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Asish B. Chakraborty is a senior scientist, Weibin Chen*, is a principal research chemist, and John C. Gebler is the director, all at Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street, Milford, MA 01757, Weibin_Chen@Waters.com

*To whom all correspondence should be addressed.