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Advion and CAMAG form Exclusive Alliance to Commercialize Unique TLC/CMS Assay System for Synthetic Organic and Peptide Chemists

alummus — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:35:58 +0000

February 26, 2013 – Ithaca, NY & Muttenz, Switzerland – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, today announced that an exclusive OEM and distribution partnership agreement has been signed with CAMAG of Basel, Switzerland for its TLC/MS Interface product. Based upon excellent results obtained by joint Advion and CAMAG customers, as well as leading researchers, the two companies have partnered to commercialize a combined system to Advion’s Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Peptide Synthesis global market segments. The terms of the agreement allow Advion exclusive marketing and support rights in key geographic markets including North America and parts of Europe.

“TLC plates are part of every chemist’s discovery process, and we recognize the workflow advantage of a bundled TLC/CMS solution for chemists. TLC is used in reaction monitoring, flash method development (Rf values), solvent selection, flash fraction confirmation, and impurity profiling. The combination of the CAMAG TLC/MS Interface with the Advion expression CMS is a perfect integration of best-in-class chemist assay tools”, according to David B. Patteson, Advion’s CEO. “Moreover, the expression Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) continues its tremendous commercial growth – achieving 10% of the global single quadrupole liquid chromatography market within nine months of production launch. We could not be happier with the market adoption rate and the natural partnerships which have emerged for us, CAMAG, as the leading TLC-equipment provider worldwide, being the latest ideal example.”

Pioneer in utilizing CAMAG’s TLC/MS Interface and Advion’s expression CMS to prove the simplicity and the benefit of both systems is Prof. Dr. Gerda Morlock, a leading scientist at the University of Giessen, Germany. She will be the featured presenter at a live Advion-sponsored webinar hosted by the Royal Chemistry Society (RSC) on March 20, 2013 – available worldwide at 3 pm Central European Time. Further, Advion plans to launch the combined system at the Pittsburgh Conference in Philadelphia, March 18-21 (press conference at 9:00 am on March 21st), and at the Spring National ACS meeting in New Orleans, LA April 7-9. CAMAG will be present at both meetings to support customers on all aspects of thin-layer chromatography.

According to Dr. Konstantinos Natsias, CEO of CAMAG, “Advion is the ideal partner to use CAMAG’s TLC/MS Interface as an integrated analytical solution for their customers. This collaboration opens up a broader market reach for CAMAG’s other high-end instruments. As an internationally renowned traditional Swiss instrument manufacturer, we are proud to collaborate with such an innovative US partner to reach new markets.”

The combined systems are available immediately for quotation and delivery by Advion.

About Advion, Inc.
Advion is the partner of choice for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic and government researchers seeking to enhance their mass spectrometry and chemical synthesis workflows. Using our deep scientific and engineering expertise, we develop a broad portfolio of purpose-built mass spectrometers, nanoelectrospray ionization sources, and flow-chemistry synthesis systems and consumables characterized by their reliability, quality, flexibility and fit for purpose design. More about the company can be found at www.advion.com.

About CAMAG
CAMAG is the world leader in instrumental Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC/HPTLC), also called Planar Chromatography for more than 50 years. Wherever complex substance mixtures are analyzed (herbals, environmental analysis, forensic), TLC/HPTLC is often an excellent alternative to GC and HPLC. Additionally it has proven value as a solid quantitative analysis technique in quality assurance of food, pharmaceuticals and other industrial products. CAMAG provides competent customer support and technical service as well as education, training, application support and a range of contract laboratory services. Recently, CAMAG has launched a fully automated system for the extraction of Dried Blood Spot (DBS) cards that can be coupled directly to LC/MS systems. Moreover, CAMAG’s product offering comprises Aluminum Oxide for commercial use as separation matrix.

For Advion, Inc.
Amy Lummus
Manager of Corporate Marketing Communications
Advion, Inc.
Telephone: 1.607.379.4565
alummus@advion.com

For CAMAG
Aydin Mohadjer
Corporate Marketing Manager
CAMAG
Telephone: 41.61.467.34.34
sales@camag.com

KONIK Named as Advion’s Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) Distributor in Spain, Portugal and many South American countries

alummus — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:47:13 +0000

February 14, 2013 – Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, today announced that a distribution partnership agreement has been signed with the KONIK GROUP of Spain for its expression Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) systems. The partnership allows KONIK to leverage its 35 year history in scientific instrumentation business and sell, service and support Advion’s CMS systems in Spain, Portugal and South American countries (with the exception of Brazil).

