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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Column - January 2007

Contents
News
Zosimus
Market Trends and Analysis
Extraction of Pharmaceuticals from Environmental Water Samples
Simplified Method Development with a Single Polymeric SPE Sorbent
Chiral Method Development
Demonstration of Chiral Separation Behaviour and a Scale-up Process
Q&A

The Column - January 2007