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12-01-2012 LGC Standards sets the benchmark for reference material handling
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, can now offer its global customer base the benefits of its significantly improved central warehousing facilities in Wesel, Germany...
06-01-2012 LGC helps uphold the authenticity of high-end whisky brands
As Burns Night approaches, so does the age old question of which whisky best accompanies haggis...
19-12-2011 LGC Standards offers new reference material to support improved quantification of vitamins in food
LGC Standards has introduced a new certified reference material for food testing laboratories...
08-12-2011 The heart of the matter – LGC improves therapeutic drug monitoring for cardiac arrhythmia
LGC, the UK’s designated National Meaurement Institute for chemical and bioanalytical measurement, has developed two new clinical reference materials...
18-11-2011 LGC Standards acquires Africa’s largest supplier of reference materials
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Industrial Analytical (Pty) Ltd of South Africa...
16-11-2011 LGC Standards offers new IRMM reference material for C-reactive protein
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, has expanded its range of clinical reference standards from the Institute...
03-11-2011Mercury levels in soil – new environmental reference materials from LGC Standards
LGC Standards expands its range of certified reference materials (CRMs) for environmental factors with the introduction of three new materials for mercury in soil...
12-09-2011 LGC Standards’ new PCB reference materials facilitate EPA compliance
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, has expanded its range of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and related compounds from ULTRA Scientific...
01-08-2011 LGC Standards launches major online source of reference materials
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, has today launched what will become the most comprehensive online source of reference materials available...
07-07-2010 LGC Standards supplies high-purity inorganic compounds
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, has introduced a range of high-purity inorganic chemical compounds from MV Laboratories....
22-06-2011 eVol® NMR edition – now available from LGC Standards
LGC Standards now offers the world’s first automated analytical syringe available in an NMR edition. It is designed to meet the specific needs of NMR such as the...
02-06-2011 LGC Standards extends range of GMO standards to meet EC recommendations
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, is pleased to announce that a new range of genetically modified (GM) certified reference materials (CRMs) are now available. Produced by the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements...
25-05-2011 LGC Standards launches new reference materials catalogue
LGC Standards, Europe's leading supplier of reference materials, has updated once again its comprehensive reference materials catalogue, now listing 14,500 products that support analytical testing...
13-05-2011 LGC Standards offers reference materials for 31 legal highs banned by new 2010 Europol Report
Since April 2010, LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, has been characterising and developing reference materials to assist forensic, clinical and toxicology laboratories to identify and quantify ‘legal high’ drugs...
10-05-2011 LGC Standards appointed to administer proficiency testing scheme for global stevia production
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials and UKAS accredited international provider of proficiency testing (PT) services (certificate no. 0001), has been appointed...
14-04-2011 David Nuttall MP visits new state-of-the-art facilities of successful local business
During a visit to the new LGC Standards offices and laboratory at Chamberhall Business Park, David Nuttall, MP for Bury North welcomed the prospect of new jobs being created...
31-03-2011 LGC Standards opens new state-of-the-art facility in Bury
LGC Standards welcomed guests to the official opening of its new building on 31 March 2011. The new facility, at Chamberhall Green, Bury, houses over 19,500 sq ft of purpose built office...
29-03-2011 LGC Standards introduces two new reference materials for milk safety
LGC Standards expands its range of certified reference materials for food safety, with two new reference materials for oxytetracycline in cow’s milk applicable to European Union (EU) regulations...
08-03-2011 LGC Standards offers world’s first certified reference nanomaterial
LGC Standards is pleased to announce its range of reference nanomaterials has been enhanced by the addition of the world’s first certified reference material based on industry-sourced nanoparticles...
24-02-2011 LGC Standards adds ULTRA QuECh™ line to its standards portfolio
LGC Standards introduces the new ULTRA QuECh™ range of standards from ULTRA Scientific, offering 23 catalogued standards formulated to meet the specifications detailed by QuEChERS EN 15662, AOAC 2007.1 and mini-multiresidue methods...
15-02-2011 LGC Standards partners with PRIMACYT to improve access to hepatocytes for drug discovery research
LGC Standards is delighted to announce the addition of the PRIMACYT range of in-vitro products and services to its portfolio of life science research and drug discovery products. PRIMACYT currently offers hepatocyte cells...
21-01-2011 LGC Standards provides reference materials to support dioxin testing of eggs from Germany
Recent scares relating to dioxin contamination of food and feed products have drawn attention to the need for sufficient testing procedures to ensure food safety. Eggs, pork and poultry products contaminated with dioxins...
08-12-2010 LGC Standards continues global expansion with first office in Dubai
LGC Standards has opened its first branch office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This latest expansion into new territories follows on from our 2009 opening of offices in China and Russia...
26-11-2010 LGC and reinnervate collaborate to improve in vitro toxicity testing for drug discovery
LGC, an international science-based company and market leader in analytical, forensic and diagnostic services and reference standards, is partnering with reinnervate, a UK biotechnology company, to offer reinnervate’s novel three dimensional (3D) in vitro culturing scaffold...
