6 December 2011

PM Separations and UCT in Hong Kong and Korea

As part of the commitment to the Asia Pacific region Mike Kofel and Steven Telepchak joined PM Separations CEO Michael Rennie visiting key customers in the region assisting with method development as well as introducing new products.

6 December 2011

Hong Kong Jockey Club

It was a great pleasure to visit the world leading Hong Kong Racing club and Dr April Wong was a very gracious host. PM Separations supplies UCT SPE to racing labs in many regions of South East Asia and the discussions with Dr Wong were of great interest to all parties.

6 December 2011

The Chelleson Sales Team

The Chelleson sales team, PM Sep CEO Michael Rennie and Mike Kofel and Steven Telepchak enjoy a traditional Hong Kong Dim Sum lunch.

6 December 2011

Insung Chemical

From Hong Kong we flew east and visited the office of the exclusive South Korean Distributor Insung chemical. The travellers can be seen enjoying a traditional Korean lunch with Insung founder and current president GS Yoon. Mr Yoon does look much more at ease on the heated wooden floor than his quests. Despite dealing with metal chopsticks, difficult to pronounce foods and leg cramps the food and company was outstanding.

6 December 2011

Picture NFS

It was with great pleasure that we were allowed to visit and present at the NFS offices in Korea. After ginseng tea with Dr Heesung Chung, NFS director and President elect of TIAFT we visited the labs with Dr Kim (pictured below with Mike Kofel and Michael Rennie) NFS is the leading laboratory in Korea for forensic and human drug testing. It was our CEO’s 4th visit to NFS.

6 December 2011

New Source of Beta Glucuronidase

PM Separations is pleased to announce their appointment as exclusive distributors of GOMA Biotec beta glucuronidase. Sourced from abalone the material can be compared with H. Pomatia, Patella vulgata and bovine liver enzyme. GOMA biotech beta glucuronidase with help reduce reagent costs and improve sample hydrolysis. Supplied in liquid form it is more auto sampler friendly and can be store at 2-8oC and in these conditions will retain its activity for at least 6 months.

6 December 2011

Lin Zhi THC Kits for Immunoassay

Lin Zhi are pleased to announce the release of their new THC formulation. The cut off for the assay is 50ng/ml and the new improved formulation means greater calibrator and control stability with over 12 months real time stability data. The new assay is just one of the reasons why Lin Zhi is quickly becoming the choice for calibrators, controls and reagent sets. Their Buprenorphine, 6MAM, Oxycodone and new THC formulation are now the bench mark in human drug testing.

6 October 2011

Prestigious UCT SPE award for Australian analyst

In what has become a much anticipated tradition among the forensic toxicology community, UCT CEO and President Mike Telepchak presented the first ever UCT SPE award for an Australian. Nathan Sumner of the Chemistry Centre in WA received his award for his outstanding work in the extraction and analysis of the new "BathSalts " drugs i.e., the Cathinones such as methylone from biological samples. Nathan developed his SPE procedure for use with LC-MS/MS. Nathan was unable to attend the presentation due to a wedding so PM Separations CEO, Michael Rennie accepted the award on Nathan's behalf.

6 October 2011

Forget the 3 tenors

The following photograph of the 4 Michael's at the SOFT/TIAFT conference prompted one attendee to suggest that being called Michael and having little or no hair was a good way to get a position at UCT. Pictured L to R are Mike Telepchak (CEO UCT), Mike Kofel (UCT Technical support), Mike Coyer (Northern Tier Research) Michael Rennie (CEO PM Separations). Next year they agreed to wear wigs.

6 October 2011

Lipomed at SOFT/TIAFT

To show support for the ever increasing number of labs worldwide using their standards, Lipomed had a booth at the recent meeting in San Francisco, and judging by the number of visitors to the booth it is clear the Lipomed brand is very popular. Pictured at the booth are Mario Pasquier(Lipomed), Michael Rennie (CEO PM Separations) and Eric Hoffbeck (Head of Lipomed Drug Standards). PM Separations CEO Michael Rennie indicated that PM Separations will be increasing the number and range of standards held in our Brisbane warehouse. PM Separations have seen an increase in the numbers of labs using Lipomed standards.

