CEM Announces Formation of Japanese Subsidiary

19-Mar-2010 - CEM Corporation announced the formation of a new subsidiary headquartered in Tokyo with an additional office in Osaka, Japan. CEM Japan will be responsible for all sales, marketing, technical support and service of the Company’s entire line of laboratory instrumentation in Japan and selected ...

Investment boosts SpheriTech’s growth

07-Jan-2010 - SpheriTech received a six-figure investment has come from a financial backer who wishes to remain anonymous. The investor has taken a 20% holding in SpheriTech. Launched as a one-man operation by founder and chief executive Don Wellings, the company has already used the new investment to employ a ...

CEM Receives Fourth Patent for Microwave Peptide Synthesis

17-Sep-2009 - CEM announced that its fourth US patent covering microwave-assisted peptide synthesis (US7,582,728) was issued on September 1, 2009. The patent contains broad claims regarding the process of using microwave energy to accelerate two key steps in performing almost all solid phase peptide synthesis, ...

Coming Soon: Protein Synthesis Without Amino Acids?

Polypeptide synthesis done differently: cobalt-catalyzed copolymerization of imines and CO

23-Jul-2007 - Usually, the synthesis of short protein chains (polypeptides) begins with the production of their components, the amino acids. But it can be done differently: In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Chinese researchers report a considerably more convenient method that is similar to olefin ...

Kyowa Hakko Develops a New Manufacturing Technology for Amino Acid Dimers

21-Sep-2004 - Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Kyowa Hakko), one of Japan's leading companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, announced it has developed a novel, efficient, and versatile process for manufacturing amino-acid dimers (di-peptides). The Company intends to begin the commercial ...

Solutia PSD Delivers Innovation in Peptide Chemistry

24-Oct-2003 - Solutia Pharmaceutical Services Division (Solutia PSD) has announced the launch of its newest Centre of Excellence, Peptide Chemistry. Through the application of its innovative technology, Continuous Flow Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis (CFSPPS), the drug development services provider will enhance ...

New System for Microwave-Assisted Peptide Synthesis

30-Jul-2003 - The application of microwave energy has proved to be a major enabling tool for many chemical applications requiring energy input. A new technique for microwave-assisted, solid-phase peptide synthesis has been developed that allows for coupling times as low as two minutes. A single-mode cavity is ...

New Fluka and Riedel-de Haën Catalog Features Over 1,500 New Products

13-Dec-2002 - Fluka and Riedel-de Haën, two well-recognized European brands of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, have announced the release of their 2003/2004 scientific research catalog featuring over 25,000 products including 1,500 new additions for analytical, organic/synthetic and bio/bio-analytical chemistry. ...