“The expression CMS has seen tremendous growth in its first year, and our strong global distribution network has played a key role in identifying regional scientific research leaders as well as to promote the product in the most valuable and dynamic applications,” says Vijay Gupta, Vice President International Business Development and Support. “We have received significant market pull from Spain, Portugal and South America, and KONIK is a well-respected partner in these areas allowing prospects and customers to have a local support network available to assist them in a timely manner. Konik’s long history in LC, GC and MS innovation, rounded by their recently patented Multidimensional HPLC+GC-MS platform, as well as their superb knowledge of organic and analytical chemistry make them a uniquely qualified partner”.

The distributor partnership agreement allows KONIK exclusive marketing, sales, service and support of the expression CMS systems with added support from Advion’s European team and global staff. Chemists and researchers interested in learning more about the expression CMS in these countries can visit the KONIK website www.konik-group.com.

Advion Announces Full Integration of Agilent Technologies Liquid Chromatography Systems with the expression CMS

alummus — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:14:55 +0000

December 10, 2012 – Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, announces that its expression compact mass spectrometer (CMS) is now fully integrated with Agilent Technologies’ full range of HPLC and (U)HPLC liquid chromatography systems. The single quadropole CMS is seen as a valuable option to complement existing (U)HPLC systems.

Agilent Technologies is the leading vendor of (U)HPLC systems in the life sciences market, and full integration (control, data acquisition, and analysis) with the CMS allows users a streamlined approach for their LC/MS methods. Users will now have full control of more than 70 Agilent (U)HPLC modules, using a single software platform, and single PC through Advion’s Mass Express® software.

“The expression CMS was designed by expert mass spectroscopists and chemists to create the ideal platform for scientists to get the most out of their research,” says David B. Patteson, President and CEO. “From its small footprint and ability to operate on a standard 110-240V outlet, the high performance mass spectrometer offers the optimal price to performance ratio. Compatibility with this leading (U)HPLC supplier is the logical next step in our on-going development, and makes it even easier for users to integrate with their existing lab assets, while further optimizing their workflow. Agilent Technologies’ Instrument Control Framework (ICF) was the perfect integration solution for the (U)HPLC.”

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Amy Lummus
Manager of Corporate Marketing Communications
Advion, Inc.
Telephone: 1.607.379.4565
alummus@advion.com

Advion Continues Global Expansion with New Distributor Named for Russian Federation

alummus — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:28:21 +0000

December 7, 2012 – Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, announces a new distributor agreement has been executed with Valtex International Corporation. With over 25 years of experience focused on scientific instrumentation sales, service and support, Valtex is an established leader within the region. Valtex also has a unique expertise in research laboratories, has earned the funding for many World Bank projects, are capable of creating custom solutions and designing and delivering turn-key laboratory facilities.

“Since its release earlier this year, the expression CMS has gained great global order momentum, and partnering with independent distributors in key geographic markets is important for us to meet market demands,” says David B. Patteson, President and CEO. “It is vital that we engage an experienced analytical service and support partner. Valtex is the right ally to develop our market presence in the Russian Federation.”

As part of the agreement, Valtex will be responsible for marketing, sales, service and support of the expression CMS systems in Russia. Scientists interested in learning more about the expression CMS in Russia can visit the Valtex website www.valtexintl.com.

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Amy Lummus
Manager of Corporate Marketing Communications
Advion, Inc.
Telephone: 1.607.379.4565
alummus@advion.com

Advion Lists the expression CMS (Compact Mass Spec) on GSA via Government Scientific Source

alummus — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:01:18 +0000

November 1, 2012 – Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, in response to heavy inbound interest from government research and homeland security organizations, has named Government Scientific Source (GSS) as a United States government distributor for the new expression CMS, compact mass spectrometer. GSS has approved GSA pricing for the CMS, and will facilitate the most efficient purchase of the CMS for these organizations.

“We have experienced strong demand across a range of government organizations for our new mass spec, and we needed a strong incumbent government purchasing partner to execute these opportunities. A respected partner with a broad range of life science products, along with GSA pricing, is vital for Advion to serve the United States government market,” says David B. Patteson, President and CEO. “GSS provides a history of strong customer support and purchasing experiences which will benefit our new users.”

