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Speciality chemicals group LANXESS AG has made two acquisitions in Asia. The company will acquire the chemical businesses and assets of Gwalior Chemical Industries for €82.4 million. LANXESS will also acquire the business and production assets of Chinese-based Jiangsu Polyols Chemical Co.

India is an increasingly influential player in the global pharmaceutical market. A pilot study, conducted in two major cities in India, Delhi and Chennai, explored the proliferation of substandard and counterfeit drugs in the market and discussed how the Indian state and federal governments could improve drug regulation and regulatory enforcement to combat this.

A provider of contract laboratory services and manufacturer of scientific instruments in the US, has opened a new European laboratory and office in Warwickshire, UK.

In this application note GPC is used to easily and reliably analyze the molecular mass distribution of industrially produced polyacrylnitrile (PAN). Since this GPC application uses DMF and a small amount of lithium bromide as mobile phase, it will work on a standard HPLC system without any modifications.

Joining us for this discussion are Jim Koers and Nick Duczak of Thermo Fisher Scientific; Phillip DeLand of Dionex Corporation; Roger N. Bardsley of Teledyne Tekmar; and Atis Chakrabarti of Tosoh Bioscience LLC.

The effects of the flow-rate on GPC/SEC experiments are shown and we give you the tips to control them.

Laboratory Equipment Qualification: Back to Basics Nicola Vosloo Confirming Peak Identification in Biological Studies Using Dual-Scanning MS Technology to Achieve Product Ion Confirmation Paul D. Rainville and Joanne Mather Meeting Review SFC for Pharmaceutical Analysis - Opportunity or Challenge? Melissa Hanna-Brown and Tom Lynch News Honey quality control, smoke detection in mummies, identifying PFCs in soil and water and the trace analysis of aromatic amines are featured in this issue. Market Trends and Analysis Market Profile: UHPLC Glenn Cudiamet Tips & Tricks: GPC/SEC How does the Flow-rate Influence GPC/SEC Results? Thorsten Hofe and Daniela Held Events

LC•GC and Crawford Scientific are pleased to present a live preview of CHROMacademy at HPLC 2009 in Dresden. CHROMacademy is a primary on-line reference source for chromatographic and instrument troubleshooting.

Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Copenhagen will open the doors of its new research centre, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Protein Research. The centre is the result of an historic donation from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, which in 2007 gave the university €80 million for its establishment.

June 2009 Events

Upcoming events in the chromatography community as of June 2009.

?Green? separation techniques have been going in and out of fashion since the early 1980s. Is the renewed interest in green chromatography marketing hype or is the chromatography community beginning to treat this topic seriously? Alasdair Matheson spoke to Chris Welch from Merck?s Separation & Purification Centre of Excellence in Rahway, New Jersey, to find out more.

In the automotive industry, thermodesorption is one of the approved testing methods identifying volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in non-metallic car materials. Shimadzu combines thermodesorption system with GC–MS technology providing excellent precision and sensitivity?

Award nominees sought

The Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley has begun seeking nominations for the 2011 Dal Nogare Award. The award is given each year to an individual who is an example of an outstanding scientist in the field of chromatography.

Albumins are found in animal tissue, blood plasma, in bacteria and in plants, and include many important proteins with key functions in the body. ProSEC 300S columns from Varian, Inc. are designed for protein analysis and may be used to investigate a wide range of globular proteins, including the albumins, by size exclusion chromatography (SEC).

Joining us for this discussion are Nelu Grinberg of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;Todd Palcic of TharSFC, a Waters Company; and Jelena Kocergin of Regis Technologies, Inc.