Company Announcements

AkzoNobel announced in July the appointment of Thierry Vanlancker as CEO. He replaces Ton Büchner, who stepped down for health reasons.

In July, Chiral Technologies, a Daicel company, named Biotchnology Latina as an exclusive distributor for Peru.

Tosoh Bioscience announced in August a partnership with PolyAnalytik for distribution of its EcoSEC GPC system and TSKgel HPLC columns in Canada, and the Eastern and Midwestern regions of the US.

In August, 3M announced a six month research collaboration with the University College of London to quantify the value of purifying cell culture fluid with its Emphaze AES Hybrid Purifier before continuous chromatography.

Product Introductions

Kromasil, an AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals brand, launched in June pre-packed EternityXT columns, available in 3 particle sizes, 1.8 µm, 2.5 µm and 5 µm, and three surface modifications, in C18, C8 and PhenylHexyl.

Kromasil released in July the Kromasil diC4 stationary phases with 300 Å pore size for biomolecular separations. It ships in bulk in 10 µm and 16 µm particle sizes.

Extending the InfinityLab series with a purification system, in June, Agilent Technologies introduced the Agilent InfinityLab LC purification solution, comprised of 11 modules. The Agilent 1260 Infinity II Prime LC System features a pressure range up to 800 bar, quaternary mixing, specially designed columns and a new local interface. The Agilent 1260 Infinity II SFC system features improved performance.

Thermo Fisher Scientific debuted in June a new range of Thermo Scientific MAbPac RP 1 mm columns for characterization of monoclonal antibodies, fragments, variants, antibody drug conjugates and proteins. They feature a 1 mm internal diameter.

Jasco introduced in June the redesigned Prep-4388 preparative SFC. New features include mass-directed preparation using a single quadrupole MS and a higher flow rate for 3 cm columns.

In June, Sartorius expanded its range of single-use membrane chromatography solutions with Sartobind Cassettes for capture and polishing during large-scale bioprocessing. Multiple cassettes can be set up, resulting in maximum membrane volumes of 20 L, 50 L or 100 L.

In June, PharmaFluidics introduced its micro-Chip-based µPAC ultra-high-resolution columns. The Pillar Array Columns are particularly suitable for applications in proteomics, lipidomics, metabolomics and bottom-up analysis of mAbs.

Fortis Technologies launched in June the SpeedCore C18-PFP core shell stationary phase, available in 2.6 µm and 5 µm particles.

In July, Orochem Technologies introduced Gazelle UHPLC columns. The available stationary phases are C18, biphenyl and PFP.