Oct 19 2010
GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of General Electric Company, has declared its licensing and collaboration contract with Hamilton Robotics for creating a completely automated solution for processing and dealing samples from FTA substrates and financial dealings are yet to be revealed.
Richard Dool, GM, Consumables, GE Healthcare has said that this contract will be aimed at handling difficult tasks involved in high volume dried sample processing for various pharmaceutical applications like pharmacokinetics (DMPK) and drug metabolism. He added that by linking their latest technology and experience in the area of ambient temperature sample collection, moving and storing the samples with Hamilton's expertise in liquid dealing and lab automation, all the process obstacles can be eliminated and a new benchmark can be developed in performance and consistency.
According to Radi Hofstetter, VP, Hamilton Bonaduz, the latest methods of sample collection, processing and storage are based on Forensic FTA-paper applications. He said that by including this innovative technology into a fully automated process they can profoundly offer increased throughput and capabilities both in forensics and other latest areas. He expressed his pleasure in collaborating with GE Healthcare and expressed their determination in further enhancing this latest technology ensuring ease of use as well as process safety.
Creation of accurate ‘walk-away,' systems are necessary for achieving the cost-effective and time-saving advantages of high throughput testing involved in DMPK research, drug metabolism and human identification (HID) with DNA profiling. Operator workload and reliable monitoring of samples can be assured by automating the procedures involved in sample filling, spot punching and pre-diagnostic sample preparation. It was reported that Hamilton Robotics and GE Healthcare will discuss with major laboratories for revealing the development process.