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Roche Medicine Avastin Receives EU Approval For The Treatment Of Women With Recurrent, Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer

Roche announced recently that the European Commission (EC) has approved Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with standard chemotherapy (carboplatin and gemcitabine) as a treatment for women with first recurrence of platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

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  • How CHT Ceramic Hydroxyapatite Works Application Note

    CHT ceramic hydroxyapatite is a versatile chromatography support used for separation of biological molecules as diverse as polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, enzymes, nucleic acids, and membrane proteins. By Paul Ng, Jie He, and Andrew Cohen, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA 94547

  • Selecting The Optimal Resins For Endotoxin Depletion In Process Purification

    A guide to effectively remove endotoxins with versatile process resins.

  • Mammalian Virus Purification Using Ceramic Hydroxyapatite

    Conventional techniques for mammalian virus purification produce variable quality, quantity, and significant loss of particle infectivity. We  propose the chromatographic separation of viral particles of diverse sizes and from different families such as dengue, influenza, mouse hepatitis, adenovirus, poliovirus using CHT Ceramic Hydroxyapatite resin.

  • Automated Bioluminescent ADCC Reporter Bioassay Using Bioengineered Jurkat Cells

    Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly exploring new biologic and biosimilar products, and thus increasing monoclonal antibody (mAb) immunotherapeutic research. By Tracy Worzella, Promega Corporation and Brad Larson, Applications Department, BioTek Instruments, Inc.

  • Avoiding Drug Shortages With Microbial Detection

    Over the past year, critical drug shortages used to treat a host of life-threatening illnesses have been making headlines. Microbial contamination has been cited as a major contributor to the shortage, yet the prevailing practices to ensure the safety of drugs have been slow to change. In most cases, quality assurance practices safeguarding the drug making environment continue to rely on periodic air and a culturing method from a prior century. By Aric Meares, President and CEO, BioVigilant

  • Comparing The Automated Pipetting To Volumetric Glassware And Air Displacement Pipettes

    Analytical sample preparation is used in many industries such as forensics, environmental chemistry, mining, beer and wine fermentation and many others. Concentrated samples are diluted and analyzed via High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Atomic Absorption, and/or Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy to name a few. Traditionally these samples are prepared using volumetric glassware, syringes and/or pipettes.

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With the Eppendorf BioSpectrometer basic, measurements can be executed in the UV and Vis range from 200 nm to 830 nm. The freely selectable wavelengths offer you maximum flexibility during these procedures.

High throughput and high productivity are standard fare for every Beckman Coulter centrifuge and the Avanti JXN Series is no exception. It’s more than capable of delivering solutions for shared labs, GMP environments, networked instruments and more.

Our integrated single-use bioreactors are designed as complete out-of-the-box jacketed systems, each paired with an integrated controller and temperature control unit (TCU).

Capto Core 700 is a multimodal chromatography medium designed for purification of large proteins or viruses in vaccine processes.

Freeze drying is a potentially damaging process, especially to labile materials such as proteins or living organisms. Depending on the product type damage can occur at various stages of the process including freezing, drying and heating.

Get fast micro-centrifugation in an easy-to-use, compact design. The Beckman Coulter Microfuge® Series offers the performance and reliability you demand—and have come to expect.  Intuitive user interface display, increased speed and capacity, safety, and multiple rotor options are just a few of the many features the Microfuge® offers.

PRP-X300 is a polymeric column packing for the separation of alcohols and organic acids.

Hydrophilic media and depth filters. Cellulosic, Diatomaceous earth + cellulose, GF, polyproylene and nano fiber disposable capsules or cartridges. For clarification, prefiltration or to protect columns. Many different inlet / outlet connections, with or without vents and drains. SIP / Autoclavable. Specify when gamma stability is required.

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Bioprocess With The Bozenhardts is back, with a fresh episode packed with advice from Herman and Erich on the selection of filling systems for biopharmas. Listen in as the Bozenhardts give us an update on the process, logistics, and administration trends that are informing filling system decisions today, and offer direction on making choices that will prepare you for the fast-advancing therapies of tomorrow.

Beckman Coulter's Randall Lockner, marketing manager for centrifugation, explains the highlights of the floor model ultracentrifuge, the Optima X Series.

Bio-Rad now offers two very high capacity ion exchangers: Nuvia S, which can be used for capture and/or intermediate polishing; and Nuvia Q, which can be used for intermediate and/or final polishing.

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