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Malvern Builds Direct Operation in Asia


Mallinckrodt Baker Renamed Following Acquisition


be announced in the near future. Avantor intends to continue using the J.T.Baker product line brand name.


"Our new name conveys several very important ideals," said Raj Gupta, executive chairman at Avantor and senior advisor at New Mountain Capital.


Hisashi Ietsugu, President and CEO of Sysmex Corporation, and Paul Walker, Managing Director of Malvern Instruments, exchanged gifts during the partnership celebration.


At the beginning of October Malvern Instruments marked its expansion into direct sales and applications support for its particle measuring systems in Japan with a celebration held at the company’s offices in Kobe. The move follows the conclusion of an agreement with Sysmex Corporation, which has been distributing Malvern’s systems since 2003. The two companies have also signed an agreement for the Sysmex FPIA particle characterisation instrument to be distributed by Malvern, both in Japan and worldwide.


Guests were addressed by both Paul Walker, Managing Director of Malvern Instruments, and Hisashi Ietsugu, President and CEO of Sysmex Corporation, as well as Jim Fatkin, Malvern’s Regional Manager for Asia.


“With the continued growth and diversification of the Malvern Instruments product range, now is the right time for us to extend our direct operation in Japan and to manage our particle characterisation business through a single organisation, as we do elsewhere,” said Mr Walker. “I am delighted that we have also concluded a new distribution agreement for the Sysmex FPIA systems worldwide and that Malvern and Sysmex will continue to collaborate in developing particle characterisation systems for the bioscience community.”


Hisashi Ietsugu, President and CEO of Sysmex Corporation said: “The transfer of the Malvern and Sysmex industrial particle characterisation business to Malvern Japan is a logical step in the development of our longstanding and successful relationship, in order to exploit synergies between products and markets. At the same time we are happy to have concluded a distribution agreement with Malvern for the Sysmex FPIA instrument, both inside and outside Japan, which we expect will enable us to further build on our success. While we will continue to collaborate in the industrial particle characterisation area, we hope that opportunities will arise for the joint development of exciting new products in the bioscience field.”


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Mallinckrodt Baker has been renamed as AvantorTM


Performance Materials, following


its recent acquisition by an affiliate of New Mountain Capital, a New York-based private equity investment firm.


Avantor manufactures and markets high- performance chemistries and materials around the world under two well-known and respected brand names, J.T.Baker® Mallinckrodt® Chemicals. Headquartered in


and


Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Avantor was acquired from Covidien in August 2010. New Mountain Capital is providing Avantor with significant financial and strategic resources to support future growth initiatives, which include expansion in current markets and growth through acquisitions.


Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, the Mallinckrod name will remain with Covidien. Products with this brand name will continue to be manufactured and marketed by Avantor, but will eventually be transitioned to a new brand name which will


"We chose Avantor because of its relevance to leadership. The word 'Avant'-as in avant- garde-evokes the bold ideas, energy, innovation and passion that we have as a company. The word 'Tor' means mountain, and represents our aspiration to achieve new heights of performance and quality as well as our affiliation with New Mountain Capital."


Ron Harding, President of Avantor, emphasised that the company's name is changing, but not its manufacturing process. "This transition will not impact any GMP documentation beyond what might be considered a level one name change," he said.


Veeco Instruments Inc completed the sale of its Metrology business to Bruker Corporation in October for $229.4 million in cash. The sale transfers Veeco's worldwide Metrology business to Bruker, including Veeco's Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) business in Santa Barbara, CA and its Optical Industrial Metrology (OIM) business in Tucson, AZ, as well as Veeco's associated global AFM/OIM field sales and support organisation. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Citigroup Global Markets Inc acted as exclusive financial advisor to Veeco in connection with the transaction.


Agilent Technologies and Strand


Scientific Intelligence Inc have teamed up to expand the scope of the Agilent GeneSpring bioinformatics system across multiple life- science disciplines; drive future innovation; and deliver new channels for accessing the software and customer support. Financial details were not disclosed for the multi-year agreement. “We intend to lead the way in providing tools for integrated biology research, and partnering with Strand is an excellent way of addressing the all-important bioinformatics part of the equation,” said Gustavo Salem, Agilent Vice President and General Manager, Biological Systems Division. “Studies combining multiple ’omics experiments are finally delivering the results that were hoped for years ago from systems biology and true translational research, and this is one example of what Agilent is doing to fuel future breakthroughs in biomedical research.”


“We’ve enjoyed a close working relationship with Agilent over the past three years developing GeneSpring for gene expression and Mass Profiler Professional for metabolomics and proteomics,” said Francois Mandeville, Strand executive vice president. “We’re extremely pleased to take this partnership up to the next level.”


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leading suppliers of cells and cell based reagents for pharmaceutical industries. Now with 20 employees, last year also saw the launch of a subsidiary on the east coast of the USA.


Dr Klotzsche (right) and CCS partner A Loa at the celebration


CCS Cell Culture Service GmbH has celebrated its 10th anniversary with international guests from industry and academia. Founded in early 2000 by Dr Oliver Klotzsche and his three partners the company is considered as a


During the celebration Hans-Dieter Schubert, Senior Scientist in the department of lead discovery of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, gave a comprising overview about how new drug entities are developed today compared with the past. Recalling encounters with people who were of particular importance for the development of the company, Dr Klotzsche expressed his gratitude mainly to the employees of CCS. “Without their engagement and trust, CCS would never have achieved its goals”, he said.


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Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, of Germany, is undertaking worldwide distribution of Luminex Corporation’s MAGPIX system. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Merck Millipore provides multiplex test kits for the Luminex xMAP®


Technology platform.


Having acquired the original Luminex reagent partners – Linco and Upstate – for life science research in 2006, the company has reportedly strengthened its commitment to the xMAP platform through its growing line of


kits,


analysis software, and global sales force, which “provides researchers with a complete solution for rapid, accurate biomarker quantification,” according to John Sweeney, Vice President, Life Sciences, at Merck Millipore.


“Merck Millipore has more than 10 years’ experience with the xMAP platform, and their global reach within key research and pharmaceutical laboratories will help bring this important advancement to institutions of all sizes for a variety of life science applications,” said Darin Leigh, Vice President, Commercial Operations, at Luminex.


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