Last month, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published its update to its 2006 guidance document for biosimilars: “Guidelines on similar biological medicinal products containing biotechnology-derived proteins as active substance: quality issues.” The update elaborates on the flexibility that manufacturers have, noting that the impact of a different formulation or container system on safety and efficacy […]
MALDI-TOF technology and instrumentation has grown to encompass quite a wide range of system configurations, capabilities and costs. At the top of this pyramid are MALDI-TOF/TOF systems, which offer fragmentation capabilities that are unique compared to other types of MALDI-TOF. The configuration of MALDI-TOF/TOF systems allows for ion fragmentation by collision induced dissociation (CID). Other […]
In May, Pacific Biosciences introduced new analysis software for its PacBio RS High Resolution Genetic Analyzer to detect epigenetics modifications, which can provide information on biological processes such as aging, disease development and immunity. The new software measures the kinetics of base addition during sequencing, which allows for sequencing of a variety of base modifications, […]
Company Announcements DNAnexus announced in February strategic alliances with Geisinger Health Systems and the University of California San Francisco for the development of clinically relevant workflows for DNA sequencing. Biomatters promoted Managing Director Dr. Brett Ammundsen to CEO in March. Cartagenia opened its first North American office in Boston, Massachusetts, in March. Partek announced in […]
Company Announcements In June, ESK Ceramics, a Ceradyne subsidiary, which supplies flow-chemistry reactors for the industrial scale, acquired a minority interest in Chemtrix, a provider of microreactors, for an undisclosed amount. Product Introductions Uniqsis introduced the ArrheniusOneFlow, a microwave-based flow chemistry system that integrates its FlowSyn liquid handling technology with WaveCraft’s ArrheniousOne microwave application technology […]
Company Announcements In April, Halma acquired Sensorex, a manufacturer of electrochemical sensors for water analysis, for $37.5 million. Existing management remained with the company. In 2011, Sensorex recorded an operating profit of $3.9 million. In-Situ announced in May that its RDO methods are the only optical or luminescence-based dissolved oxygen (DO) methods to pass the […]
Company Announcements In April, Sigma-Aldrich entered into a license agreement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to offer two membrane scaffold proteins used in Nanodiscs, which are self-assembled systems that render soluble in aqueous media typically insoluble yet biologically and pharmacologically significant targets. In April, BioTime agreed to acquire Xeenex, which holds the exclusive […]
Company Announcements Gilson announced in February that its PIPETMAN products are now available through Fisher Scientific. Analytik Jena and SOTAX partnered in February to pair their respective SPECORD PLUS UV/Vis spectrometers and online dissolution systems. In March, Kewaunee Scientific named David M. Rausch president and COO. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of […]
Held June 16–21 in at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California, HPLC 2012, put on by the California Separation Science Society, hosted 815 attendees and 52 exhibitors. This was the conference’s first trip to Southern California. HPLC 2013 will be held in the Netherlands and Australia. Starting the day on June 18 was a plenary […]
The recipients of the second round of funding of Germany’s Excellence Initiative were announced earlier this month. The biggest winners were the so-called “elite universities,” which will each receive €10–€15 million ($13–$19 million) per year for five years. The first round designated nine universities as “elite.” The second round specified the choice of 12 universities […]
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