6 October 2011

Cleaning Solution for Olympus Instruments

We are pleased to announce the release of the ABS biomedical cleaning solution designed especially for Olympus instruments. Many labs use products as Dextran to clean cuvettes, however, it has been noted that many detergents do not clean the cuvettes properly and carry over and contamination does occur. With the Olympus specific cleaning solution you can be sure that these issues do not occur in your laboratory. Contact us today for pricing

2 September 2011

Oil & Grease has been approved as a standard method via SPE 5520 G

The UCT O&G column offers a built in pre-filter which works extremely well to remove solid material from samples. The pre filter allows for fast flow and good recoveries. The added benefit of the large surface area is the capacity of the O&G column. The UCT O&G provides the highest flow rate and recoveries of any column. Coupled with the added benefit of reduced solvent use and OH+S problems the choice of columns for Oil and Grease analysis is clear

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1 September 2011

UCT has two outstanding application notes for you to review

1. Appearing in the Special Issue of Journal of Analytical Toxicology (JAT). Forensic toxicologists are always being challenged to extract, confirm and quantify drugs and poisons in post mortem samples. The September issue of JAT features a publication by Dr. Thomas Rosano, D-ABFT who employed the UCT flagship sorbent (Clean Screen DAU) to perform this analysis. In his paper "Postmortem Drug Screening by Non-Targeted and Targeted Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Technology" (JAT 35 (7) 411-23), Dr Rosano's team was able to analyse over 200 drugs on the Clean Screen DAU with excellent levels of efficiency. This developed methodology is indicative of the high quality of materials that the UCT is renowned for.

2. The Chem Centre in Western Australia is known for its innovative and ground breaking work. An example of this is the recent poster presentation at FACTA by Katie McKean and co authors Sarah Thomas and Francios Oosthuizen titled "Analysis of COCAETHYLENE, COCAINE and its Metabolites in biological samples by LCMS-QQQ" the poster describes a highly sensitive and selective method using UCT's unique sorbent Clean Screen Xcel

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8 August 2011

PM Separations Gold Sponsor

PM Separations was pleased to be a Gold sponsor of the 2011 FACTA meeting held at the Melbourne Rialto. The meeting contained many interesting oral and poster presentations and those who attended the pharmacology workshop on Sunday were treated to an outstanding presentation by Dr. Lionel Raymon. PM Separations had on view the latest range of products from their business partners, UCT, UTAK, Ritter, Lipomed and OV GC columns. There was a lot if interest in the Ritter automatic dispenser and UTAK whole blood products. The meeting was a success and well attended and we look forward to being associated with FACTA and its members at the next meeting

14 June 2011

O2si receives ISO/IEC accreditation

We are pleased to announce that o2si smart solutions has received ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and Guide 34:2009 accreditations effective May 4, 2011.

This places o2si among an elite group of vendors and suppliers that adhere to the strictest quality control and assurance guidelines, insuring that our customers receive the highest quality products available.

Please consider o2si your source for ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and Guide 34:2009 organic and inorganic reference materials.

13 May 2011

Ohio Valley GC/MS columns

Polyimide coated fused silica capillary GC columns from OHIO VALLEY are bonded, conditioned, and pretested. Each column is supplied with it’s own test chromatogram and is ready for immediate use.

For over 40 years, Ohio Valley has manufactured quality products for use in Gas Chromatography. We supply our world famous OV liquid phases (OV-1, OV-5, OV-73, OV-202, OV-1701, etc...) OV capillary columns as well as OV-1ms and OV-5ms columns, which have very low bleed characteristics.

