Varian Unveils Pursuit® XRs Prep Columns

Varian, Inc. has introduced Pursuit^® XRs Prep columns, an extension of its Pursuit XRs line of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns.

Pursuit XRs Prep columns are designed for benchtop preparative liquid chromatography applications.

Formulated for use in the pharmaceutical, biotech and natural product industries, these columns will help scientists, particularly those in pre-clinical development increase productivity by enabling more product to be purified.

The Pursuit XRs Prep columns are designed to provide high-resolution separations suitable for the demanding applications, and at the same time allow the highest available mass loading.

Combining high ligand density with both 5 and 10 micron, 100 angstrom high surface area silica, Pursuit XRs Prep columns offer increased sample loadability and column stability, while maintaining resolution.

Compared to currently available products, Pursuit XRs Prep columns enable up to 2.5 times more material to be purified per run.

"With the introduction of the Pursuit XRs Prep columns, pre-clinical researchers can more quickly obtain large amounts of high-purity product," said Martin O'Donoghue, Senior Vice President, Scientific Instruments, Varian, Inc.

"The addition of preparative columns and self-packing capability to the Pursuit XRs product line gives our customers more options to improve their productivity and reduce operating costs."

The Varian Pursuit^® XRs Prep columns are available with both C18 and silica phases. Bulk media are also available.