Biotage® Announces EVOLUTE® EXPRESS Columns - Simplified, Fast and Efficient SPE using the Load-Wash-Elute Procedure

Biotage® (STO: BIOT), announces the addition of new polymer based SPE columns to their tried and tested EVOLUTE® EXPRESS range.

Uppsala, Sweden (June 26, 2015) -- Biotage® (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical and medicinal chemistry, announces the addition of new polymer based SPE columns to their tried and tested EVOLUTE® EXPRESS range.

EVOLUTE® EXPRESS is a novel family of plates, and now columns, that simplify polymer-based SPE by employing a streamlined three step protocol; Load-Wash-Elute. By using this approach and removing the conditioning and equilibration steps, necessary with traditional bio-analytical SPE procedures, processing and method development times are dramatically reduced without loss of analyte recovery or method robustness.

The EVOLUTE® EXPRESS design provides a uniform flow in the processing of aqueous samples and eliminates the need for re-runs due to clogging. This clear flow technology makes EVOLUTE® EXPRESS particularly efficient and effective when used with SPE automated systems, (such as the Biotage Extrahera™) and enabling consistent, rapid and reliable manual processing.

"Biotage has built a reputation for offering products that simplify Sample Preparation, promoting high throughput and reliability. By expanding the tried and tested EVOLUTE® EXPRESS range we address a real concern for many analysts who have to re-run samples due to well-clogging and sample variability. The minimal three step approach of Load-Wash-Elute considerably improves the way SPE is performed and offers significant time savings for all bio-analysis labs" says Dr. Claire Desbrow, Analytical Chemistry, Product Manager, Biotage.

EVOLUTE® EXPRESS columns are packed with polymer-based EVOLUTE® chemistries (ABN, CX, WCX, AX and WAX) to address most application needs in a wide range of laboratories.

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Biotage offers solutions, knowledge and experience in the areas of analytical and medicinal chemistry. Customers include the world's top pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as leading academic institutes. The company is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, with offices in China, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and a worldwide network of distributors. Biotage has 293 employees with sales of 490 MSEK in 2014. Biotage is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Stock Exchange. Website: http://www.biotage.com.