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Agilent to roll out first-in-class QA/QC software
30-Jan-2004 - Agilent Technologies has launched a software package to help drug companies keep a close eye on the quality of chemical compounds. The firm says the product is the first of its kind, allowing a more than seven-fold increase in the number analytical instruments that can be monitored from a single PC.
Faster, nanoscale HPLC from Eksigent
27-Jan-2004 - Eksigent Technologies is launching a new high-pressure liquid chromatography system in March that can increase throughput compared to rival HPLC systems as much as six-fold.
Pork analysis made simpler
20-Jan-2004 - Agilent Technologies has launched a simplified method for detecting sulphonamide antibiotics in pork. The company claims that the method reliably measures sulphonamides at lower than half the European Union and Canadian regulatory limits of 100 parts per billion (ppb) in meat.
His-tagging column from Amersham
20-Jan-2004 - Amersham Biosciences has responded to competition in the marketplace for purifying tagged proteins with the launch of Ni Sepharose, a new affinity chromatography medium.
In the genes
16-Jan-2004 - French-based technology group BioMérieux is developing gene chips that can be used to ensure food safety and enhance traceability. The company, which is set to launch the product next month, is keeping tight-lipped about the product, but there is speculation that the concept could represent a breakthrough in food production.
New tests to fight foodborne disease
15-Jan-2004 - Food technology firm Oxoid has expanded its range of microbiological tests for the food industry to include two new diagnostic reagents kits - one for Salmonella and another for Listeria species. The company claims that both test kits are easy to use.
Banning microbes from the lab
15-Jan-2004 - Labcaire of the UK is upgrading its entire range of laboratory safety cabinets by coating them with an antimicrobial treatment designed to minimise the risk of cross-contamination.
First 'druggable' gene kit from Qiagen
13-Jan-2004 - Qiagen of the Netherlands has started shipping a set of RNA interference (RNAi) reagents that correspond to the 5,000 or so genes in the human genome thought most likely to be viable targets for drug discovery.
New colony picker from Genetix
13-Jan-2004 - Colony counting and picking are well-recognised as one of the most boring, repetitive and error-prone jobs in the lab, and there has been a strong desire to automate the process.
New player in pipette market
07-Jan-2004 - Indian companies may be making great strides in capturing international market shares for bulk pharmaceutical ingredients and generic drugs, but to date they have not made a great impression on the laboratory tool market.
Add-on for FT4 rheometer
06-Jan-2004 - In 2003, Freeman Technology launched its new-generation FT4 rheometer in Europe for testing the flow properties of powders, an important measurement in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries where most processes involve the extensive use of powdered compounds.
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