GoldenEye and a Golden Ticket
Business in brief: what’s going on in analytical science?
Products and launches
SCIEX has launched a high-performance mass spectrometry technology device - CitrineTM MS/MS – for use in clinical diagnostics. Read more
At the end of January 2018, Waters introduced the ACQUITY biosystem, a quaternary LC for the improvement of bioseparation. Read more
Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science has added to its range of benchtop analyzers with the FT110A and FT150 series, designed to measure ultra-thin coatings. Read more
BaySpec has introduced a new range of spectrometers and spectral analyzers, including the snapshot imager GoldenEyeTM, and the new palm spectrometer BreezeTM. Read more
Collaborations and acquisitions
Ingenza has joined ConBioChem, a translational project focusing on “the development of novel platform technologies for the continuous bio-production of commodity chemicals.” Read more
Agilent has awarded Angiex with a Golden Ticket, which provides funding for a lab bench space for one year. Agilent’s Senior VP and CTO Darlene Solomon said the biotech startup had demonstrated “an excellent combination of scientific impact, enthusiasm to collaborate with Agilent, and personal drive to advancing cancer treatments.” Read more
Eurofins has acquired Craft Technologies, Inc., expanding its offering in food and feed testing. The company has also branched out further into the Asian market with its acquisition of Tsing Hua in Taiwan. Read more
A new collaboration between Waters and Malvern PANalytical aims to improve the characterization of polymers by combining Waters’ Advanced Polymer Chromatography System with Malvern’s OMNISEC REVEAL for the calculation of absolute molecular weight, intrinsic viscosity and hydrodynamic radius. Read more
Company updates
Ray Himmel has joined VUV Analytics as Senior Vice President of Sales. Himmel’s previous positions include 15 years at Waters Corporation. Read more
Agilent has been named Company of the Year by Instrument Business Outlook, for “the expansion of Agilent’s diagnostics business, entry into new markets such as cell analysis and Raman spectroscopy, and additions to successful franchises in NGS sample preparation and LC-MS, among other key product launches.” Read more
Owlstone Medical has won the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Catalyst Challenge for its breath biopsy platform. This a non-invasive system finds and analyzes volatile organic compounds in breath to improve diagnosis of IPF. Read more
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