Interested government facilities should visit the GSS website or contact the GSS customer support team at 1.800.248.8030 for more purchasing information about Advion and the expression CMS.

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Amy Lummus
Manager of Corporate Marketing Communications
Advion, Inc.
Telephone: 1.607.379.4565
alummus@advion.com

Advion Appoints Vice President International Business Development and Support to Expand Global Strategy

alummus — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:24:21 +0000

October 10, 2012 – Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, announces the appointment of Vijay Gupta, PhD as Vice President International Business Development and Support focused on the expression compact mass spectrometer (CMS). This continues Advion’s expansion within all areas of the organization from manufacturing, service/support and sales and marketing, which has accelerated since the Spring of 2012. The CMS high performance single quadrupole mass spectrometer, introduced earlier this year, has achieved immediate success and significant orders from Asian markets, with volume from this region at more than twice the anticipated levels to date. With a multi-channel distribution strategy that utilizes distributors, direct sales and OEM partners, Dr. Gupta will be responsible for managing and supporting these regional relationships, as well as engaging directly with customers to maximize the success of the broadening mass spec product lines.

As recognized by leading global instrument companies, Asia, South America and the Middle East represent a large base of industrial and academic synthetic chemists developing novel structures for medical and chemical purposes. All of these scientists will benefit from the high performance, affordable, compact expression CMS.

Dr. Gupta is a seasoned professional in Advion’s organic chemistry markets having been a bench chemist himself, and serving as the head of International sales for many years at Biotage and Biolin. “Many of our management team, Asian partners, and customers already know Vijay; his name is associated with the highest customer support, business ethics, and market/applications knowledge. We could not be more fortunate to have him aboard,” says David B. Patteson, President and CEO. “I will continue to be actively involved in these regions, but Vijay will be responsible for day-to-day activities and for leading the International strategy for the CMS. In Asia alone (outside of Japan), we have received more orders in the first six months of our fiscal year than were anticipated for the full year. We must add resources to support our channel partners and support the customers. It’s a great situation for us at this particular moment.”

The appointment of Dr. Gupta to Advion’s executive management team is the latest in the company’s more than 20% expansion in headcount to meet the fast-growing global demand for the new compact mass spectrometer. In the most recent quarter ending September 30^th, orders for the product more than tripled from the previous quarter, were 50% above plan, and are on a unit volume run rate approaching nearly 10% of the global single quadrupole market share in the first year following production launch. A global training center and program will be initiated for all customers in November and benefit from the LC/MS knowledge backbone of the company.

“We took great care to develop the expression CMS, and the response from the marketplace has proven that the product has hit its mark with not only our target market, but in application areas we did not fully anticipate. We are now in the enviable position of keeping pace with the market,” concludes Mr. Patteson.

About Advion, Inc.
Advion is the partner of choice for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic and government researchers seeking to enhance their mass spectrometry and chemical synthesis workflows. Using our deep scientific and engineering expertise, coupled with unrivaled skills at miniaturization, we develop a broad portfolio of purpose-built compact mass spectrometers, nanoelectrospray ionization sources, and flow-chemistry synthesis systems and consumables characterized by their reliability, quality, flexibility and fit-for-purpose design. More about the company can be found at www.advion.com.

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Amy Lummus
Manager of Corporate Marketing Communications
Advion, Inc.
Telephone: 1.607.379.4565
alummus@advion.com

Advion awarded IBO design award for new expression CMS

admin — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:47:42 +0000

Matthew Leonard, PhD candidate at RMIT University, Wins ATA Scientific Travel Award

alummus — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:24:34 +0000

Advion Enlarges Distributor Network, Appointing Scientifix Pty Ltd as Exclusive Australian Distributor of its Compact Mass Spectrometer and Ion Sources

alummus — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:39:17 +0000

June 28, 2012 – Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc. a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, continues to expand its global coverage and appoints Scientifix Pty Ltd as the exclusive Australian distributor for the expression, a Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) approximately half the size, and half the price, of existing single quadrupole mass spectrometers on the market. The newly-released CMS has recently been introduced to the market in Australia with visits to leading Pharma and academic/government research sites – with great interest and end user orders are already received and being delivered. Scientifix will also represent Advion for its broadening Ion Source range, including the popular TriVersa NanoMate, and the newly released Chip-Mate.

