Lab Furnishings and Equipment

Katalyst D2D from ACD/Labs enables the design, planning, execution, and analysis of high throughput (HT) experiments. The web-based application was introduced at Pittcon 2019 in Philadelphia, PA.

Bruker highlighted new analytical systems for several industry applications, including pharma, materials science, and clinical/preclinical research.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) and Novasep will partner to develop systems for membrane chromatography using Novasep’s BioSC platform and SSB’s single-use technology.

In light of recent FDA guidance on data integrity, the challenges and benefits of using the public cloud to deploy and use data management software are discussed.

The TSKgel FcR-IIIA-NPR HPLC column from Tosoh Bioscience is a FcRγ affinity chromatography analysis column suited for the analysis of immunoglobulin G glycoforms.

Caron’s Wally CO2 incubators for laboratories are now available for purchase in the European Union.

The companies will develop a software-connected pipetting system for improved reproducibility and traceability in life-science laboratories.

Formulatrix’s FLO i8 and Flow Axial Seal Tip liquid handlers offer automated transferring.

The latest in automation solutions for pharmaceutical laboratories include products in endotoxin detection, liquid handling, and lab workflows.

BioPharm International spoke with Stuart Ward, head of Business Analysis at IDBS, about what needs to be considered when integrating automation solutions into lab workflows for operational tasks.

Lonza’s PyroTec PRO system combines robotic liquid-handling technology with an automation software module.

The company has built a fit-for-purpose liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) system to streamline analytical monitoring tests for biopharmaceuticals.

The new reagents are designed to support clinical-phase and commercialization stages of cell and gene therapy production and to enhance DNA transfection.

The company will use GE Healthcare’s off-the-shelf KUBio biologics factory, which is expected to start operations in 2020, to provide development and manufacturing for early- to late-clinical and early-commercial manufacturing stages.

The partnership, co-funded by Enterprise Ireland, will develop technologies for monitoring the quality of biopharma processes.

The contract research organization has increased its US-based early phase clinical capacity and doubled its specialty lab space.

Cytek Biosciences’ Northern Lights series of advanced flow cytometry systems brings reagent and application flexibility to more labs while enhancing performance.

This new partnership provides access to Distributed Bio’s antibody discovery platforms.

Research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests that small chips could replace standard lab-scale spectrometry equipment for many applications.

As biopharma companies rapidly change their focus, they may lack the laboratory space, instrumentation, and the scientific knowledge to support biologics research.

The companies collaborated to launch a new cell-based profiling service for biochemical assay.

New software tools by Tecan, a provider of automated laboratory instruments and solutions, complement each other to enhance process monitoring of its liquid-handling platforms.

Research by Thermo Fisher Scientific and LumaCyte suggests that LumaCyte's Radiance instrument offers the ability to rapidly analyze viral vaccines to speed development and production and ensure their effectiveness.

The companies have partnered to launch Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticle (CPN) products for use in molecular imaging and R&D applications.

The new features on the purifier deliver additional sizes and sterilization/sanitization compatibility.

Flush solutions for liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) systems and ultrapure solvents for ultra-high-performance LC-MS systems from Thermo Fisher Scientific can minimize interference and maximize lab instrument uptime.

Protagen Protein Services, a CRO, now offers quicker and more accurate characterization of biomolecular stability using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Shimadzu’s Imagereveal MS mass spectrometry imaging data analysis software can analyze large sets of data or simultaneously analyze multiple sets of data.

The acquisition strengthens Nelson Labs’ outsourced testing capabilities for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

PDA Technical Report 80 (TR 80): Data Integrity in Laboratory Systems is the first in a series of three technical reports PDA will publish on data integrity.