USP has updated the General Chapter <591> «Zinc Determination» monograph to include ion chromatography as the preferred method for measuring zinc oxide. USP 41–NF 36 was developed in partnership with Metrohm and replaces manual titration methods. The new method is approved by the FDA and benefits users with more ease of use and reliability. Zinc oxide is used in various skin care creams, drugs, and drug products....

Grinding has never been safer: instead of manually, the grinding bowls are automatically clamped by the mill – extremely easy and safe operation! With two grinding stations, we have developed the NEW FRITSCH Planetary Mill PULVERISETTE 5 premium line as the ‘big sister’ to the PULVERISETTE 7 premium line....

Uniqsis has introduced the Polar Bear Plus GSM™ - a versatile heating and cooling reactor module for flow chemistry applications using Glass Static Mixers / Reactor Chips (GSMs). To achieve high reproducibility and facilitate scale-up the control of mixing and temperature is essential, particularly for highly exothermic or fast, mixing-dependent reactions. Uniqsis glass static mixer / reactor chips produce an efficient, turbulent mixed reagent stream...

Evotec AG has announced a strategic alliance with Novo Nordisk to discover and develop novel small molecule therapies to treat patients suffering from diabetes and obesity as well as co-morbidities such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ("NASH"), cardiovascular diseases, and diabetic kidney disease. Evotec will apply its drug discovery platform, especially in ligand-based design...

The University of Glasgow has opened an innovative new structural biology centre, home to a cutting-edge electron microscope – the first of its kind in Scotland – which will be used to image biological molecules at the atomic level. The technology will be used to support vital research into diseases posing the greatest threat to human and animal health, providing greater capabilities in areas such as vaccine development, cancer research, and drug design and discovery....