Press release summary
Phenomenex launched Strata-Mag RP on Oct. 8, introducing a magnetic bead-based extraction technology intended to help clinical research laboratories automate sample preparation for liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry workflows.
The company said the reversed-phase technology is designed to replace labor-intensive solid-phase extraction steps that can be difficult to automate. Conventional cartridge or plate workflows may be affected by channeling and plugging, while magnetic beads can be moved and separated without forcing liquid through a packed sorbent bed.
Phenomenex is positioning Strata-Mag RP as a path from manual processing to automated, higher-throughput preparation without changing the underlying reversed-phase chemistry. The announcement, however, did not provide recovery data, matrix-effect results, validated application panels or comparative throughput figures. Laboratories will need to evaluate those measures for their own analytes, matrices and automation platforms.
For laboratory readers, the launch is significant because sample preparation remains a major source of hands-on time and analytical variability in LC-MS/MS testing. An automation-ready magnetic extraction format could improve consistency and capacity if it demonstrates suitable recovery, precision and robustness during method validation.
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