LC–MS wins innovation award
Thermo Fisher Scientific has been presented with the ACHEMA 2009 Innovation Award for the category of Laboratory and Analytical Techniques. The PROCESS Innovation Award honours the most innovative technologies and equipment at ACHEMA, which this year had more than 4000 exhibitors.
Thermo Fisher Scientific has been presented with the ACHEMA 2009 Innovation Award for the category of Laboratory and Analytical Techniques. The PROCESS Innovation Award honours the most innovative technologies and equipment at ACHEMA, which this year had more than 4000 exhibitors.
The product that won the award was the Exactive, a high resolution benchtop LC–MS for simple and complex sample screening in a wide range of applications, including environmental, drug discovery, pharmaceutical and clinical/toxicology. It was selected from a field of 18 entrants.
"We are delighted that the innovative technology within the Exactive has been recognized with this new ACHEMA award," said Greg Herrema, president of scientific instruments at Thermo Fisher Scientific. "Since we launched Exactive at ASMS 2008, it has been very well received and also recently earned recognition at the Pittcon 2009 Editors' Awards. This Process Innovation Award is testament to the innovative design and the unique benefits that the instrument offers the scientific community."
For more information on Thermo Fisher Scientific visit www.thermo.com
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