(openPR) - MetricStream, Inc., the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management solutions, today announced that it is participating in the 2008 RAPS Horizons Conference and Exhibition being hosted by Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS). The company will demonstrate its industry leading solutions for streamlining critical quality and compliance processes in the Life Sciences industry. The conference is being held on March 26 - 28, 2008 at The Fairmont San Francisco, San Francisco.

The RAPS Horizons Conference and Exhibition is outlined to provide its audience highly-focused, in-depth education sessions. Key opinion leaders from around the globe will speak about the impact of current regulatory guidance and trends, market innovations and new technologies.

At the conference, MetricStream will exhibit its comprehensive suite of solutions that enables Life Sciences companies to take a risk-based approach to quality and compliance management and provides a common framework and an integrated approach to meet quality, safety and compliance requirements through effective risk management, document control, compliance training, ongoing auditing, as well as recording and reporting of exception events and the resulting corrective actions (CAPAs). The solutions provide embedded best practices that ensure sustainable compliance with guidelines such as FDA 21 CFR Part 210-211, Part 820 / QSR, Part 606 and ICH Q7A.

"We are glad to participate in the 2008 RAPS Horizons Conference and Exhibition," said Gaurav Kapoor, General Manager and CFO of MetricStream. "For drug and medical device companies, regulatory requirements such as FDA GXPs, reporting mandates, international quality and safety standards and other compliance issues are evolving from isolated departmental initiatives to an enterprise-level challenge. The event provides us with an opportunity to showcase how MetricStream is enabling leading Life Sciences companies to take an integrated and holistic approach to managing quality, compliance and risk initiatives across the organization."

MetricStream, Inc.
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Redwood Shores, California
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MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as Pfizer, NASDAQ, SanDisk, BP, Entergy, Subway, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf in diverse industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Automotive, Food, High Tech Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services to manage their quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as by over a million compliance professionals worldwide via the ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.