HOPKINTON, Mass., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. , a leading provider of life sciences tools, presented at a training session for reviewers from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the benefits of the LabChip GX platform for high throughput screening and characterization assays for biological drugs.
Caliper invited pioneers in this field from Pfizer (PFE), Amgen (AMGN), and Biogen Idec (BIIB) to describe their analytical approaches for biologics characterization. These leading scientists presented to a standing-room-only group of approximately 75 FDA personnel and described an industry-wide need for analytical techniques that provide high throughput, predictive assessments of biological product quality. This need is being addressed by Caliper’s LabChip GX platform, which provides high resolution analytical data on a time scale that is approximately 70 times faster than conventional capillary electrophoresis.
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Caliper Life Sciences is a premier provider of cutting-edge technologies enabling researchers in the life sciences industry to create life-saving and enhancing medicines and diagnostic tests more quickly and efficiently. Caliper is aggressively innovating new technology to bridge the gap between in vitro assays and in vivo results and then translating those results into cures for human disease. Caliper’s portfolio of offerings includes state-of-the-art microfluidics, lab automation & liquid handling, optical imaging technologies, and discovery & development outsourcing solutions. For more information please visit www.caliperLS.com.
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