatographic analysis. It's a beautiful software tool for chromatographic analysis. It is compatible with other companies' chromatographs. It is completely 21CFR Compliant. It's a software package on which you can rely, and the service provided by Waters is awesome.
Review Date: 18 May 2020 | Waters
We are so happy with the performance.
Analytical method development
It can handle many analytical methods, running for more than 2000 hours in total.
Review Date: 10 Feb 2020 | Waters
Seamless integration with almost any instrument and LIMS.
Analysis of pharmaceutical formulations such as syrup, tablets, powders
A great and must-have software for managing your chromatography and other 3rd party applications. Easy to integrate with LIMS.
Review Date: 3 Dec 2019 | Waters
Empower Chromatography Data System
Empower Chromatography Data System, Waters' flagship chromatography data software, makes it easier than ever to run samples and produce meaningful results without experiencing downtime for training, re-engineering workflow, or adding new software to support instruments or advanced chromatographic techniques.
Designed to maximize productivity, improving how you collect, process, review, and print chromatography data. Waters Empower Chromatography Data System helps your entire laboratory operate better.
Usability
- Minimize training and transaction costs with QuickStart interface. QuickStart makes it easy to conduct targeted tasks and workflows - customize to suit individual needs.
- Eliminate spreadsheets and external software packages. Empower includes capabilities such as tailored reports, integrated tailored calculations, and advanced data management so results can be generated within Empower- no need for manual recordkeeping.
Versatility
- All you need in one software package to accomplish multiple tasks in your lab. Comprehensive control of Waters HPLC, ACQUITY UPLC, ACQUITY UPC², ACQUITY APC and integrated MS systems as well as LC, GC, IC, and CE systems from a wide variety of vendors.
- ApexTrack™ technology provides automated and reliable peak integration.
Compliance
- Ensure data integrity. With Electronic Record Regulatory capabilities and compliant electronic signatures, Empower takes data integrity, advanced security, and audit trails to new levels. Records can be easily reviewed so you can apply the appropriate electronic signatures.
Scalability
- Empower Chromatography Data System can grow to meet your laboratory's changing needs - it is easily scalable from a single workstation to an enterprise-wide network.
Laboratory Analytics
- Understand and view current status of users, systems, and projects. Empower Laboratory Analytics assembles and displays critical chromatography performance data in easy-to-view, graphical dashboards.
Method Validation
Refine you processes with method development and validation management tools. An option for Empower, Method Validation Manager (MVM) allows you to perform chromatographic method validation, from protocol planning through final reporting, in one comprehensive, automated application.
Brochures
Managing Your Empower Data with the NuGenesis Lab Management System: The Power of Two
In this product solution, find out how the NuGenesis Lab Management System can improve the availability of your CDS results.
Empower 3 – Bringing Confidence, Usability & Dependability
Empower 3 Chromatography Data Software (CDS) helps your entire laboratory operate better with advanced data acquisition, management, processing, and reporting that grows to meet your laboratory’s changing needs – easily scalable from a single workstation to an enterprise-wide network. Find out more in this infographic.
Chromatographic Data System Solutions for the Agrochemical Industry
In this market solution, discover how to convert scientific data into useful information throughout the product development process.
Reasons Why You Should Think Beyond the Workstation
Empower® 3 Chromatography Data Software (CDS) makes it easier than ever to keep up with growing laboratory demands. In this infographic, find out how Empower 3 can maximize laboratory productivity with enhanced communication and system availability.
Chromatographic Data System Solutions for Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
In this market solution, discover how to convert scientific data into useful information throughout the product development process.
Mass Detection for the Chromatography Laboratory
In this product solution, learn about the easy-to-use software providing flexibility for LC and MS.
Empower® 3: More Capabilities for Your Lab, More Value for Your Enterprise
Waters Empower 3 is chromatography data software that helps your entire laboratory operate better. The versatile software can increase your productivity and minimize training and transition costs with intuitive and configurable user interfaces, as well as much more. Read this brochure to find out more.
