Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing, China, have used high‑performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to study the stabilization of inactivated foot and mouth disease virus.

Fluence Analytics, formerly Advanced Polymer Monitoring Technologues (APMT), has announced an increase in investment led by Energy Innovation Capital (EIC) but also including participation from other investors.

Researchers have developed and validated a stability- and potency-indicating assay protocol for high-throughput quality assessment of vaccines consisting of recombinant virus- “like” particles (VLPs) using conformation-dependent antibodies coupled to size-exclusion high performance liquid chromatography (SE-HPLC).

Thermo Fisher Scientific has been selected as a partner of INTELLItrace Work Package (WP) 18, part of the European Food Integrity Project aimed at developing a validation of untargeted methods to assure the quality, authenticity, and safety of the food chain.

A novel unit that integrates sampling and analysis for the determination of pest insect sexual pheromones in environmental air using fabric phase sorptive extraction (FPSE) and headspace gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (HSGC–MS) has been developed at the University of Córdoba in Spain.

High quality, low cost is a standard mantra within the pharmaceutical industry, but with increasing structural complexity of drugs and drug candidates maintaining the core value of this mantra is becoming more difficult. Kanta Horie from Eisai Co., Ltd., recently spoke to The Column about the development of an intelligent peak deconvolution technique using multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) that allows accurate quantitation of multiple components with different absorbing spectra even if the peaks are not completely separated.

hermo Fisher Scientific has announced its intention to buy Patheon NV.

MilliporeSigma is now accepting entries for the Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation.

Peak Scientific has expanded its operations in Latin American (LATAM), moving to a new, larger premise with the aim of developing its support capabilities in the growing LATAM market.

Markes International has been awarded a European Product Design award for their recently re-designed “xr” series of thermal desorption (TD) products.

Researchers from Zhejiang University, China, have created a graphene-coated polymeric stationary phase and demonstrated its performance separating inorganic anions, organic acids, carbohydrates, and amino acids using anion exchange chromatography.

3M, the science-based technology company, has commissioned the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) to conduct in-depth research into their Emphaze AEX Hybrid Purifier, a single use plug and play filter matrix.

Agilent Technologies has awarded Dwight Stoll an Agilent Thought Leader Award in support of his research applying two‑dimensional liquid chromatography (2D‑LC) to biopharmaceutical analysis.

Researchers from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in Mexico, have used solid-phase extraction (SPE) and gas chromatography–electron capture detection (GC–ECD) to study the effects of organopesticides in the Yucatán region of Mexico.