04-11-2010 LGC Standards extends portfolio with Cardiff Bioanalytical Services acquisition
LGC Limited has acquired Cardiff Bioanalytical Services Ltd (CBSL), a leading provider of External Quality Assessment (EQA) schemes for clinical and forensic toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring. The company runs a number of schemes...
03-11-2010 LGC develops reference materials for the characterisation of selenium-enriched food products
LGC, the UK’s designated National Measurement Institute for chemical and bioanalytical measurement, is supporting the food industry by producing a range of reference materials for the characterisation of selenium in bio-fortified foods....
28-10-2010 LGC Standards and ULTRA Scientific offer the Gold Standard with ULTRAgold®
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....
21-10-2010 LGC Standards partners with Gentronix to bring human cell-based genotoxicity testing kits to drug discovery researchers
LGC Standards is delighted to announce the addition of human cell genotoxicity testing kits (GreenScreen HC® and BlueScreen HC™) from Gentronix to its portfolio of life science research and drug discovery products...
04-10-2010 Supporting nanoscience - LGC Standards launches range of reference nanomaterials
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, has launched a range of reference nanomaterials to aid research and testing into the applications and impacts of nanotechnology, which is widely regarded as one of the most important new technologies...
17-09-2010 New human cell line profiling service from LGC Standards
LGC Standards has launched a new service to help researchers establish the identity of the human immortal cell lines used in their laboratory. The service utilises short tandem repeat (STR) profiling, a widely used technique established in forensic science...
15-09-2010 Pharmaceutical standards + expert advice = the booth to visit at CPhI
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials and products and services to support laboratory quality, is exhibiting at CPhI, Hall 6, Booth 6M78. This year, the booth will feature our broadest range of products to date...
14-09-2010 LGC Standards partners with Reinnervate to bring ec23® to life science researchers
LGC Standards is delighted to announce the addition of ec23®, a stable synthetic retinoid used for stem cell differentiation, to its portfolio of life science research and drug discovery products...
05-08-2010 LGC Standards distributes world’s first hand-held automated analytical syringe
LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, is pleased to announce it has secured a European distribution agreement for the award-winning and world’s first user-calibrated eVol® analytical syringe, created and manufactured by SGE Analytical Science...
04-08-2010 LGC Standards helps laboratories to shed light on global vitamin D deficiency
With vitamin D deficiency being implicated in an increasing number of medical conditions, LGC Standards, Europe’s leading supplier of reference materials, has launched a range of reference materials for laboratories monitoring vitamin D levels...
30-07-2010 LGC Standards introduces a certified reference material for banned legal high NRG-1
LGC Standards, Europes leading supplier of reference materials, has characterised and introduced the first reference material to assist forensic, clinical and toxicology laboratories to identify and quantify the newly classified Class B drug naphthylpyrovalerone (naphyrone)...
19-07-2010 LGC Standards signs up lab number 2,000 to its food microbiology proficiency testing scheme
LGC Standards, the major international provider of proficiency testing services, has welcomed the 2,000th laboratory onto its Quality in Microbiology Scheme (QMS), making it one of the largest food microbiology proficiency testing schemes in the world...
15-07-2010 Driving up standards in drink-driving tests – LGC Standards launches new ethanol reference materials
LGC, in its capacity as the UK’s designated National Measurement Institute for chemical and bioanalytical measurements, has extended its range of certified reference materials (CRMs) for ethanol in water by producing two new reference materials...
06-07-2010 FDA guidance on impurities in generic drugs drives LGC Standards’ expansion of product range
Recently issued guidance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states that, in addition to the pharmacopoeial monographs, generic substances must also be assessed in accordance with the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines. One of the vital elements...
18-03-2010 LGC Standards provides chemical reference materials to identify mephedrone and other new ‘legal highs’
These substances are ‘designer’ versions of controlled drugs of the amphetamine and Ecstasy types, rendered legal by the inclusion of a beta-keto group. Although marketed as ‘research chemicals’, ‘plant food’...
02-02-2010 LGC Standards puts more drug discovery tools in your belt
LGC Standards has launched a new absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) toxicology guide comprising a unique collection of labelled and unlabelled reagents and standards, as well as important biological model systems.
26-01-2010 Ultra Scientific Offers The Gold Standard With ISO Guide 34 Accreditation
Organic and inorganic standards distributed by LGC Standards give laboratories greater choice and quality. LGC Standards is pleased to announce that ULTRA Scientific, one of its key suppliers, has gained ISO Guide 34 accreditation for...
08-01-2010 LGC Standards continues as an authorised distributor of IRMM reference materials
LGC Standards has been re-appointed as authorised distributor of IRMM certified reference materials until 2019, having previously held this position for ten years. The JRC’s Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM)...
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