Peaks of Interest
Phenomenex, Inc. (Torrance, California) announced that it has acquired Chemtek Analytica S.R.L. (Bologna, Italy), a subsidiary of Labservice Analytica S.R.L., and privately held SupWare (Hilleroed, Denmark).
Phenomenex announces acquisitions
Phenomenex, Inc. (Torrance, California) announced that it has acquired Chemtek Analytica S.R.L. (Bologna, Italy), a subsidiary of Labservice Analytica S.R.L., and privately held SupWare (Hilleroed, Denmark).
The two companies were exclusive distributors for chromatography products developed by Phenomenex. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.
"Phenomenex has had long, successful partnerships with these companies, so buying them represents a natural progression for us," stated Fasha Mahjoor, founder and CEO of Phenomenex.
Airgas purchases Linde's packaged gas business
Airgas, Inc. (Radnor, Pennsylvania) announced a definitive agreement to acquire a significant part of the United States packaged gas business of Linde AG (Wiesbaden, Germany) for $310 million in cash, to be financed under its revolving credit facility.
The operations to be acquired include branches, warehouses, packaged gas fill plants, and other operations involved in distributing packaged industrial and specialty gases and related equipment. The business includes 130 locations in 18 states, with 1400 employees.
Eksigent pushes distribution into Sweden and Denmark
Eksigent (Dublin, California) announced a new distribution agreement with Sweden-based Crelab Instruments AB. The agreement covers sales and service of Eksigent's NanoLC HPLC product line in Sweden and Denmark.
Crelab Instruments AB specializes in automation, chromatography sales, and support. The company provides laboratory equipment to customers in pharmaceutical research, biotech, hospitals, universities, and research institutes as well as the food industry. Crelab Instruments' solutions focus on front-end automation, custom systems, and special automated applications.
Agilent honors Australian researcher
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) announced it has presented its 2007 Manfred Donike Award for scientific excellence in doping control to Australian researcher Adam Cawley, a chemist at the National Measurement Institute of Australia. Cawley, who is also a doctoral student at the University of Sydney's School of Chemistry, was honored for his research on the diagnostic value of specific urine-sample screening markers for endogenous steroid abuse in athletes.
Agilent sponsors this annual award to recognize distinguished scientific contributions in the field of sports medicine. Award winners are scientists who exemplify scientific leadership.
GC–TOF-MS Finds 250 Volatile Compounds in E-Cigarette Liquids
November 1st 2024A study has used gas chromatography coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer to build an electron ionization mass spectra database of more than 250 chemicals classified as either volatile or semi-volatile compounds. An additional, confirmatory layer of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis was subsequently performed.
AI and GenAI Applications to Help Optimize Purification and Yield of Antibodies From Plasma
October 31st 2024Deriving 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.
Multivariate Design of Experiments for Gas Chromatographic Analysis
November 1st 2024Recent advances in green chemistry have made multivariate experimental design popular in sample preparation development. This approach helps reduce the number of measurements and data for evaluation and can be useful for method development in gas chromatography.
