Varian, Inc. announced today that it has launched its new family of Pursuit(TM) "Fast LC"

columns for high performance liquid chromatography with Pursuit XRs Ultra 2.8 and Pursuit INDUSTRIAL UPS

2.4. These new columns allow chromatographers to analyze samples faster while achieving higher

resolution and reducing the cost per analysis. Both columns are intended for use by analytical

chemists in pharmaceutical and environmental laboratories for the separation, identification

and quantification of sample components.