Asynt acquires Uniqsis

A fresh outlook in chemistry technologies

04-Sep-2024 - Flow Chemistry specialist, Uniqsis, has been acquired by long-term trading partner – Asynt Ltd. The business deal, completed on 31st August 2024, includes the transfer of all Uniqsis staff, the company’s internationally respected intellectual property portfolio plus all equipment stock. Uniqsis’ ...

Autonomous synthesis robot uses AI to speed up chemical discovery

Impressive ingenuity

30-Jan-2024 - Chemists of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have developed an autonomous chemical synthesis robot with an integrated AI-driven machine learning unit. Dubbed ‘RoboChem’, the benchtop device can outperform a human chemist in terms of speed and accuracy while also displaying a high level of ...

AGI Group acquires Chemtrix B.V. to expand into the large-scale flow chemistry market

08-Jan-2024 - AGI Group announced the successful acquisition of Chemtrix B.V. effective from 29th December 2023. Chemtrix, based in the Netherlands, designs and manufactures a scalable portfolio of flow reactors that enables industry and academia to harness the advantages of flow chemistry and process ...

New light-powered catalysts could aid in manufacturing

When coated onto plastic tubing, the catalysts could act on chemicals flowing through, helping to synthesize drugs and other compounds

01-Jun-2022 - Chemical reactions that are driven by light offer a powerful tool for chemists who are designing new ways to manufacture pharmaceuticals and other useful compounds. Harnessing this light energy requires photoredox catalysts, which can absorb light and transfer the energy to a chemical ...

New method for producing synthetic DNA

Chemically synthesized short DNA sequences are extremely important ingredients with countless uses

18-May-2021 - The DNA sequences produced are also called oligonucleotides. These are widely used for disease identification, for the manufacture of oligonucleotide-based drugs, and for several other medical and biotechnological applications. The high demand for oligonucleotides therefore requires an efficient ...

Virtual lab finds the right AI tool for each chemistry problem

"Autonomous systems have tremendous potential for accelerating chemical R&D and manufacturing"

24-Mar-2021 - Having the right tool for the job makes the job a lot easier, less expensive and faster. Chemical engineering researchers have now developed a virtual laboratory that can be used to determine the artificial intelligence (AI) tools best suited for addressing various chemical synthesis challenges ...

New synthetic technology for medicines and fine chemicals

17-Apr-2015 - A University of Tokyo research group has succeeded in synthesizing (R)- and (S)-rolipram, the active component of a medicine, in high yield with high selectivity by a catalyzed flow fine synthesis instead of the traditional batch method used in the production of 99% of medicines.Professor Shu ...

An assembly line for medications

Efavirenz can now be produced more cost efficiently and sustainable utilizing continuous flow chemistry.

25-Feb-2015 - Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI) and the Freie Universität Berlin have succeeded in developing better methods of producing APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients). As a result, Efavirenz, one of the preferred agents for treating HIV in combination ...

Uniqsis appoints Paul Pergande as Commercial Director

28-Apr-2010 - Uniqsis Ltd has appointed Paul Pergande as the company’s Commercial Director. Pergande will be responsible for worldwide sales and marketing including after sales service and technical support of the Uniqsis’ flagship product – the FlowSyn™ continuous flow reactor system. “More than two years ...

FutureChemistry and Flowid implements Flow Chemistry for US based Solterra’s High Volume Quantum Dot Manufacturing Plan

26-Apr-2010 - FutureChemistry Holding BV and Flowid BV announced that they entered into a process development agreement with Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., to apply flow chemistry for high volume production of high quality tetrapod quantum dots. These quantum dots, Solterra’s proprietary technology, ...