Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today launched its PDReady™ for Monoclonal Antibodies (MAbs) Kit for accelerating process development timelines. The kit is based on a robust process development template using state-of-the-art technologies for each purification operation. Every step within the template uses a technology already proven […]

PITTSBURGH — Emerson Process Management has been selected to apply its Ovation™ control and SCADA technology for the Catalina Solar and Pacific Wind renewable energy projects. The contract was awarded by global engineering, project management and construction company Bechtel. The 110 megawatt (MW) Catalina Solar Project, located in Kern County, Calif., is the largest utility-scale […]

Darmstadt, Germany / Molsheim, France, – Merck presented today details about its Life Science Tools division Merck Millipore at an event with analysts and investors in Molsheim, France. “Over the past three years, we have transformed our life science tools business into a top 3 franchise in the industry and broadened the addressable market and […]

Goettingen, Germany and Aubagne, France, – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharma supplier, has launched the Sartoguard NF prefilter series, completing its range of Sartoguard prefilters. These new prefilters feature a unique combination of high performance polyethersulfone (PES) membranes and highly innovative nanofleece technology. This is the first time that PES nanofleece material […]

FRANKLIN, Mass. –– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of the Thermo Scientific IRIS 4800 mid-IR laser-based carbon monoxide (CO) analyzer. Designed for improved accuracy and greater precision, the Unique Difference Frequency Generation (DFG) laser technology, used across the IRIS series platform, enables measurement in the mid-infrared […]

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with BIA Separations (BIASep), of Austria. The partnership includes SDK’s investment in BIASep as well as joint marketing and R&D. With the partnership, SDK will be ready to expand its business to a market of purification resins used for manufacturing biopharmaceuticals and for industrial applications. […]

Urdorf, Switzerland – 16th November, 2012. A new carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor combines precise and reliable determination of dissolved CO2, with the performance benefits of Intelligent Sensor Management. Errorless measurement and diagnostics that predict when maintenance will be required improve process safety. In striving to achieve the goals of the Food and Drug Administration’s Process […]

Santa Clara, Calif. — Picarro Inc. today announced the appointment of Dr. Subra Sankar as vice president of engineering. Dr. Sankar brings to Picarro more than two decades of engineering and R&D expertise from the life sciences, semiconductor, and high technology instrumentation markets. At Picarro, he will oversee hardware and software engineering as the company […]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the launch of Eshmuno® CPX media, a strong cation exchanger optimized for intermediate or polishing purification of monoclonal antibodies. Built on EMD Millipore’s proven Eshmuno® resin technology, the new media offers high aggregate removal efficiency and high dynamic binding […]