Bad Ragaz/Switzerland – INFICON a leading, worldwide manufacturer of instrumentation and process control software for advanced industrial vacuum processes, announces its intent to acquire the hydrogen leak detection specialist Adixen Scandinavia AB from Pfeiffer Vacuum. The transaction is expected to be closed during the course of current the third quarter. INFICON and Pfeiffer Vacuum have […]

Framingham, MA – Pharmaceutical scientists typically face a meager five percent success rate for anti-cancer drugs in clinical trials. To help improve this success rate, Japanese scientists, led by Dr. Tetsuya Terasaki, one of the top pharmaceutical scientists focused on drug transporters, have developed a new approach designed to overcome complexities of developing new, more […]

St. Joseph, Mich. — The LECO European Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Centre recently opened in Mönchengladbach, Germany. This new 330 square-meter (3,550 square-foot) facility is dedicated to separation science sales and applications—providing support, method development, sample analysis, and instrument demonstrations to new and current customers throughout Europe. Grand-opening festivities included a ribbon-cutting and tours […]

Having observed the acceleration occurring on scientific importance and business potentials, JEOL Ltd. (Gon-emon Kurihara, President) has opened a new company dedicated to Analytical Instruments (NMR, ESR, Mass Spectrometer) in India on the 1st of June, aimed at offering enhanced support of excellence. Blue Star Limited remains our agent, but will focus on Electron Optics […]

WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of its Clarus(R) SQ 8 Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS), setting a new industry benchmark for sensitivity and stability. The Clarus SQ 8 GC/MS provides extreme sensitivity to analyze samples accurately, […]

Newark, Calif. – Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI), the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group’s security unit, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Syagen Technology, Inc. of Tustin, Calif. Syagen is a leading mass spectrometry technology development company focused on security applications. The acquisition of Syagen strengthens MDI’s position as the […]

Atlanta – Waters Corporation (WAT:NYSE) today unveiled new technology solutions for increasing clinical laboratory efficiencies including the first CE Marked LC/MS/MS integrated solution for the quantification of everolimus (Certican®). Being displayed in Waters booth #3136 are these exciting new products. • MassTrak™ Online Solid Phase Extraction Analyzer providing automated sample clean-up, concentration, and extraction complemented […]

ATLANTA – Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced that its MassTrak™ Immunosuppressants XE Kit is now CE-marked in accordance with the IVD Directive 98/79/EC, for the quantitative measurement of the immunosuppressive drugs tacrolimus (FK506;Prograf®) in liver and kidney transplant patients and everolimus (Certican®) in adult kidney and cardiac transplant patients from human whole blood samples […]

IONICON Analytik, the world’s leading PTR-MS company, specialized in ultra-sensitive and high-resolution online mass spectrometry for trace gas analysis and MARS Bioanalytical Pvt Ltd a leading company in the field of analytical, biotech and environmental instruments in India are teaming up to target the Indian market. “The common goal is to offer the range of […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has presented Dr. Judit Villen of the University of Washington, Seattle, with the renowned American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) 2011 Research Award of $35,000. Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific for more than 20 years and administered […]