The expression CMS is designed for the discovery research and process development synthetic organic chemistry market. Compact enough to operate in fume hoods and space-restricted laboratories, chemists now have direct access to identify, monitor and confirm compounds rapidly as they are created in the reactor. Moreover, the personal single quadrupole mass spectrometer allows for rapid compound confirmation of normal phase chromatography fractions.

Traditionally, chemists initiate a multi‐hour reaction and periodically withdraw samples for analysis in an open access mass spectrometry lab. The remote analysis can take hours, decreasing the usefulness of the information and building workflow inefficiencies. Additionally, large numbers of normal phase purification fractions are generated and add to the central lab burden, further slowing vital feedback. Available systems are too complex, costly, large and lacked design elements to be used in a hood next to the reaction. The expression CMS is easy to use with an intuitive software package. The combination of a small footprint (< 11 inches wide) and critical design features which permit operation within a fume hood, or next to existing bench instrumentation, conserve valuable laboratory space.

“We are very pleased to welcome Scientifix to our growing global network of distributors. This is a very experienced, technically gifted and supportive partner – and they have uncommon skills in both the synthetic chemistry and biochemistry. We could not be more fortunate to have this company on our team,” says David B. Patteson, Advion’s CEO.

“Scientifix are pleased to be involved with Advion who are already established as one of the innovators of mass spectrometry. Adding the mass spectrometry range to the products already represented by Scientifix strengthens our links with researchers in many areas of organic synthesis, proteomics and analytical chemistry. Furthermore the customer focused business model adopted by Scientifix assures researchers of competent and ethical support for these exciting products,” says Ken Baker, the Laboratory Products Specialist for Scientifix Pty Ltd.

About Advion, Inc.
Advion develops, manufactures and globally supports mass spectrometers, chip-based ion sources, microfluidic flow chemistry systems and consumables for life science and related industries. We seek to enhance analysis performance and workflows. Using our deep scientific and engineering knowledge of mass spectrometry and microfludics, we leverage our passionate employees’ commitment to create quality, flexible and fit-for-purpose solutions. More about Advion, Inc. can be found on their website, www.advion.com.

About Scientifix Pty Ltd
Scientifix Pty Ltd is a specialist supplier to the scientific research community offering reagents and consumables for nucleic acid and genomic researchers as well as specialty instrumentation for life science and general analytical laboratories. Scientifix manufacture a wide range of centrifuges and spectrophotometers as well as representing specialist suppliers of high tech instrumentation. More details can be found at www.scientifix.com.

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Amy Lummus
Manager of Corporate Marketing Communications
Advion, Inc.
Telephone: 1.607.379.4565
alummus@advion.com

For Scientifix
Ken Baker
Laboratory Products Specialist
Scientifix Pty Ltd
Telephone: +61 03 8540 5900
Freecall in Australia 1800 007 900
ken@scientifix.com.au

Advion Launches Chip-Mate, an Affordable and Easy-to-use Chip-based nano-LC Ion Source, at ASMS 2012

alummus — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:41:13 +0000

June 14, 2012 – Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences systems and consumables developer, introduced the Chip-Mate™ at the 2012 ASMS annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Chip-Mate is an ESI Chip® based nano-LC ion source for applications requiring small micron ID HPLC columns and nano-electrospray ionization. The Chip-Mate is a customer-desired addition to the well-established TriVersa NanoMate® family of nano-ESI solutions.

The Chip-Mate is an affordable, compact, robust, easy-to use nano-LC ion source which features the same stable and reliable ionization, spray sensing and next nozzle features proven in the TriVersa NanoMate. These important features are required for proteomic applications, as well as highly regulated assays such as biomarker/biosimilar and small molecule quantification utilizing nano-LC.

Advion has also created a fit-for-purpose smaller array ESI Chip with 25 emitter nozzles capable of running one month for routine usage environments. Researchers can rest easy during 24/7 nano-LC/MS/MS operation.

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Amy Boardman Lummus
Manager of Corporate Marketing Communications
Advion, Inc.
Telephone: 1.607.379.4565
alummus@advion.com