Interchim is a privately owned

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

company specialized in manufacturing and distribution of reagents, consumables and dedicated instruments for the R&D and industry

laboratory A laboratory (; ; colloquially lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. Laboratory services are provided in a variety of settings: physici ...

in the fields of fine chemistry,

chromatography In chemical analysis, chromatography is a laboratory technique for the separation of a mixture into its components. The mixture is dissolved in a fluid solvent (gas or liquid) called the ''mobile phase'', which carries it through a system ( ...

and bio-analysis. It has become a provider of reference methods, products for analytics (

analytical chemistry Analytical chemistry studies and uses instruments and methods to separate, identify, and quantify matter. In practice, separation, identification or quantification may constitute the entire analysis or be combined with another method. Separati ...

and bioassays) serving research and quality control in the biomedical field, pharmaceutical industry, but also

cosmetics Cosmetics are constituted mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources, or synthetically created ones. Cosmetics have various purposes. Those designed for personal care and skin care can be used to cleanse or protec ...

and

environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ...

History

Interchim was founded by Boch Jean (formerly chemical engineer at Rhone-Poulenc) and Boch Colette in 1970. Their initial activity started with distribution of fine chemicals, then

and

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditar ...

. Production was developed as well, in each fields. Affiliate companies were created for production and commercial activities in France, UK (2003), USA (2007) and Instrumentation business (2010). Interchim has now major activity in fine

, fine chemistry and bio-analysis. Leadership in analytical sciences is based on distribution from leading groups ( Agilent, Perkin Elmer, Jackson Immunoresearch, Novus, Radleys...), collaborations and proprietary innovative products.

Activities

* The activity in

Chromatography In chemical analysis, chromatography is a laboratory technique for the separation of a mixture into its components. The mixture is dissolved in a fluid solvent (gas or liquid) called the ''mobile phase'', which carries it through a system ( ...

spans HPLC, LC/MS, FPLC, MPLC - GC, GC/MS, GPC, GFC - RMN - AA, IR, ICP, UV – SPE. Interchim notably introduced new generation silica chromatography media (''UptiSphere'' that has become a standard worldwide, ''Strategy'', ''Atoll''Robust liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for analysis of acrylamide in food
Journal of Chromatography A, Vol.172, Issue 1, 16 Nov.2007, Pages 19-24

Improved liquid chromatography–MS method for the determination of pemetrexed in human plasma
Journal of Chromatography B, Volume 877, Issue 24, 15 August 2009, Pages 2451-2456
& 11th Symposium on Biochromatography and nanoseparations
Quantitative Detection of Endogenous Uracil and Dihydrouracil in Human Plasma �
Clinical Chemistry. 2008;54:1463-1472
/ref>). * The activity in Fine Chemistry deals with compounds libraries ( Chirals, Fluorines, Building blocks for Combi-Chemistry) and flash chromatography. Interchim developed a unique flash chromatography system (''PuriFlashEvo430'' - integrated functions). * The activity in BioSciences focuses on Immunodetection,

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology ...

Electrophoresis Electrophoresis, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, "amber") and φόρησις (phórēsis, "the act of bearing"), is the motion of dispersed particles relative to a fluid under the influence of a spatially uniform electric f ...

and Cell Assays. Interchim manufactures protein assays (''BC Assay, Coo Assay''), superior fluorescent dyes known as FluoProbes, Cell Assays reagents and kits (i.e. FluoProbes indicators, high sensitive viability assay ''UptiBlue'') and an innovate transfection agent ''UptiFectin''.

References

Interchim (headquarters) web site
{{Authority control Chemical companies of France Companies based in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes