High-Sensitivity Impurity Quantitation System Developed Jointly with Eisai Co., Ltd.

Shimadzu has launched the Co-Sense for Impurities System for the quantitative analysis of impurities in drugs. This high-performance liquid chromatography application system achieves reliable separation of trace impurities and 20 times higher sensitivity than conventional liquid chromatography systems. It features online trapping to enhance sensitivity through automatic online concentration of the target impurities. Dedicated control [...]

Accelrys Speeds Time to Scientific Innovation with New Enterprise R&D Architecture

SAN DIEGO - Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced the new Accelrys Enterprise R&D Architecture, enabling industries and organizations that rely on scientific innovation to bring new products from lab to market more quickly and efficiently through enhanced productivity, reduced costs and improved quality and compliance [...]

Ohio State University HELIOS Facility At The Cutting Edge Of Package Failure Analysis

CAMBRIDGE, UK - TeraView, (www.teraview.com ) the pioneer and leader in terahertz solutions and technology is pleased to announce a major collaboration with Ohio State University. The Hyperspectral Engine Lab for Integrated Optical Systems (HELIOS) is a Third Frontier supported project based within the Electrical Engineering Department of Ohio State University. Headed by Prof J [...]

Affymetrix Releases Comprehensive Validated Data from the Axiom™ Genomic Database

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) today announced the release of a complete data set of 5 million variants on its website. The genotyping data set, part of the Axiom(TM) Genomic Database, is based on extensive validation of genomic variants from the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database (dbSNP), 1000 Genomes Project, NHGRI Database of [...]

Symyx Notebook by Accelrys Speeds R&D with New Formulations Capabilities, Pipeline Pilot Integration, and Improved Isentris Connectivity

SAN DIEGO - Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced the release of the 6.6 version of Symyx Notebook by Accelrys. Building on last year's merger of Accelrys, Inc. and Symyx Technologies, Inc., as well as the combined company's recently announced corporate strategy and underpinning Enterprise R&D Architecture, [...]

New Phenomenex GC Seal is Stable at High Temperatures and Easy to Install

Torrance, CA - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces Easy Seal, an advanced seal for GC columns that addresses common problems with installation and reliability. The new accessory is constructed of a proprietary gold-plated alloy that is softer than widely used stainless steel [...]

TeraView Enhances US Presence

CAMBRIDGE, UK - TeraView, (www.teraview.com ) is pleased to announce the opening of its first overseas office within the Institute for the Development and Commercialization of Advanced Sensor Technology, IDCAST, in Dayton, Ohio. “There is an impressive concentration of Terahertz systems and technology in this region of the United States” said Dr. Don Arnone, TeraView’s [...]

Riverlake Partners Sells SP Industries, Inc.

Portland, OR - Riverlake Partners, a Portland-based private equity group focused on the lower middle market, today announced it has sold SP Industries, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of laboratory products and pharmaceutical production equipment, to an affiliate of Graham Partners of Newtown Square, PA. “During our ownership period, several value-creating initiatives were implemented,” [...]

Centrifan™ PE Personal Evaporator to be Introduced at Pittcon 2011

Franklin, MA - Modular SFC is introducing a novel, lab scale evaporation device that enables reliable, sample-safe drying of solutions containing radioactive and other toxic compounds at Pittcon 2011 in Atlanta, GA, March 13-18. The Centrifan PE Personal Evaporator is a centrifugal concentration/evaporation system that produces its own drying gas flow within the closed system, [...]

ChromaDex and Bruker Optics Sign Agreement to Expedite Dietary Supplement Testing

IRVINE, CALIF. and WOODLANDS, TEX. - ChromaDex Corporation (OTCBB: CDXC), and Bruker Optics Inc., a subsidiary of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), announced today a co-development and co-marketing agreement that will promote a new approach to dietary supplement testing. The collaboration will capitalize on the extensive phytochemical and botanical reference standard capabilities of ChromaDex and will [...]

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