Company Announcements

Waters became the exclusive distributor of S-Matrix’s Fusion Method Development software.

In January, Sigma-Aldrich Supelco was named the sole US and Canadian distributor of Eka Chemical’s Kromasil analytical HPLC columns.

Repligen extended its relationship with GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB by entering into a five-year supply agreement for recombinant Protein A.

In February, Phenomenex announced direct sales and service for Finland and Norway.

Novozymes and ProMetic Life Sciences entered into a strategic alliance for albumin purification technology. The companies will comarket the AlbuPure synthetic-ligand affinity adsorbent, of which ProMetric is the exclusive manufacturer and supplier.

Waters and DAISO signed a marketing agreement for DAISOGEL bulk-packing materials for process chromatography. DAISOGEL columns are packed using Waters’s Optimum Bed Density Technology.

Product Introductions

Sartorius Stedim Biotech launched the Sartobind Phenyl membrane adsorbers, calling them the first commercially available membrane adsorber for hydrophobic interaction chromatography.

BioSystem Development launched the AssayMAP Mab Titer Assay for measuring antibody product concentrations in bioprocess samples. AssayMAP cartridges are filed with POROS MabCapture A media from Life Technologies.

Shimadzu launched the Prominence RF-20A/RF-20Axs fluorescence detectors for ultra fast, high sensitive multicomponent analysis.

YMC Europe released YMC-Triart C18, a multilayered silica-organic hybrid stationary phase.

Wyatt Technology introduced new size exclusive chromatography columns for protein analysis by multi-angle light scattering.

Pall launched 5 mL PRC prepacked columns for ion exchanged and mixed-mode chromatography.

Dionex released the InGuard line of multiuse in-line sample preparation cartridges for IC.

Dionex launched the Corona ultra Charged Aerosol Detector for its UltiMate 3000 HPLC and RSLC systems.

Varian introduced the Pursuit UPS 1.9 µm and 2.4 µm LC columns for high pressures and fast gradients.

Varian launched the 971-FP flash purification system, featuring the DASi sample injection module.

Proxeon launched the EASY-nLC II, featuring a new autosampler and “intelligent flow control” feature.

Waters introduced the Viridis family of analytical and preparative supercritical fluid chromatography columns.