HYDERABAD, India -— Daicel Corporation, the global leader in chiral chromatography, today announced the results of a successful technical collaboration between its Indian subsidiary Daicel Chiral Technologies India (DCTI) and Laurus Labs, a leading API manufacturer in India. DCTI has successfully developed a cost-effective commercial-scale SMB separation process for a chiral generic drug. The separation […]

Pompey, France -– Novasep, a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industry, today announces that it is expanding its presence in South East Asia with the opening of an office in Bangkok, Thailand. The addition of this new office follows Novasep’s expansion into India last December, with the opening of its subsidiary […]

Houston, TX., USA –– PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, is pleased to announce the latest version of its advanced laboratory instrument data integration software, IRIS Software v2.0. IRIS Software provides customers the advantage of connecting their PAC laboratory instruments, locally or worldwide, and managing these […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) stockholders voted to adopt the previously announced merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany at a special meeting of stockholders held earlier today. Sigma-Aldrich stockholders also approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, compensation that may become payable to named executive officers as […]

Baylor College of Medicine and Agilent Technologies Inc. have teamed up to create the Agilent Techonologies Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence at Baylor with a goal of advancing research and training in metabolomics. The new center will be a part of the Alkek Center for Molecular Discovery and the Baylor College of Medicine Core Laboratory […]

Darmstadt, Germany -– Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science sectors, today achieved an important milestone in the process of acquiring U.S.-based life science company Sigma-Aldrich. The shareholders of Sigma-Aldrich approved the merger with Merck at a special meeting held at the Sigma-Aldrich Life Science […]

IONICON, the Austrian based, leading manufacturer of PTR-MS real-time trace VOC analyzers, presents an innovative accessory for its successful PTR-TOFMS series: IONICON PTR-TOF systems are capable of measuring trace gas samples in real-time with a high mass resolving power. The new “fastGC” module adds an optional chemical separation step before the analysis. The module consists […]

GE Healthcare Life Sciences launches UNICORN 7.0 system control software for planning and controlling runs, as well as analyzing results. The software controls protein purification runs as well as cell culture and preparation. Specifically designed to support the levels of collaboration required today, UNICORN 7.0 delivers a simplified user interface and enhanced features. UNICORN 7.0 […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has named two new business presidents and realigned its businesses to better serve customers. Patrick Kaltenbach has been named senior vice president, Agilent, and president of the Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group (LSAG) business unit, which combines the former Chemical Analysis Group […]

Torrance, CA -– Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the extension of its SecurityGuard family of products to include a cartridge-based system that protects any non-aqueous gel permeation chromatography (GPC) column. The cartridge system replaces traditional guard columns, offering a more convenient and […]