Waters launched the SystemQT qualification tool, offering automated system-level quantification for Waters HPLC systems in order to reduce compliance test time. ESA Biosciences launched its Coulochem III ECD system with a Boron Doped Diamond electrode for the efficient analysis of sulfur-containing compounds. Varian launched its Pursuit family of Fast LC columns with the release of […]
Darmstadt, Germany 2/29/08—Merck KGaA has acquired SeQuant AB, a developer of silican-gel and polmer-based sorbents for ZIC-HILIC (zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction chromatography). SeQuant has joined Merck’s Performance & Life Science Chemicals division. “[SeQuant] offers Merck superb opportunities for the future expansion of the chromatography business,” stated Klaus Bischoff, head of Merck Performance & Life Science Chemicals. […]
The separations market far outperformed original estimates made at the beginning of last year. In fact, 2007 growth for the separations market was nearly two percentage points higher than the original forecast estimates. In 2007, the separations market accounted for $5.9 billion in sales and grew 7.1% over 2006, the fastest year over year growth […]
Pickering Laboratories, a producer of instruments and reagents for post-column analysis, demonstrates that one of the ways to develop a “killer app” is by having a major standards body mandate a testing method that includes its products. The company, located in San Jose, California, was founded by Michael Pickering in 1984. Post-column analysis takes place […]
BIA Separations announced that the European Patent Office confirmed the revocation of European Patent 0765183B1 owned by GE Healthcare, stating that the patent’s technology was anticipated by prior art. Novasep Process signed a partnership agreement with Proxcys Downstream Biosystems BV to develop products for the downstream processing of biomolecules. Under a collaboration agreement announced in […]
ESA Biosciences launched the 5150 electrochemical-synthesis cell and 5152 electrochemical-synthesis cell HPLC systems for the generation of large quantities of oxidative metabolites from parent compounds. Novasep Process introduced the BioSC Sequential Multi-Column Chromatography System, featuring the use of asynchronous and flexible scheduling of multiple columns for different tasks. Thar Instruments, after the acquisition of Berger […]
This year’s product safety controversies have affected manufacturers, regulators, consumers and laboratories alike. Manufacturers have increased product testing, while new regulatory efforts, by both governments and industry, have renewed calls for reform and scrutiny of the current system in multiple countries. Although it is too early to ascertain the exact effect of these efforts on […]
The metabolome is the full set of metabolites—the chemical fingerprints left behind by cellular processes—in an organism. The pharmaceutical industry is particularly interested in the potential of metabolomics research, because metabolites can serve as biomarkers for disease states and drug efficacy, and they can reveal toxicity during the drug discovery process. Metabolomics offers instrument manufacturers […]
Activotec launched the SFT-250 Supercritical Fluid Extraction/Reaction Processing System. Waters launched VanGuard Pre-Columns, which are capable of routine use at pressures up to 15,000 psi. Viscotek released the Tetra Detector GPC system, combining refractive index, UV, viscometry and low-angle light scattering detectors. Shimadzu Scientific Instruments released the Shim-pack XR Series of HPLC columns, which employ […]
DataApex appointed Gallery Science a Premium Partner, and thus a wholesaler to other distribution channels, for North America and the Caribbean Islands. In June, Eksigent named Bionoetikos as a distributor for its NanoLC HPLC product line in Southeast Asia. In July, Eksigent signed a distribution agreement for its NanoLC product line with Nova Analítica for […]
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