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The 54th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques (HPLC 2025) will be held from Sunday through Thursday, June 15-19, 2025, in Bruges, Belgium.

LCGC International spoke with various corporate personalities about trends and developments in sample preparation.

Deriving antibodies from plasma products involves several steps, typically starting from the collection of plasma and ending with the purification of the desired antibodies. These are: plasma collection; plasma pooling; fractionation; antibody purification; concentration and formulation; quality control; and packaging and storage. This process results in a purified antibody product that can be used for therapeutic purposes, diagnostic tests, or research. Each step is critical to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of the final product. Applications of AI/GenAI in many of these steps can significantly help in the optimization of purification and yield of the desired antibodies. Some specific use-cases are: selecting and optimizing plasma units for optimized plasma pooling; GenAI solution for enterprise search on internal knowledge portal; analysing and optimizing production batch profitability, inventory, yields; monitoring production batch key performance indicators for outlier identification; monitoring production equipment to predict maintenance events; and reducing quality control laboratory testing turnaround time.

November 13, 2024 – LCGC International magazine is proud to announce that Christopher A. Pohl has been named the recipient of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement in Chromatography Award. This honor is awarded to individuals who have made enduring contributions to the field of chromatography. Pohl, a celebrated innovator and thought leader, has influenced the direction of analytical chemistry and chromatography for over 50 years, particularly in the areas of ion chromatography (IC) and separation science.

The pivotal role of analytical chemistry in the medico-legal and forensic applications is explored in this article.