Biopolymers

News Biopolymers

• Global Bio-Based Chemicals Market Trends Reviewed in New SBI Report

  Following a steady and solid growth in the past few years, helped along by stabilization in glycerin prices, the bio-based chemicals market reached a value of USD 3.6 billion in 2011. Over the forecast period, steady sales for lactic acid and biopolymers are supposed to act as stable drivers for the more

• BASF sells marine biopolymers business to Seagarden ASA

  BASF SE and the Norwegian company Seagarden ASA signed a contract to transfer the Chitosan marine biopolymers business. Chitosan marine biopolymers are used in personal care products and as pharmaceutical ingredients. The transaction is expected to be formally completed by August 2012. The divestmen more

• PolyTherics acquires Warwick Effect Polymers and expands technology portfolio to enable the development of better biopharmaceuticals

  PolyTherics Limited  announced the acquisition of Warwick Effect Polymers (“WEP”), a provider of specialty biopolymers for the modification of biological products. WEP has developed two proprietary biopolymer technologies, PolyPEG® and GlycoPol®, both of which are based on the leading academic work more

White papers Biopolymers

• Characterizing Biotherapeutics with HPLC
  

  As demonstrated here, there are a broad range of HPLC applications used in development, production, validation and release of protein therapeutics for human use. Some of the applications mentioned above are mandatory when submitting a new biopharmaceutical to approval at the regulatory agencies. The introduction of the first so-called biosimilars in Europe further increased the demand for highly efficient analysis methods. The continuous development of new stationary phases for the common modes of biochromatography, such as size exclusion, ion exchange and hydrophilic interaction chromatography support biochemists in increasing lab productivity and establishing high-throughput HPLC analysis not only for small molecules but also for large biopolymers more

• Field-Flow Fractionation - The Universal Separation Principle for Particle and Macromolecule Characterization
  

  High molecular weight polymers, bio molecules or particles in a range of a few nanometers up to several microns are more and more important in science and technology. Many applications are based on the specific properties of these materials. For this reason, an exact knowledge of the molar mass or particle sizes distribution is essential for later application as well as for optimization of the production processes or quality control. In addition the knowledge about the chain structure of macromolecules or biopolymers as well as about the shape of particles is often necessary. For this reason those samples, which often can be very complex systems, have to be separated according to parameters such as e.g. hydrodynamic volume or molecular weight. After the separation process the resulting narrow dispersed fractions are detected with different techniques. more

Publications Biopolymers

• Mild and Efficient Strategy for Site-Selective Aldehyde Modification of Glycosaminoglycans: Tailoring Hydrogels with Tunable Release of Growth Factor

  Aldehydes have been used as an important bioorthogonal chemical reporter for conjugation of large polymers and bioactive substances. However, generating aldehyde functionality on carbohydrate-based biopolymers without changing its native chemical structure has always persisted as a challenging task. more

• Frameshifting dynamics

  Abstract FORWARD The first issue of Biopolymers appeared in February, 1963. John F. Kennedy was president and would be killed in November of that year. The Beatles released their debut album “Please Please me”. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Karl Ziegler and Giullo Natta “for their disco more

• Microwell Chips for Selection of Bio‐macromolecules that Increase the Differentiation Capacities of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

  Abstract Microwell chips (25 mm × 25 mm) are fabricated to select proper substrates for growing three‐dimensional (3D) spheroids from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Different bio‐macromolecules and their combinations are immobilized on the chip by air plasma treatment and by polyelectrolyte inte more

Market studies Biopolymers

• Lipoxen PLC (LPX) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Lipoxen PLC (Lipoxen) is a biopharmaceutical company that is engaged in the development of pharmaceutical products in the fields of protein drugs, vaccines and anti-cancer drugs. The company's technologies include PolyXen, a versatile enabling technology that uses the biopolymer polysialic acid to p more

• Oxford Immunotec Limited - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Oxford Immunotec Limited (Oxford Immunotec) is an international T cell measurement company engaged in the development and commercialization of innovative T cell measurement products for major unmet scientific and medical needs. Its product line includes T-SPOT.TB, a revolutionary in vitro diagnostic more

• Aqua Bio Technology ASA (ATB) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Aqua Bio Technology ASA (ABT) is a Norway based pharmaceutical company. The company is principally engaged in research and development, production and commercialization of innovative active ingredients. It principally caters to the global personal care industry. ABT developed novel marine active ing more

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