August 31, 2017 Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Development of New SUREengine FAST Technology for Significant Reduction in Exposure Dose in Endoscopic Examination of Bile and Pancreatic Ducts

The ERCP procedure is utilized in pancreaticobiliary duct biopsies in order to examine in detail pathological changes in pancreatic cancer and other diseases, and for treatments such as the removal of gallstones. In the ERCP procedure, an endoscope is introduced through the mouth and into the duodenum. Contrast radiography is then performed for the biliary... Read more

August 30, 2017 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

Shimadzu's New EDX-8100 Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer Enables Analysis of Liquid Samples with High Sensitivity by Helium Purging

Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometers can analyze the composition and concentration of elements contained in samples by detecting fluorescence X-rays generated from the surface of samples irradiated with X-rays. They can be used to easily and non-destructively analyze samples in a wide range of forms, including solids and powders. The EDX-7000 and EDX-8000 energy... Read more

August 28, 2017 Bio/Pharma/CRO Lab Top-10 Microscopy

Shimadzu's Updated LabSolutions Analytical Data SystemAdds Supplementary Data Integrity Functionsfor the Pharmaceutical Industry

Since the spring of 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and other regulatory agencies have strengthened the monitoring of quality assurance at pharmaceutical companies. Companies must now show that nothing improper has been done when using analytical instruments. In addition, in graphs showing data... Read more

August 22, 2017 Lab Top-10 Uncategorized

Development of Film Coating Technology for Electromagnetically Transmittable Films Film Coating of Electromagnetically Transmittable Films to Support Millimeter-Wave Radar in Automobile Emblems

This new electromagnetically transmittable film coating technology uses a special material on the surface of the material to form a base layer of an organic film, coating this with chromium using a method called sputtering. When this is heated, stress differences occur due to differences in the thermal expansion coefficients of the organic film and... Read more

August 9, 2017 Lab Top-10 Microscopy

LabSolutions Analytical Data System Updated with Stronger Data Integrity for Spectrophotometers

Pharmaceutical quality must be tested properly using pre-specified procedures, and the analytical data and test results obtained must be managed appropriately in accordance with good manufacturing practices (GMP), as specified in the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance on Standards for Manufacturing Control and Quality Control for Drugs and Quasi-drugs. Furthermore, the United... Read more

August 8, 2017 Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Shimadzu Releases LC/MS/MS Sample Prep Kit for Quantitative Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies

August 7 2017 Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the release of the nSMOL (nano-surface and molecular orientation limited proteolysis) Antibody Bio-Analysis Kit. Applicable to a variety of pharmaceutical antibodies, this proprietary technique enables selective proteolysis of the Fab region of monoclonal antibodies to dramatically improve the productivity and robustness of LCMS mAB bioanalysis. The nSMOL... Read more

July 26, 2017 Lab Top-10 Uncategorized

Shimadzu Global Innovation Summit 2017 – IMAGINE, INNOVATE & INSPIRE –

Many of the KOL work closely with Shimadzu Innovation Centers and Application Development & Support Center located across the world including, China, Germany, Singapore and the United States. These institutes were founded in response to numerous collaborations and are staffed by Shimadzu scientists and equipped with Shimadzu instrumentations. This has enabled Shimadzu to stay in... Read more

July 19, 2017 Chromatography Lab Top-10

Nexis GC-2030 High-End Gas Chromatograph Now Capable of Being Controlled by OpenLAB CDS, the Chromatography DataSystem from Agilent Technologies

Shimadzu’s Nexis GC-2030, the company’s latest high-end gas chromatograph, and the HS-20/HS-10 headspace samplers can now be controlled by OpenLAB CDS, the chromatography data system from Agilent Technologies, Inc. Shimadzu will release an upgraded GC driver in order to control the Nexis GC-2030 and the HS-20/HS-10 using OpenLAB CDS. Other instruments controlled by OpenLAB CDS... Read more

July 18, 2017 Lab Top-10 Microscopy Product Launch

SPM-8100FM High Resolution Scanning Probe Microscope ReleasedFive Times Faster Data Acquisition and Nano-Level Observationin Air or Liquid

Shimadzu Corporation announces the release of its flagship SPM-8100FM scanning probe microscope, featuring five times faster data acquisition, four times wider scan in both X and Y-axis directions, and ultra-high resolution performance that is as high in both air and liquids as in a vacuum. A scanning probe microscope (SPM) is a microscope that scans... Read more

June 20, 2017 Atomic Spectroscopy Chromatography Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Mass Spectrometry

High-Sensitivity Simultaneous Analysis of Chiral Amino Acids in 10 Minutes without Derivatization Release of the LC/MS/MS Method Package for D/L Amino Acids Contributing to Various Fields Such as Fermented Foods, Clinical and Antiaging Research

The 20 amino acids that form the structure of proteins exist as mirror image optical isomers: the D-amino acids (D-form) and the L-amino acids (L-form) (chiral amino acids)*1). The L-form of amino acids exists in large quantities in foods and in the body as the structural elements of proteins and as nutritional sources. As food... Read more