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Global collaboration agreement with Axcend Corp
Global collaboration agreement with Axcend Corp.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 1206E\n Microsaic Systems plc\n 26 February 2020\n \n \n \n \n 26 Feb 2020\n \n \n Microsaic Systems plc\n \n \n \n \n \n (\"Microsaic\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Global collaboration and commercialisation agreement with Axcend Corp\n \n \n \n \n \n Microsaic Systems plc (AIM: MSYS), the developer of point of need mass spectrometry (\"MS\") instruments, is pleased to announce that it has signed a global integration and joint sales and marketing heads of terms with Axcend Corp (\"Axcend\") to integrate the compact Microsaic 4500 MiD® MS with the portable Axcend Focus LC® (\"LC/MS system\"), and to commercialise the combined system globally using both companies' direct sales and selected distribution channels. Microsaic has a direct sales presence in the UK and certain European markets, while Axcend has a direct presence in North America; both partners have extensive and growing networks of international distribution partners.\n \n \n \n \n \n The Microsaic 4500 MiD® is a robust and compact MS detector with an integrated computer and vacuum pump, whose small footprint and ease of use make it deployable anywhere within a laboratory or processing facility. The Axcend Focus LC® is a very small footprint, high-performance liquid chromatography system (\"HPLC\").\n \n \n \n \n \n Both LC and MS are standard analyses that are widely adopted and the ability to offer both in an easy-to-use compact LC/MS system is expected to deliver users with significant efficiency benefits without compromising on performance, speed or reliability. \n \n \n \n \n \n Liquid chromatography (\"LC\") is a well-established method of sample separation. LC very commonly uses MS as a detection method in a wide range of markets, such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals and environmental analysis. Typically, due in part to the size and complexity of traditional LC and MS systems, such analyses are performed in a centralised laboratory. The combination of Axcend and Microsaic's small footprint technologies supports timely testing in the location where samples are taken, as well as in centralised laboratories. In addition, the combined \n LC/MS system utilises substantially less solvents than the traditonal LC and MS systems, which can, therefore, result in lower running costs and...