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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Interchim S.A.</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category">private <small>(<a href="S.A._(corporation)" title="S.A. (corporation)">Société Anonyme</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">Biotechnology</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1970</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Montlu%C3%A7on" title="Montluçon">Montluçon</a>, (France); <a href="San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, United States; UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Jamey Jones <small>(<a href="Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>) </small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Fine_chemicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Fine chemicals">fine chemistry</a>, <a href="Chromatography" title="Chromatography">chromatography</a> and <a href="Bioanalysis" title="Bioanalysis">bio-analysis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">~150 <small>(2010)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Interchim Inc., Cheshire</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.interchim.com">http://www.interchim.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Interchim</b> is a privately owned <a href="French_language" title="French language">French</a> company specialized in manufacturing and distribution of reagents, consumables and dedicated instruments for the <a href="Research_and_development" title="Research and development">R&D</a> and industry <a href="Laboratory" title="Laboratory">laboratory</a> in the fields of <a href="Fine_chemicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Fine chemicals">fine chemistry</a>, <a href="Chromatography" title="Chromatography">chromatography</a> and <a href="Bioanalysis" title="Bioanalysis">bio-analysis</a>. It has become a provider of reference <a href="Scientific_method" title="Scientific method">methods</a>, products for <a href="Analytics" title="Analytics">analytics</a> (<a href="Analytical_chemistry" title="Analytical chemistry">analytical chemistry</a> and <a href="Bioassays" class="mw-redirect" title="Bioassays">bioassays</a>) serving research and <a href="Quality_control" title="Quality control">quality control</a> in the <a href="Biomedical" class="mw-redirect" title="Biomedical">biomedical</a> field, <a href="Pharmaceutical_industry" title="Pharmaceutical industry">pharmaceutical</a> industry, but also <a href="Cosmetics" title="Cosmetics">cosmetics</a> and <a href="Environmental_science" title="Environmental science">environment</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>Interchim was founded by Boch Jean (formerly chemical engineer at <a href="Rhone-Poulenc" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhone-Poulenc">Rhone-Poulenc</a>) and Boch Colette in 1970. Their initial activity started with distribution of fine chemicals, then <a href="Chromatography" title="Chromatography">chromatography</a> and <a href="Biology" title="Biology">Biology</a>. 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 <a href="Chromatography" title="Chromatography">chromatography</a>, <a href="Fine_chemicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Fine chemicals">fine chemistry</a> and <a href="Bioanalysis" title="Bioanalysis">bio-analysis</a>. Leadership in analytical sciences is based on distribution from leading groups (<a href="Agilent" class="mw-redirect" title="Agilent">Agilent</a>, <a href="Perkin_Elmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Perkin Elmer">Perkin Elmer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jackson Immunoresearch, Novus, Radleys...), collaborations and proprietary innovative products.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2></div>
<ul><li>The activity in <a href="Chromatography" title="Chromatography">Chromatography</a> spans HPLC, LC/MS, FPLC, <a href="Medium_pressure_liquid_chromatography" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium pressure liquid chromatography">MPLC</a> - GC, GC/MS, GPC, GFC - RMN - AA, IR, ICP, UV – SPE. Interchim notably introduced new generation silica chromatography media (<i>UptiSphere</i> that has become a standard worldwide,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Strategy</i>, <i>Atoll</i><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).</li></ul>
<ul><li>The activity in <a href="Fine_chemicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Fine chemicals">Fine Chemistry</a> deals with compounds libraries (<a href="Chirality_(chemistry)" title="Chirality (chemistry)">Chirals</a>, <a href="Fluorine" title="Fluorine">Fluorines</a>, Building blocks for <a href="Combinatorial_chemistry" title="Combinatorial chemistry">Combi-Chemistry</a>) and flash chromatography. Interchim developed a unique flash chromatography system (<i>PuriFlashEvo430</i> - integrated functions).</li>
<li>The activity in <a href="Biology" title="Biology">BioSciences</a> focuses on <a href="Immunologic_techniques" class="mw-redirect" title="Immunologic techniques">Immunodetection</a>, <a href="Biochemistry" title="Biochemistry">Biochemistry</a>, <a href="Electrophoresis" title="Electrophoresis">Electrophoresis</a> and <a href="Cell_culture_assays" class="mw-redirect" title="Cell culture assays">Cell Assays</a>. Interchim manufactures <a href="Assay#Protein" title="Assay">protein assays</a> (<i>BC Assay, Coo Assay</i>), superior <a href="Fluorophore" title="Fluorophore">fluorescent dyes</a> known as <a href="Fluoprobes" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluoprobes">FluoProbes</a>, Cell Assays reagents and kits (i.e. FluoProbes indicators, high sensitive <a href="Resazurin#Cell_viability_applications" title="Resazurin">viability assay</a> <i>UptiBlue</i>) and an innovate <a href="Transfection" title="Transfection">transfection</a> agent <i>UptiFectin</i>.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.interchim.com">Interchim (headquarters) web site</a>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.petro-online.com/news/fuel-for-thought/13/perkinelmer/new_partnership_to_supply_analytical_consumables_to_europe/5136/">New partnership to supply analytical consumables to Europe</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><b>Orthogonal screening</b> of packed columns in SFC - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greenchemistrygroup.org/pdf/sciprog2008/Eric%20Lessellier,%20University%20of%20New%20Orleans%20Orthogonal_screening%5B1%5D.pdf">Green Chemistry group</a>;
<b>Characterization of octadecylsiloxane</b> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.univ-orleans.fr/icoa/communications/com2007/west.pdf">ICOA, Université d’Orléans</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110717173746/http://www.univ-orleans.fr/icoa/communications/com2007/west.pdf">Archived</a> 2011-07-17 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>; <br>
<b>Determination of Uranium</b> by Packed-Column Supercritical Fluid Chromatography – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie000248x">CEA Saclay</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Robust liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for analysis of <b>acrylamide in food</b> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240604073752/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0021967307016275">Journal of Chromatography A, Vol.172, Issue 1, 16 Nov.2007, Pages 19-24</a> <br>
Improved liquid chromatography–MS method for the determination of <b>pemetrexed in human plasma</b> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130202035144/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6X0P-4WK43V4-1&_user=10&_coverDate=08/15/2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1237651278&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=f6c91d3410cd2f4ca5a90b52715cb022">Journal of Chromatography B, Volume 877, Issue 24, 15 August 2009, Pages 2451-2456</a> & 11th Symposium on Biochromatography and nanoseparations <br>
Quantitative Detection of Endogenous <b>Uracil and Dihydrouracil in Human Plasma</b> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/54/9/1463">Clinical Chemistry. 2008;54:1463-1472</a></span>
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