Applied Biosystems, a worldwide leader in life science technologies, offers POROS® 50 Micron Perfusion Chromatography products, today’s best-performing media for process scale bioseparations (info.appliedbiosystems.com/poros).  AB also provides rapid molecular methods for contaminant and impurity analysis in pharmaceutical manufacturing, featuring MicroSEQ® Identification and Detection Systems (www.microseq.com)

For more information, visit www.appliedbiosystems.com

GE Healthcare Life Sciences provides a broad range of products and services for biomolecule separations at all scales. Chief products include: • ÄKTAdesign™ chromatography systems and BioProcess™ media • Filtration systems and devices • Wave Bioreactor™ and mixers • Cell separation for isolating and purifying cells, viruses, and sub-cellular particles • Fast Trak™ BioPharma Services. Our products are used in the manufacture of the majority of all FDA-approved biopharmaceuticals on the market. GE Healthcare Life Sciences is a part of GE Healthcare, a General Electric company with more than 42,000 employees, providing transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care.

Aegis provides Manufacturing Intelligence solutions that drive a lean supply chain and accelerate revenue with a proven approach to data access, aggregation and analytics. Leading life science manufacturers increase profits by using company’s enterprise-class software platform, Discoverant ®, to improve process predictability, quality and yield and accelerate technology transfer.

For more information visit www.aegiscorp.com

M-Scan is a world leader in contract analytical services and training based on mass spectrometry, chromatography and other protein and carbohydrate analytical techniques. We have 30 years experience in performing physicochemical characterisation of biotech products for research and regulatory submissions from four GLP/GMP accredited laboratories in the UK, USA, Switzerland and Germany.

Natrix Separations, Inc. is a leading supplier of high performance, lab and process scale disposable chromatography products. Natrix Separations’ novel and patented membrane technology combines the resolution and high binding capacity of chromatographic resins with the rapid processing and ease of use of traditional membrane-based devices. Natrix provides chromatography products from lab to process scale.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech is a leading provider of cutting-edge equipment and services for the development, quality assurance and production processes of the biopharmaceutical industry. Our integrated solutions covering fermentation, filtration, purification, fluid management and lab technologies are supporting the biopharmaceutical industry around the world to develop and produce drugs safety, timely and economically. For next generation processes, we focus on single-use technologies and added value services to meet upcoming requirements of the industry we serve. Strongly rooted, in the scientific community and closely allied with customers and technology partners, we are dedicated to our philosophy of “Turning science into solutions”.

Headquartered in Aubagne, France, Sartorius Stedim Biotech is listed on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris. With its own manufacturing and sales companies in Europe, North America and Asia, Sartorius Stedim Biotech enjoys a worldwide presence. Its key manufacturing and R&D location is in Germany. The company employs over 2,200 people, and in 2006 earned pro forma sales revenue of more than 360 million euros.