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We have tailored our testing products for food, water and waste water analysis, spectropho-
tometry and quality control to growing analytical demand. This includes products such as the
spectrophotometer Spectroquant ® Pharo and the Spectroquant ® Colorimeter Picco Cl2/O3/
ClO2/CyA/pH as well as an extended product line of instant visual test kits such as Mercko-
quant ® test strips.
Visual test kits such as pH indicator strips and papers, Aquamerck ®, Microquant ®, and Aqua-
quant ®, as well as testing instruments such as Reflectoquant ® and Turbiquant ® are also part
of the range. The product range for microscopy is tailored to classical hematology, cytology,
histology, and bacteriology. Laboratory supplies and third-party products round off the offer-
ings to research, quality, analytical, and clinical labs.
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BioMonitoring activities are another area of competence within the Lab Solutions Business
Unit. Our products help to detect microbiological contamination and to conduct protein and
cellular analysis targeting customers in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and food
industries. The business unit also sells membranes, antibodies, and other diagnostic reagents
to diagnostic and medical device manufacturers. Beverage companies also benefit from the use
of BioMonitoring products to identify microbiological contamination from bacteria and yeast.
We are also focused on developing next-generation technologies that are faster and more sen-
sitive and enable drug manufacturers to identify contamination earlier in their processes. These
products are capable of significantly reducing the time-to-result from days or weeks to hours.
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As the leading supplier of lab water applications, Merck Millipore also offers lab water instru-
ments, consumables and services to meet diverse water purification needs. These products
remove microorganisms, dissolved gases, particulates, and organic and inorganic compounds
from water. The quality of the water is a critical variable for researchers as it can have a lasting
impact on the scientific results of their research. The demands placed on water quality depend
largely on the complexity of the scientific experiment, with ultrapure water required for complex
experiments.
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