Combining Empower® 3 and NuGenesis® Infographic
Empower® 3 is chromatography data software which makes it easier than ever to run samples and produce meaningful results. The NuGenesis® Lab Management System provides a suite of tools specifically designed to help analysts more effectively manage sample centric workflows. This infographic shows how these two products can be combined
Ultra-Performance Convergence Chromatography Infographic
This infographic presents the ACQUITY UPC2 , the world’s first convergence chromatography system and compares it to normal-phase methods. The ACQUITY UPC2 System can carry out both chiral and achiral separations quickly and accurately.
Advancing QC efficiency with SEC-MALS system and Empower Software
The structure-function relationship is crucial to the efficacy and safety of biotherapeutics and hence monitoring proper protein conformation can ensure the stability and function of the therapeutic. Discover how Waters™ Empower™ Chromatography Data System (CDS) can be seamlessly integrated into workflows with SEC-MALS to produce high-quality data whilst reducing user effort, simplifying IT validation, and improving audit readiness.
A comprehensive approach for systematic screening in LC method development
In this application note, Waters Corporation discusses strategies for reversed-phase liquid-chromatographic (RPLC) method development in the analytical lab. Traditional approaches of evaluating one factor at a time can be time-consuming and limit robustness. Quality-by-design (QbD) uses statistics and design of experiments (DOE) but requires specialized software and training. Systematic method development, the third option, offers a predefined experimental setup and protocol for efficient data collection and analysis in a single run. The success of systematic approaches relies on effective instrumentation and chromatography data systems (CDS). The application note presents a synergistic, systematic protocol utilizing UPLC instrumentation, sub-2-µm column chemistries, and Empower™ 3 Software, aiming to enhance efficiency, selectivity, and retention for reliable and robust separation methods.
Determination of low level lactose in dairy products using UHPLC-MS
Download this application note to find a method that demonstrates how UHPLC-MS is suitable for lactose determination in dairy products, including low lactose and lactose-free dairy products.
Quantification of mono and disaccharides in foods
Monosaccharides fructose, galactose, and glucose, and disaccharides sucrose, lactose, and maltose are common sugar ingredients in foods. This application note demonstrates the accurate and reliable determination of sugar content in food and animal feed samples.
Analysis of organic acids using a mixed-mode LC column and an ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector
Organic acids (OA) are an important group of compounds for many industries including food and beverages, animal feeds, and human health. Download this application note to see how the performance characteristics of the analytical method, including the limit of quantitation (LOQ), the relationship between the chromatographic peak area and concentration, the precision, and the accuracy have been evaluated.
Discover the power of more with the ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector
Download this infographic to explore the features and benefits of the Waters ACQUITY QDa Detector and learn how integrating one into your existing chromatography workflows could help your lab achieve even more.
Development of a robust method for analysis of aspirin and related substances
In this application note, Waters Corporation presents an MS-compatible method for the analysis of aspirin active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and its related substances using a Fusion QbD method development software.
Download the full note below to explore how using this software in combination with the ACQUITY Arc System and Empower CDS can enable analytical laboratories to quickly develop reliable and reproducible analytical methods.
CRO accelerates laboratory start-up for formulation development and analytics
Download this case study to discover how, with the help of Waters instrumentation, software, and support, RaDes was able to quickly launch its new CRO laboratory for analytical method development and the design, evaluation, development, and analysis of formulations.
The making of a modern biopharmaceutical
In this white paper, Waters Corporation discusses the future trends in the biopharmaceutical industry including multi attribute monitoring (MAM), biophysical analysis as a complement to analytical characterization, and the rise of mass detection as a foundational technology.
UPLC separation for the analysis of cannabinoid content in cannabis flower and extracts
As the legalization of cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use continues to advance, the need for simple, reliable analytical methods for the analysis of these products is desired by many parties. In this application note, Waters present the modification of a simple isocratic HPLC separation of 16 cannabinoids to a separation under ULC conditions.
Empower LMS: A perfect match for better data
From sample transfer to data archiving, managing your chromatographic data through a single, easy-to-use dashboard that provides an integrated approach to your product lifecycle management has never been easier. The Waters™ Empower™ Lab Management System (LMS) will elevate your workflows, increase efficiency, and maximize data durability by reducing manual data entry and errors, automating manual tasks, and reducing data review times so you can increase the overall effectiveness of your lab. Empower LMS enables you to have better access to your data and make better decisions for your lab.
