With the increasing number of clinical trials focusing on advanced therapies with biologics the demand for the analysis of sophisticated and most often manually performed assays is growing. To face this situation and to improve the quality and the throughput, LKF has now implemented a new automated liquid handling system, the Flow Robotics flowbot™ ONE.

With the flowbot™ ONE, LKF now owns a flexible and easy to use platform for the analysis of single or multiplex immunoassays, chromogenic assays or any other assay performed in a 96 to 384 well format. It assures precise and accurate pipetting process and, thereby, leads to reliable and consistent results for our clients.

26 dietary supplements for children were tested. The products are mostly too high in dosage, which can lead to undesirable effects. Consequences can be headaches, nausea or fatigue. Overdoses are made in dietary supplements, because the vitamins can degrade, but in connection with the declaration, no consumer deception may arise.

SO2 is one of the most commonly used food preservatives in the EU. ECHA is planning a re-evaluation and EFSA has been consulted to determine provisional Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) groups of the food additives sulfur dioxide (E 220), sodium sulfite (E 221), sodium bisulfite (E 222), sodium metabisulfite (E 223), potassium metabisulfite (E 224), calcium sulfite (E 226), calcium bisulfite (E 227) and potassium bisulfite (E 228).

While the demand for pork, beef and veal has fallen in Europe over the past 25 years, the craving for poultry is on the rise. At the same time, the quality of chicken meat sometimes leaves room for improvement. Especially hygiene and microbiological indicators like Salmonella, Campylobacter and antibiotic resistant germs were tested.

Quantification and characterization of Biomarkers andBiopharmaceuticals: Using leading-edge multi-array technologies ´MSD Quickplex´ and ´Luminex´ we offer multiple high-throughput readouts for pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and toxicology in drug discovery and development (GLP/GCLP).