Instrumentation

Instrumentation

Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Instrumentation

Type of Instrumentation

Quantity

Liquid Chromatography
Agilent/Waters/Thermo HPLCs 123
Waters Acquity UPLCs 7
HPLC Detectors: 163
   Ultraviolet (UV) 118
   Refractive Index (RI) 14
   Fluorescence (FL) 7
   Photodiode Array (PDA) 17
   Multi-angle Light Scattering (MALS) 2
   Electrochemical (ECD) 2
   Evaporative Light Scattering (ELSD) 3
   Corona Charged Aerosol (CAD+) 6
Dionex ICS-3000 Ion Chromatographs (IC) 5
Fraction Collector 1
Capillary Electrophoresis
Beckman Coulter PA 800 PLUS with Laser-Induced Fluorescence 1
Convergent iCE 280 1
Beckman Coulter PA 800 1
Mass Spectrometry
Thermo LC/LTQ Orbitrap XL 1
Thermo LC/LTQ XL Ion Trap 1
Waters XEVO - TOF 1
Agilent LC-TOFs 2
Applied Biosystems Voyager DE PRO MALDI-TOF 1
Thermo LC/TSQ Vantage LC/MS/MSs 6
Waters Quattro Micro LC/MS/MS 1
Agilent LC-Trap 1
Thermo iSQ GC/MS 1
Agilent GC/MSs 2
Gas Chromatography
Agilent GCs 22
Headspace Autosamplers 8
Elemental Analysis
Perkin Elmer Optima 5300 Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP-OES) Spectrophotometer 1
Perkin Elmer Elan 9000 ICP/MS 1
Perkin Elmer Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer 1
Perkin Elmer Analyst 800 Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometer 1
Perkin Elmer CHN Analyzer 1
Agilent 7700 ICP/MS 1
Thermo Scientific iCAP 6500 ICP/OES 1
Spectrophotometry
Bio-Rad Excalibur FTS 3000 Fourier Tranform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) 1
Agilent 8453 UV/VIS Spectrophotometer 8
Jasco J-815 Spectropolarimeter (Circular Dichroism) 1
Nicolet 6700 FTIR with NIR and Raman and Photoacoustic Functions 1
Molecular Biology/Cell Biology/Virology
Applied Biosystem 7500 FAST qPCR systems 2
Applied Biosystem Genetic Analyzer 3500 1
Thermo Scientific Controlled Rate Freezer 1
Thermofisher Nanodrop 1000 1
Molecular Devices M2, M5e, Luminescent Plate Readers 4
Beckman Coulter Vi Cell Automated Cell Counter 1
Tissue culture and virology laboratories with controlled access equipped with HEPA filtration and BSL2 capabilities -
cGMP-Compliant Cell Bank Manufacturing Suites with ISO 7 clean rooms 2
GE AKTA Purifier 100 Chromatography Systems (FPLC) 2
GE AKTA Explorer 100 Air Chromatography System (FPLC) 1
Viral Clearance Suites - dedicated, with controlled access and equipped with HEPA filtration 2
Miscellaneous Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical
Volumetric Karl Fisher (KF) Systems 4
Coulometric KF Systems 4
Coulometric KF Systems with oven 2
Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) Sampler 1
Thin Layer Chromatography Digital Camera 1
Polarimeter 1
Refractometer 1
Rotational Viscometers 3
Electronic Titrators 3
Dissolution Baths (Apparatus 1,2,4,5, and 7) (Distek/Varian/Sotax) 39
   22 with semi-automated pulling systems, 2 APP 4 systems, 2 APP 7 systems,
   1-mini-vessel system
GE Analytical/Sievers 900/800 Total Organic Carbon Analyzers (TOC) 4
Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) 1
Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) 1
Ion Mobility Spectroscopy (IMS) 1
Stability Chambers (22,000 ft3) 34
Microbiology
Microbiology laboratories with controlled access, equipped with HEPA filtration and BSL2 capabilities
la Calhene soft wall isolator system
   two half-suit workstations 3
   three-glove transfer isolators 2
   two-glove transfer isolators 2
Millipore Integral Steritest™ systems for membrane filtration 5
Steris VHP® 1000 systems for decontamination 2
Applied Biosystem MicroSeq Microbial Identification System 1
GC based microbial identification systems (MIS) 2
Dupont Qualicon Riboprinter® Microbial Identification System 1
HIAC/Royco particle counters 2
Endoscan-V systems for performing kinetic turbidimetric/chromogenic endotoxin tests 2
Aqualab water activity meter 1
Metrology
Full-time metrologists and extensive in-house preventive maintenance and parts inventory 8

Updated Dec. 2011

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