New Site for Advanced Mass Spectrometry Opened in Bremen, Germany

02-Feb-2005 - Thermo Electron Corporation announced that it has recently opened a new European Center of Excellence for Mass Spectrometry in Bremen, Germany. The new site includes a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for Thermo's line of advanced mass spectrometers used for drug discovery, environmental ...

Agilent Technologies introduces method for chemical fingerprinting of microscopic materials from crime scenes

22-Oct-2004 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a method for analyzing forensic samples with significant advantages in speed, sensitivity and sample use over traditional techniques. It can characterize microscopic samples such as glass shards and clothing fibers at the parts per billion (ppb) level, ...

Thermo Electron EstablishesNew Center of Excellence for Elemental Speciation Analysis at Pau University in France

27-Sep-2004 - Thermo Electron Corporation has concluded a collaboration agreement with the Biogeochemistry, Ultra Trace and Isotopic Analysis group at the University of Pau in France in order to create a Center of Excellence for speciated analysis techniques. This collaboration will establish, promote, ...

PerkinElmer Receives FDA Clearance for World's First Tandem Mass Spectrometry Newborn Screening System

27-Aug-2004 - PerkinElmer, Inc. announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its NeoGram Amino Acids and Acylcarnitines Tandem Mass Spectrometry Kit. PerkinElmer now has the world's first kit cleared by the FDA for use in the global standardization of Metabolic ...

Thermo Electron Collaborates with Clarkson University in Development of Environmental Laboratory

23-Jul-2004 - Thermo Electron Corporation has partnered with Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York in the development of their new environmental laboratory by supplying three mass spectrometers; the Finnigan(TM) PolarisQ GC/MS, the X Series ICP-MS, and the Finnigan LCQ(TM) Advantage MAX(TM) LC/MS. The ...

Agilent Technologies develops sensitive analysis of PBDE, toxic chemical found in computer dust and household products

21-Jul-2004 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a highly sensitive method for analyzing polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a class of toxic chemicals found in thousands of consumer products. This gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) method can detect PBDEs at the lowest levels available in ...

Oxford Instruments announces major technology licensing deal with GE Healthcare

Result will be powerful new tool for in vitro molecular analysis

28-May-2004 - Oxford Instruments Superconductivity (OIS) announced an agreement whereby GE Healthcare will exclusively licence in vitro rights to its proprietary dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) technology to OIS for the creation of the world's first DNP Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instrument. DNP-NMR ...

Varian, Inc. Named 2004 Analytical Instrumentation Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan

25-May-2004 - Varian, Inc. announced it has been named "2004 Leading Analytical Instrumentation Company of the Year" by Frost & Sullivan, a prestigious growth-consulting firm. According to the international growth consulting and market research firm, Varian, Inc. has demonstrated unparalleled excellence for ...

Agilent Technologies wins decision on AP-MALDI patent

19-May-2004 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has prevailed in an interference between the company's 1998 patent application covering atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (AP-MALDI) and U.S. Patent 5,965,884, assigned to the University of California. An interference is a ...

Varian, Inc. Reports Higher Sales and Profits for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2004

29-Apr-2004 - Varian, Inc. reported higher sales of $232.7 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2004, representing an increase of 13.7% over second quarter 2003 sales of $204.6 million. The increase was driven by the general economic improvement and by strong demand for the Company's newer products. ...