Radnor, PA 6/2/16—Lab product, service and solutions company VWR has acquired Netherlands-based JM Separations, a provider of single-use fluid handling and separation technology, including single-use bag systems, and custom solutions for media/buffer preparation, cell harvesting, and for clarification, concentration and chromatographic processes. Financial details were not disclosed.“The acquisition will broaden VWR’s single-use product and service […]

In the US, dietary supplements (DS) are not required to undergo the same stringent testing, standardization and regulation as pharmaceutical drugs, leaving opportunities for DS companies to make misleading claims, mislabel packages and use contaminated ingredients. Adulteration of DS has long been a concern of consumers and regulatory bodies due to the lack of required […]

The migration from HPLC to UHPLC continues to fuel growth in the overall LC market, with performance, workflow and productivity enhancements driving end-user purchases. LC manufacturers are making the transition for end-users somewhat seamless, particularly with the expansion of column chemistries, including the use of sub–2 µm, sub–3 µm and superficially porous particles (core shell) […]

Analytica 2016 featured a wide variety of new products. Below is a list of products officially launched at the show or in recent months. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy Agilent Technologies introduced the 5110 ICP-OES spectrometer. The 5110 features a dichroic spectral combiner that integrates light from both the axial and radial […]

Currency fluctuations and economic turbulence not only produced a shift among IBO’s 2015 list of the top 30 analytical and life science instrument, aftermarket and lab product companies, but also yielded a calendar year sales decline when translated into US dollars. Total sales for the top 30 companies (see page 6) as reported in US […]

Companies continue to sharpen their focus on integrated solutions and workflows to increase lab productivity and differentiate themselves in the marketplace. At this year’s Pittcon, IBO spoke with executives at MilliporeSigma, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Each company has recently reorganized executive responsibilities to reflect an emphasis on the integration of workflow […]