Key learning objectives
- Utilize electronic data capture and automated interfacing to reduce errors in transcription and strengthen your lab’s data integrity.
- Tailor the Empower LMS landing page to facilitate access to essential information and increase the efficiency of your data workflows.
- Streamline the management of your laboratory workflows in a single, easy-to-use dashboard.
- Automatically secure, archive, and easily access your data whenever you need it throughout the full retention period.
Who should attend?
- Bench chemists
- R&D chemists
- Lab managers
- Quality control professionals
- Pharma and Biopharma professionals
Certificate of attendance: All webinar participants can request a certificate of attendance, including a learning outcomes summary, for continuing education purposes.
New partnership empowers therapies of the future
Fraser McLeod shares his excitement for the emerging advancements in biopharma, and highlights how the acquisition of Wyatt brings a new class of instrumentation to Water’s portfolio, strengthening the company’s ability to serve customers in the biologics space.
This video was filmed at Analytica 2024.
How a focus on quality is driving efficiency in the QC lab
In this video debate, Fernando Bustos, senior quality manager at Perrigo, and Adriana Tirado, market development specialist at Waters, discuss topics on the importance of QC, meeting regulations, chromatography solutions and how Waters can help you overcome challenges associated with QC.
Expanding Your Chromatography Network with Empower 3 for Enterprise
Learn how the Empower 3 Software can be scaled-up to support an enterprise-wide network. Offering a centralized data network, the Empower 3 System allows simultaneous access to all data, from all systems and from any computer inside or outside the lab.
Explaining the Waters Empower 3 Chromatography Data System
Find out in this video how the Empower 3 chromatography data system can be used to improve the productivity of your lab. By automating many of the analytical steps, the Empower 3 CDS is able to create data based on complicated calculations, getting fast results to generate your final reports and charts for you.
A Whole New Era of Power
With over 30 new improvements, the Empower 3 is flexible, automated and user-friendly. Find out how the Empower 3 was designed to meet every need of your chromatographic analysis, bringing optimum productivity to your lab.
Improve Method Development with the Acquity H-Class System and Empower 3 Software
Watch this video to learn how to improve method development using the Acquity H-Class system with Empower 3 chromatography data software. To learn more, click on the 'visit website' link below.
Unlocking the potential of the multi-attribute method (MAM): The future of biopharma
New eBooks by Waters Corporation reveal the capabilities, adoption trends, and future of MAM for biotherapeutic analysis
U.S. Food and Drug Administration expands deployment of Waters Corporation software to support its medical products testing labs
Transition to electronic records management system will speed data retrieval, automate essential audit and archival functions, and ensure compliance with legislative mandates
A new era of chromatography: Improve your accuracy, sensitivity and precision with redefined HPLC/UHPLC system technologies
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how to improve the quality of your data and increase chromatographic reproducibility and throughput
Transform your pharmaceutical workflow with cutting-edge chromatography data management
Find out how to meet tough quality control and assurance regulations with the latest resources, new methods, and exclusive interviews
Leveraging technology in quality control: The power of partnership
Marcelo Shigueru Kamei shares how the latest chromatography solutions help his team at Cristália laboratory stay a step ahead as they manufacture quality pharma products
Achieving compliance in pharmaceutical manufacturing with cutting-edge data management
Discover how pharma companies are harnessing the latest chromatography data management tools for quality control and compliance to meet global regulatory standards
The cloud chromatography data system driving global operational efficiency at Amway
Discover how international consumer products company Amway is transforming its chromatography data management using new cloud technology
Streamlining chromatography and data management for FDA approval
Learn how a generics pharmaceutical company in the U.S. is simplifying chromatography data management for greater productivity
The use of Analytical Quality by Design workflows in the pharmaceutical industry: All your questions answered
Catch up on this expert on-demand webinar to discover a novel approach for in silico method development and robustness assessment
A simple step to upgrade your routine HPLC analysis
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