CEM introduced a new family of products for peptide synthesis from early discovery through pre-clinical studies—the Liberty Blue line of research scale microwave peptide synthesizers and the Liberty XL mid-scale microwave peptide synthesizer. The Liberty Blue technology allows for 4-minute cycle times and a 90% reduction in solvent usage compared to existing methods for making peptides. The technology represents significant advances in hardware design, as well as improvements to the chemistry, resulting in greater speed and flexibility, better peptide purities and yields, and improved reliability. The systems’ patent-pending Flex-Add Technology provides infinite volume delivery with a high degree of accuracy and precision, allowing the Liberty Blue line coverage of a wide scale range from 0.025 to 5 mmol, the broadest range of any line of research scale microwave peptide synthesizers. In addition, the chemistry is directly scalable up to 100 mmol with the new Liberty XL. Designed for speed, efficiency, and ease-of-use, the Liberty Blue line of microwave peptide synthesizers consists of manual, automated, and high-throughput systems, while the Liberty XL is an automated mid-scale system. The systems feature CEM’s patented technology for using microwave energy for both the coupling and deprotection steps of the synthesis, ensuring high purities and fast yields.

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