Business in Brief

Thermo Fisher Scientific debuted two products at Analytica: the Thermo Scientific Nicolet Apex FTIR Spectrometer and the Thermo Scientific Dionex Inuvion Ion Chromatography system – designed for a wide range of applications, including materials analysis and simplified ion analysis, respectively. 

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a 510(k) clearance for a variety of Synaptive Medical Inc’s diagnostic devices – including the near-infrared fluorescence Modus X robotic exoscope. 

The collaboration between the Center for Life Science automation (CELISCA) at the University of Rostock and Yaskawa has been extended – focusing on Yaskawa’s MOTOMAN HD8 robot, which will be used as part of an EU-funded synergy project for sample handling in crystallization processes in materials research. 

LECO has launched the Pegasus BTX – a benchtop GC-TOF-MS instrument that incorporates LECO’s StayClean ion source with a new ion path and detector design to collect data faster.

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has established a new R&D Center – with three different laboratories across the US: one located at Shimadzu’s headquarters in Maryland, another on the East Coast (near Boston, Massachusetts), and a West Coast (near San Francisco, California) laboratory.

Waters has launched GTxResolve Premier Size Exclusion Chromatography Columns – enhanced with their MaxPeak Premier High-Performance Surface technology and designed specifically for accelerating gene therapy development. 

Bruker has acquired NanoString Technologies – a leader in gene expression profiling and spatial transcriptomics. 

Agilent announced the launch of various new tools – including ProteoAnalyzer, an automated capillary electrophoresis instrument and the upgraded BioTek Cytation C10 imaging system – at Analytica.