February 1st 2005News All the news from February 2005 Opinion Our columnist, Zosimus, ponders the question of why micro devices in the separation science industry have been a long time in coming. Market trends & analysis Glenn Cudiamat provides a review of the European and North American GC-MS markets. HPLC and LC-MS analysis of Simvastatin Mark Woodruff, of Thermo, discusses the implications of moving pharmaceuticals to over-the-counter status, in terms of ensuring that a suitable analytical method is obtained. Q&A Georges Gauthier and Martin Greiner from Agilent Technologies answer questions on the company's chip technology - the latest branch of separation science.