HILIC with Alcohol as the Organic Modifier
April 1st 2009Researchers from Amgen (Thousand Oaks, California) examined the separation mechanism in the analysis of polar and basic hydrazines using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) with alcohol rather than acetonitrile as a weak eluent.
UHPLC-MS-MS Analysis of Alkylphenols
April 1st 2009Researchers from Zhejiang Province Environmental Monitoring Centre (Zhejiang, China) and Xiangtan University (Hunan, China) developed an ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS-MS) method for analyzing alkylphenols in soil.
PAH Extraction from Water Samples
April 1st 2009Researchers from IWW Water Centre (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) and University Duisburg-Essen (Duisberg, Germany) developed a solid-phase extraction (SPE) procedure using extraction disks in the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface water samples.
Leading Healthcare Market Research Publisher Announces Growth for Liquid Chromatgraphy
April 1st 2009Kalorama Information, leading healthcare market research publisher, announced that Liquid chromatography will see significant growth from a new application - food safety testing - after several highly publicized food scandals.
National Cancer Institute Purchases two Waters Corporation UPLC-MS Systems
April 1st 2009The National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research (Bethesda, Maryland), purchased a Waters ACQUITY UPLC®/Synapt High Definition MS (HDMSTM) and Waters ACQUITY® UPLC/XevoTM TQ MS Systems for its metabolomics research programs.
Agilent Technologies Supports SFC System Development
April 1st 2009Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California) and Aurora SFC Systems (Sunnyvale, California) announced that Agilent is providing technical support for the development of Aurora?s SFC Fusion A5, a new instrument that converts existing high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) systems into supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) systems.
Singapore centre of excellence
March 27th 2009PerkinElmer announced the inauguration of a new centre of excellence (COE) in Singapore, as part of what the company calls its expanding commitment to helping advance drug discovery and life sciences research in Asia. The announcement was made at a special event at the world-renowned A*STAR Biopolis research complex.
LIMS and decision support software partnership
March 27th 2009Symyx Technologies has announced the formation of a partnership between the company and Thermo Fisher Scientific. The partnership is expected to focus on meeting scientist's experiment documentation, decision support and laboratory information management system (LIMS) needs.
Chromatography software interface
March 27th 2009PerkinElmer and Waters have announced the development of an interface for Waters Empower 2 chromatography software. The interface will allow control of PerkinElmer Clarus gas chromatographs and TurboMatrix headspace samplers on networked installations that are currently using the chromatography software.
HPLC Analysis of Flavonoids in Ginkgo Biloba
March 18th 2009Reseachers from China Pharmaceutical University (Nanjing, China) used high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with photodiode-array detection and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry to analyze 12 flavonoids in Ginkgo biloba leaves.
HPLC-MS Fingerprinting of Chinese Herbal Medicine
March 18th 2009Scientists from Peking University Health Science Center (Beijing, China) and the University of Macau (Taipa, Macau, China) used high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with diode-array and mass spectrometry (MS) detection to distinguish between the crude herbs of four species of Herba Cistanche, a Chinese herbal medicine that has been recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.
Process development building opened
March 18th 2009WACKER opened a process development building for the production of pharmaceutical proteins, or biologics, at the company's site in Jena, Germany. The new unit is reported to be capable of shipping double-digit gram quantities of highly pure proteins for pre-clinical development, prior to scale-up in the company's GMP plant.
A highly selective method for the analysis of drospirenone in human plasma
March 18th 2009Several common birth control formulations contain both drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol. A highly selective and sensitive analytical method for the analysis of drospirenone in human plasma has been developed for use in bioequivalence studies.
Analytical thermal desorption alliance
March 18th 2009Agilent Technologies and Markes International have formed a strategic alliance for the global distribution and market development of analytical thermal desorption (TD) instruments used with gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) systems.
Waters and LabVantage Agree to Strategic Partnership
March 18th 2009Waters Corp. (Milford, Massachusetts) and LabVantage Solutions, Inc. (Bridgewater, New Jersey) announced a strategic partnership with the intention of integrating laboratory software for improved efficiency and effectiveness at laboratory-dependent organizations.
Agilent and Markes Announce Strategic Alliance
March 18th 2009Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, California) and Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) have announced a strategic alliance for global distribution and market development of analytical thermal desorption instruments for gas chromatography.