From mAbs to MALDI
Business in brief: What’s going on in analytical science?
Products and launches
• Waters has launched several new products this month, including:
- The Kairos Amino Acid Analysis Kit, which aims to streamline and speed up LC/MS-MS analysis of human urine and plasma.
- The BioAccord System, an LC-MS aimed at the biopharma market that should decentralize routine monitoring.
- Ion-Exchange Columns (BioResolve SCX) to simplify mAb characterization
• Bruker launched the G6 LEONARDO, an inert gas infusion analyser for ONH concentration in organic samples.
Collaborations and company updates
• The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (SFOCME) is partnering with SCIEX to speed up forensic testing in the city.
• Mala Anand (president, Intelligent Enterprise Solutions and Industries) has been appointed to Agilent’s Board of Directors. Agilent chairman Koh Boon Hwee said, “[Mala’s] depth of experience in technology innovation and cloud-based strategies brings a critical perspective to the board.”
• MRM Proteomics has partnered with Biodesix. granting them the rights to use its MALDI technology for the improvement of lung cancer diagnostics.
• The US Department of Defense has selected Smiths Detection (SDI), a threat detection and screening technology company, to design and engineer a new chemical detector. SDI is itself partnered with 908 Devices, which develops the high-pressure mass spec used in their detectors.
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