Company Announcements

Shimadzu and India-based Veeda Clinical Research signed a memorandum of understanding in August to collaborate on clinical research using MS, including use in clinical trials.

In September, Microsaic Systems Chairman Colin Nicholl announced that he will retire on January 31, 2017.

Agilent Technologies announced in November a comarketing agreement with CRO PureHoney Technologies to develop new applications on its RapidFire 365 High-throughput Mass Spectrometry System for pharma and biopharma research, and forensic toxicology and metabolomics analysis. PureHoney was founded by the original developers of RapidFire MS instrumentation.

In November, Protea Biosciences named David Halverson as president. He previously served as vice president and CBO.

In November, Advion named Accurate Mass Scientific as an Australian distributor.

Product Introductions

In September, Sage-N Research launched the Linux-based SORCERER Storm, a cloud-based platform for precision proteomics. Key analytics are built with transparent scripts. The platform can be rented as a “virtual system,” enabling payment for only the resources that are used.

In October, CAMAG released the CAMAG TLC-MS Interface 2, featuring a modified elution head and easily accessible, exchangeable filter, arranged in front of the valve.

PerkinElmer launched in October the QSight triple quadrupole MS, which is based on technology gained through its acquisition of Ionics (see IBO 9/30/16). Combined with the company’s Altus UPLC system, it provides a complete solution for food, industrial and environmental applications.

In November, Mass Spec Analytica introduced the TEIS-3200, its new Thermal Extraction Ion Source for the SCIEX 3200 Triple Quadrupole MS and other V-Series models. It speeds up workflow times compared to GC/MS analysis.

Biognosys announced in November that its targeted proteomics portfolio now supports parallel reaction monitoring measurements.

In November, Biognosys released Spectronaut 10, a proteomics software tool for hyper reaction monitoring, featuring improved quantification logics and a new protein quantification algorithm.

PREMIER Biosoft introduced in December SimLipid 5.50, featuring automated data analysis for shotgun lipidomics workflows. Native files from Waters and Shimadzu are now supported.