Purolite™ AP+50 resin enables improved cost efficiencies in antibody manufacturing

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ecolab Life Sciences today announced it has launched an innovative new resin to help achieve cost savings and optimize operations throughout the antibody manufacturing process. Purolite™ AP+50 is an affinity chromatography resin with a 50-micron bead size offering the highest dynamic binding capacity of the AP resin platform while providing excellent durability for monoclonal antibody capture. It also leverages Ecolab’s patented Jetted resin bead manufacturing technology, an innovative approach that enables lot-to-lot consistency and shorter lead times. It is the latest addition to Ecolab’s robust Purolite Resin affinity toolbox which helps biopharmaceutical companies and Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations solve complex purification challenges.

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(BUSINESS WIRE)--It is with deep sadness that The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) announces that Chairman Emeritus Leonard A. Lauder passed away on June 14, at the age of 92, surrounded by family.

Mr. Lauder was born in 1933 in New York City, the oldest son of Estée and Joseph H. Lauder, the founders of The Estée Lauder Companies. He was a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and the Officer Candidate School of the United States Navy. Mr. Lauder studied at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and as a Navy reservist, for which the U.S. Navy Supply Corps Foundation later recognized him with its Distinguished Alumni Award. He formally joined Estée Lauder in 1958, and for more than six decades, Mr. Lauder was a visionary and an innovator, helping transform the business from a handful of products sold under a single brand in U.S. stores to the mul ... Read more »