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NML at LGC receives award to develop standards and deliver metrology training for engineering biology
Mar 7, 2023
The National Measurement Laboratory (NML) at LGC is pleased to announce that it has received an award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to develop standards and deliver metrology training for engineering biology. Engineering biology has the potential to offer solutions to a range of societal challenges, including food, biomedicines, clean growth and the environment...
LGC Maine Standards¹ announces the release of VALIDATE® aHBs to meet the linearity and calibration verification needs of clinical laboratories running the Roche cobas®, Abbott ALINITY, and Siemens ADVIA Centaur®, platforms. VALIDATE aHBs (Order No. 801mm) offers Hepatitis B Surface IgG Antibody (aHBs) for easy, fast, efficient linearity and calibration verification. VALIDATE aHBs test kits are liquid and ready-to-use; simply dispense the solution from each dropper bottle, directly into five sample cups, and run in replicates to verify the assay’s reportable range.
LGC Clinical Diagnostics, a leading supplier and partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories, announce the extension of their exclusive partnership with Stanford University Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology - Maternal Fetal Medicine Division. Under the terms of the agreement, Stanford University will continue to provide LGC with clinical guidance in recruiting and selecting rare patient donors’ blood samples whose pregnancy has been identified with a genetic abnormality...
A breakthrough in training for the cannabis testing industry has been launched thanks to a collaboration between experts in the National Measurement Laboratory (NML), hosted at LGC, and the reference materials division at LGC Standards. The rapid expansion of the global cannabis industry has led to sharply increased demand for safety and purity testing, but analytical laboratories are reporting a severe shortage of experienced cannabis testing staff...
LGC announce the acquisition of Rapid Genomics, a provider of mid- to high-density Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) kits and services for genotyping in the agrigenomics market. Rapid Genomics is a leading company in genotyping applications via Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). Its Flex-Seq® Ex-L technology is provided to customers through kits and genotyping services, and allows high-throughput, cost-effective DNA analysis in plant, livestock and aquaculture genetics...
LGC Maine Standards announces the release of VALIDATE® Thyroid 2 (THY2) to meet the linearity and calibration verification needs of clinical laboratories running the Beckman Coulter Unicel® DxI/Access platform. This exciting product, with the analyte Thyroglobulin (Tg), is formulated in human serum, using the CLSI EP06-A “equal delta” sample preparation method, and provides five distinct concentrations across the claimed and extended range of the Beckman Coulter Unicel® DxI/Access instrument...
LGC Maine Standards¹ announces the release of VALIDATE® Immunosuppressants (ISx) to meet the linearity and calibration verification needs of clinical laboratories running the Abbott ARCHITECT/ALINITY or Siemens Dimension platform(s). The product, which includes analytes Cyclosporine (CSA), Tacrolimus (TAC), and Sirolimus (SIRO), is formulated in human whole blood, using the CLSI EP06-A “equal delta” sample preparation method, and provides five distinct concentrations...
An international group of scientists, led by the National Measurement Laboratory for Chemical and Bio-Measurement team at LGC, has investigated quantitative reproducibility of SARS-CoV-2 analysis and how setting diagnostic cut-offs may alter the clinical sensitivity of COVID-19 testing. This analysis is vital to understanding potential discrepancies in measured viral burden used to manage the CoVid-19 pandemic....
LGC is pleased to announce that the AccuPlex™ SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B and RSV Reference Material Kit is now CE marked for in vitro diagnostic use (CE-IVD). With this change in regulatory status, the new product name is AccuPlex SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B and RSV Molecular Controls Kit. Bearing the CE mark and IVD symbol signifies that the AccuPlex SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B and RSV Molecular Controls Kit meets extensive design control requirements....
The Government Chemist (GC), hosted at LGC, has published the results of a recent international ring trial on the determination of cannabidiol (CBD) - an uncontrolled cannabinoid- and controlled cannabinoids in consumer products such as food and cosmetics. Consumer CBD products have entered the UK market rapidly in a variety of forms, including food and cosmetics. CBD when used as an ingredient in food or cosmetic products must currently be free from controlled cannabinoids....
LGC has released ACCURUN® SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Reference Material Kit, a new quality measurement tool to support SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing. It is formulated for use with test methods that detect the nucleocapsid (NP) protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus – the target for the majority of the SARS-CoV-2 antigen assays currently on the market...
LGC, Biosearch Technologies announce the release of a new set of ValuPanel™ Reagents to help the efforts of public health laboratories to detect SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, and influenza B. The CDC Influenza SARS-CoV-2 (Flu SC2) Multiplex ValuPanel Reagents - which are for research use only and not for use in diagnostic procedures - consists of probes and primers for multiplex RT-PCR detection and allows discrimination of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, and influenza B from a single patient sample....
LGC has expanded its innovative portfolio of SARS-CoV-2 quality solutions with the release of AccuPlex™ SARS-CoV-2 in Synthetic Oral Fluid reference material. The product is designed to support development and testing efforts around novel saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. It serves as an ideal research tool for assay developers as well as a complete quality solution for clinical laboratories employing such tests....
LGC’s high-throughput (HTP) RT-PCR testing system for SARS-CoV-2 has been submitted to the FDA for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA). Testing labs can now leverage LGC’s unrivalled expertise in automated sample preparation and high-throughput RT-PCR workflows in a ready-to-deploy solution. As the need for SARS-CoV-2 testing for both diagnostic and screening applications continues to grow, many organisations are looking to expand or create testing capacity...