11 May 2011

UCT Spice SPE Method now available using CLEAN SCREEN® SPE

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11 May 2011

Ritter multi dispenser pipette offered at great prices by PM Separations

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11 May 2011

New UCT QuEChERS Booklet for the analysis of multiple pesticide residues in agricultural matrices

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20 January 2011

Lipomed - Drug Standards

Lipomed supplies a complete line of specified Drug Testing Products with lot-specific certificates of analysis, ranging from calibrated solids and solutions to high purity bulk reference substances that can also be supplied for drug disposition research. With uncertainty surrounding the recent Cerrillant acquisition by Sigma, Lipomed and PM Separations….both proudly Independent and 100% privately owned offer on going stability for all your drug standard supplies.

20 January 2011

Olympus and Hitachi Consumables

Alternative Biomedical Solutions (ABS) is a leading supplier of high-performance toxicology and chemistry consumables. ABS offers a comprehensive line of reagents and consumables. Our quality solutions provide clinical laboratories, drug testing labs and the pharmaceutical industry with value-driven products and services.

16 November 2010

Lipomed - New reference substances

To meet the ever increasing need of reference standards, an ambitious production plan of new reference substances is currently ongoing at Lipomed. Of interest of the new products are the following 4 designer amphetamines

Mephedrone.HCl Mephedrone-D3.HCl

Methylone.HCl

Butylone.HCl

3,4-Methylendioxypyrovalerone.HCl

Spice Standards

We offer two spice compounds; JWH-18 and JWH-73. Spice is a brand name for a mixture of herbs that has been sold in "smartshops" in Europe since 2002. It is usually smoked for its cannabis-like effects. Spice- drugs have received a lot of attention lately, and some compounds are already banned in several European countries.

16 November 2010

DeltaLab - 1.5ml safety lock microtubes

Made of ultra clear polypropylene. Feature a special "snap-seal" secure lock. A special locking clasp with a distinctive audible snapseal design ensures tubes will not open during centrifugation. Tubes have a frosted writing surface on side and on attached closure for better sample identification. Caps are easy to handle and can be opened and closed with one hand. Lids are easily pierceable. Tubes have moulded-in graduations in 0.5 ml increments.

Graduated

Autoclavable

Can be used from –90 ºC to 121 ºC

Withstand centrifugation up to 17,000 g

19 August 2010

New Direct HbA1c Reagent Application for Vital Diagnostics Envoy500 analyzer

Pointe Scientific, Inc. has introduced an application for the direct measurement of HbA1c on the Vital Diagnostics Envoy500 analyzer.

This unique single-channel immunoturbidimetric assay is fully automated, requires no manual sample preparation, no separate total hemoglobin measurement and no additional calculations.

Non-specific binding of total hemoglobin, both glycated and non-glycated to latex particles is employed in the first reaction. Specific antibodies used in the second reaction result in agglutination of only HbA1c bound latex particles. The absorbance of the agglutination is measured at 600 to 660nm and the %HbA1c concentration is determined using calibrators with known %HbA1c values

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For more information, please contact our office.

19 August 2010

Deltalab Swabs

Media Swabs, Stuart Swabs, Cary Blair Swabs, Amies Swabs, Virus Swabs, Clhamydia Swabs.

PDF Catalogue available

13 July 2010

ClinCal® Serum Calibrators for Antipsychotic Drugs, TDM 1 - 4

Now available: 4 new ClinCal® Serum Calibrators for the Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of 29 different Antipsychotic Drugs with HPLC and LC-MS/MS. For quality control, suitable ClinChek® serum controls are available (see analyte survey, pdf-file, 84 kB).

Further information ClinCal TDM1-4

Further information ClinChek TDM1-4

13 July 2010

Lipomed Reference standards

Mephedrone. HCl (d,l-4-Methylmethcathinone.HCl) and Methandienone are now available.

Visit www.lipomed.com/diagnostics/ref/?MMC-1215-HC to see more on product.

24 May 2010

Clean Screen Xcel

The next generation of SPE columns

Visit www.cleanscreenxcel.com to see more of this incredible product.