Biotage, Inc. Is Granted US Patent for Flash+ Cartridge Products.Business/Technology Editors and Medical Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001 Biotage, Inc, a leader in small molecule drug discovery purification and a subsidiary of Dyax Corp. (Nasdaq: DYAX), today announced the issuance of US Patent number 6,294,087, entitled "Chromatography Columns Noun 1. chromatography column - a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands column ." This patent relates to Biotage's chromatography chromatography (krō'mətŏg`rəfē), resolution of a chemical mixture into its component compounds by passing it through a system that retards each compound to a varying degree; a system capable of accomplishing this is called a cartridge product line and covers Biotage's current Quad(TM) and FLASH 12+(TM), 25+(TM), and 40+(TM) cartridges. "Biotage seeks state-of-the-art achievement in cartridge performance and this patent speaks to our expanding abilities in this area," stated Biotage's President David B. Patteson. "The combination of the cartridge intellectual property, with the existing patents on our Samplets(TM) and ZIF-SIM(TM) sealing devices, is very important in further increasing customer value." Biotage's Vice President of Pharmaceutical Research & Development, Kelvin kelvin, abbr. K, official name in the International System of Units (SI) for the degree of temperature as measured on the Kelvin temperature scale. A unit of measurement of temperature. Hammond said, "The drive to develop new chemical entities by the pharmaceutical, biotherapeutic and related industries has resulted in a growing emphasis on the use of chromatographic chro·mat·o·graph n. An instrument that produces a chromatogram. tr.v. chro·mat·o·graphed, chro·mat·o·graph·ing, chro·mat·o·graphs To separate and analyze by chromatography. purification techniques in general and flash chromatography in particular. This latest patent creates distinctive capabilities to improve post-synthesis work up and purification steps following traditional approaches or parallel synthesis." Biotage's solutions eliminate the use of loose silica in the laboratory workplace and may diminish risks associated with the disposal of contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. silica. All of Biotage's current FLASH and Quad systems and its recent Horizon(TM) FLASH System, launched in August 2001, will utilize the patented cartridge design. A copy of the patent described above is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.uspto.gov. Biotage Inc.is a leader in drug discovery purification. A number of major pharmaceutical companies utilize Biotage's FLASH Systems and cartridges to purify Purify - A debugging tool from Pure Software. their compounds. Biotage has offices in Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of the United Kingdom. , USA; Hertford, England; and Tokyo, Japan. For additional information, visit www.biotage.com. Dyax and the Dyax logo are registered trademarks of Dyax Corp. Biotage, FLASH, and Quad are trademarks of Biotage, Inc., a Dyax subsidiary. |
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