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Thermo Fisher Buys SwissAnalytic; Regis expands services with SFC; PerkinElmer acquires product line from Triton; Airgas acquires CFC Refimax

The authors explore how the development of improved light- scattering detection, ethodology, and data interpretation has allowed detailed characterization of polymers used in the paint industry.

A new type of computer peripheral has been introduced designed to make navigating in virtual 3D space both seamless and simple. 3Dconnexion, a subsidiary of Logitech, has developed the SpaceNavigator in conjunction with Google Earth and Google SketchUp. The device offers a more user friendly alternative to the mouse movement and keystroke combinations currently used to navigate 3D environments or to move 3D objects. Other 3D modelling programs, such as AutoCAD, can also use the device.

Bruker Daltonics has announced the receipt of a $1.7 million subcontract award from the US army through a lead systems integrator. This award is for the company's RAID-M handheld chemical agent detectors.

Each month in our Technology Forum we will feature a discussion between industry experts on various trends and issues in the chromatography field. This month's Technology Forum looks at the topic of Sample Preparation and the trends and issues surrounding it. Joining us for this discussion are Kary Staples with Gilson, Inc., Mike Kopczynski with ENS Nanotechnology, and LCGC Columnist Ron Majors.

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Regis Technologies, Inc. partners with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other companies to help expedite drugs to market by providing synthesis and separations services. Regis Technologies announced today it has added Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) to its separations services and will offer GMP separations April 1, 2007.

Groupe Novasep has been acquired for an enterprise value ofEUR 425 million by its management and by a financial investor group composedof Gilde Buy Out, Banexi Capital Partenaires, BNP Paribas. The acquisitionhas been signed on November 29th, 2006 and completed on January 9th 2007.

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced the acquisition of a line of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) products from UK-based Triton Technology Ltd. The DMA instrument is used by scientists in the polymers, pharmaceuticals and food industries for diverse applications ranging from simple quality control to advanced research.

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced today that the world-renowned Max Planck Institute is enhancing its research on neurodegenerative diseases by adding a Waters? Synapt High Definition MS? (HDMS) System to its complement of research technologies. The Institute?s Department of Cellular Biochemistry recently took delivery of its Synapt? HDMS System to study the role of proteins in causing brain-wasting diseases including Huntington?s Disease.

Airgas, Inc. today announced the acquisition of CFC Refimax, LLC, a leading full-service refrigerant supplier and reclamation company based in Atlanta, GA. The business, which has about 50 employees, mostly based in Atlanta, generated about $21 million in annual sales in 2006.

News All the news from January 2007 Zosimus Zosimus complains about the lack of innovation in chromatography and stresses the importance of getting back in the lab to do the "real work". Market Trends & Analysis Glenn Cudiamat provides a report on separation instrumentation demand in the Asia-Pacific region. Extraction of Pharmaceuticals from Environmental Water Samples Matthew Cleeve, Lee Williams and Helen Lodder Simplified Method Development with a Single Polymeric SPE Sorbent Shahana Huq and Art Dixon Chiral Method Development Brian Freer Demonstration of Chiral Separation Behaviour and a Scale-up Process Silvia Marten Q&A Chris Loran, product group director, LC, LC-MS and consumables at Thermo Fisher Scientific in San Jose, California, USA talks to The Column about Ultrafast HPLC systems.

Eksigent has announced a new distribution agreement with Seoul-based Interface Engineering, a division of Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd.

Star gazing will be made easy with a new handheld device, known as the SkyScout, that uses advanced GPS technology with point and click convenience to identify thousands of stars, planets and constellations.

Although interpreting MS spectra can be a thorny problem at least some of the time, in the words of Fred McLafferty, "All you are dealing with is the mass of the molecule and the masses of the pieces."

The current final FDA guidance document discussing the revised scope and applicability of 21 CFR Part 11 clearly adopts a risk-based approach to Part 11 compliance. This is certainly a very pragmatic approach and one that many regulated firms had adopted even before the recent release of this document. This article will discuss the particulars of a risk-based approach to Part 11 compliance. The favored risk assessment protocols such as HACCP, FMEA and FMECA will also be addressed as well as how one can apply them to 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.

MIP Technologies has signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with Supelco, a division of Sigma-Aldrich. The agreement is for the distribution of analytical and preparative molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) separation products.

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced it has acquired Cohesive Technologies, Inc. (Franklin, Massachusetts), a manufacturer of advanced sample extraction and liquid chromatography products. Cohesive has annual revenues of approximately $15 million.