Millipore's Elix 70 Clinical Water Purification System Boosts Clinical Laboratory Peformance

Billerica, Massachusetts—July 17, 2007— Millipore Corporation has successfully upgraded Laboratoire Thébault, a clinical laboratory located in Choisy-le-Roi near Paris, France, with an Elix Clinical water purification system, which it uses to feed an Hitachi 917 analyzer. The Millipore system combines pretreatment, reverse osmosis and Millipore’s patented Elix electrodeionization module to produce high-quality, pure water on a consistent basis.

The laboratory, owned by Dr. Bertrand Thébault, uses several analyzers for biology analyses routinely prescribed for patients who are covered by France’s health maintenance organization, the Sécurité sociale. The lab performs analyses for walk-in clients as well as contract research organizations (CROs), the pharmaceutical research bodies responsible for clinical trials. “We have always needed pure water to feed and clean analyzers, reconstitute reagents and wash glassware,” explains Dr. Thébault.

A previous reliance on separate reverse osmosis technology and ion exchange resin cartridges resulted in frequent quality dips. Following an external audit, Thébault began purchasing bottled water, which solved the quality issue, but created a significant additional expense due to the large volume of water required. The installation of Millipore’s Elix 70 Clinical water purification system provides the pure water required by the lab at low operating and maintenance costs. Tap water usage was decreased from four liters to two for every one liter of pure water produced.
There is no need to replace saturated ion exchange resins on a regular basis. Additionally, traceability is no longer a problem, as pure water parameters may be printed from an internal monitoring system.

“Today we experience consistent water quality and easily meet the needs for all functions that require pure water,” says Dr. Thébault. “Since the system was installed, the only maintenance required has been the replacement of two purification cartridges. The pure water produced fully meets our requirements with a level of quality over and above our daily needs. Plus, the system’s traceability gives me the peace of mind that I’ve been looking for.”

Millipore’s Bioscience Division provides innovative tools, services and biological reagents that drive advancements in biomedical and academic research as well as support the discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals. The product portfolio has been further enhanced with the 2006 addition of Chemicon, Upstate and Linco product lines, allowing Millipore to provide the most complete offering of life science tools on the market. Our customers work in leading research laboratories across a variety of industries throughout the world. Millipore improves their laboratory productivity and efficiency through optimized workflows. For more information, please contact Millipore Tech Service at 1-800-548-7853 or 951-676-8080 or visit www.millipore.com.

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Millipore is a leading provider of products and services that improve productivity in laboratory research and bioprocessing manufacturing sites. Through its broad product portfolio, the Company drives growth through innovation and delivers higher value-added applications to the marketplace. Millipore experts have a comprehensive understanding of customers’ research, which results in superior tools, technologies and services. The Company is part of the S&P 500 index and employs approximately 5,800 employees in more than 47 offices worldwide. For additional information on Millipore Corporation, please visit www.millipore.com.

Millipore , Chemicon, Upstate , Linco and Elix are registered trademarks of Millipore Corporation. Hitachi is a registered trademark of Kabushiki Kaisha HITACHI Seisakusho .

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