LGC SeraCare continues to innovate its portfolio of products supporting SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. Initially designed to target the published CDC and WHO consensus sequences, the new AccuPlex™ SARS-CoV-2 Verification Panel and Reference Material Kit are now available with full SARS-CoV-2 viral genome coverage. This expansion allows for compatibility with any SARS-CoV-2 assay target, while maintaining the safety features....
The newly launched Version 2 Verification Panel, and Reference Material Kit, offer expanded genome coverage over the products first launched in March to now include the S gene region. As testing priorities shift from molecular to serological, LGC SeraCare also plans to expand their product offering to antibody controls in continued support of public health efforts against COVID-19. LGC SeraCare’s proprietary AccuPlex technology mimics wild-type pathogenic viruses, but is safe, non-infectious, and replication deficient...
LGC has launched a Proficiency Testing (PT) service for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19) by nucleic acid amplification testing, one of the first global schemes for COVID-19. As increasing numbers of diagnostic methods are made available in the global fight against COVID 19, it is essential that laboratories ensure that their application of methods and subsequent results are reliable and accurate...
The NML at LGC announces a major development in reference materials for allergen quantification
Feb 11, 2020
LGC has has announced the acquisition of C/D/N Isotopes (CDN), a leading manufacturer and supplier of deuterium-labelled compounds. The acquisition follows LGC’s recent acquisition of Toronto Research Chemicals (TRC), the leading manufacturer and supplier of analytical standards, which has enjoyed a longstanding trading relationship with CDN....
LGC’s SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostic manufacturers and clinical laboratories, is announcing the development of molecular reference materials for coronavirus utilizing their proprietary AccuPlex™ recombinant technology. The control material is being produced in collaboration with several diagnostic manufacturers to support development, evaluation, and validation of molecular test methods directed to 2019-nCoV....
The HD-X - the very latest fully automated technology platform from Quanterix for developing and performing digital immunoassays – has been unveiled at LGC’s GLP/GCP-accredited lab in Fordham, near Cambridge, UK. The HD-X builds on the success of the HD-1 analyser in conveying unprecedented levels of sensitivity, robustness, and throughput to Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) bioanalytical studies....
LGC acquires Toronto Research Chemicals, strengthening its presence in the reference standards market
Aug 13, 2019
LGC has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Toronto Research Chemicals (“TRC”), a leading manufacturer and supplier of synthetic organic bio-chemicals which are used as reference standards, research tools and building blocks by a highly diversified global customer base across the pharmaceutical, applied and research sectors...
The Dr. Ehrenstorfer range now includes a growing number of reference standards manufactured under LGC’s ISO Guide 34 scope of accreditation, and new outer packaging and ampoules. The improved packaging, which uses cardboard with an upgraded cellophane layer to help prevent moisture uptake....
LGC Accelerates the Development of New Medicines with Extractables and Leachables Services
Dec 6, 2016
LGC, the international life sciences and measurement company, is successfully preventing pitfalls which can increase drug products time to market. There is increasing regulatory pressure on pharmaceutical companies to investigate the potential interaction between a dosage form and the primary closure and transfer system employed. A thorough scientifically sound extractables and leachables (E&L) programme is, therefore, an essential regulatory requirement...
Quotient Bioanalytical Sciences is a leading provider of bioanalytical services across the fields of small molecules, biomarkers, biopharmaceuticals and microbiological testing to customers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. It is based at Fordham, Cambridgeshire...
Business Development Manager Martin Sibum explained: “We develop applications for a variety of markets, including clinical pharma, toxicology and forensics, and are involved in screening for drugs of abuse. The use of designer drugs is on the increase, and we needed to develop a quantitative online SPE-LC/MSMS method for the analysis of synthetic cannabinoids, or ‘Spice’ compounds. These compounds are relatively new, and LGC Standards was quite unique in being able to supply reference standards for five Spice compounds from stock.”...
“Unilabs is a privately owned clinical laboratory that analyses company healthcare and workplace samples, as well as samples from drug abuse centres. Samples are received from across Sweden and screened either qualitatively or semi-quantitatively using immunological assays, followed by quantitative for verification. Ready-to-use LoGiCal solutions are ideal for our purposes; it is so much simpler than weighing powders for in¬house preparation of reference materials.”...
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LGC Standards, one of the world's leading suppliers of reference materials, has launched the LoGiCal range of certified reference materials. Manufactured and certified to ISO Guide 34, using ISO 17025 accredited processes in LGC's own laboratories, the new range offers scientists a choice of natural and deuterium labelled compounds, each supplied with a detailed Certificate of Analysis. LoGiCal certified reference materials fully satisfy national and international labelling and other requirements for transportation, health and safety...
Over 14,500 products across a range of sectors including food, environmental and industry, to support analytical testing. LGC Standards' most comprehensive catalogue has been updated once again, with a wide range of new reference materials and suppliers being added to the existing offering. ‘Analytical reference materials, standards and high purity solvents 2011/12' supports laboratory quality by providing a resource that contains materials for a variety of applications, ensuring that users have all the products of interest in one place...
LGC Standards is pleased to offer ULTRA Scientific's new line of ISO Guide 34 certified reference materials (CRM), ULTRAgold®. ULTRAgold fulfils international needs with CRMs at convenient concentrations of 1000 ppm and 10 ppm, as well as incorporating REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances) labelling into its products, to better assist the laboratory community
Hair drug analysis - LGC announces agreement to market Psychemedics’ hair test in Europe
Jul 15, 2010
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