VEDBAEK, Denmark — — Exiqon A/S (Copenhagen:EXQ) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Oncotech, Inc. (“Oncotech”), will be pursuing an out-of-court liquidation conducted by a common law Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors.On 17 December 2009, Exiqon announced its intention to divest Oncotech. Exiqon has since been engaged in discussions with numerous parties regarding […]

Craigavon Northern Ireland — Almac today announced the launch of Xcel™ array, a biomarker discovery platform that enables the identification of biomarkers within multiple disease areas. Almac’s propriety Xcel™ array contains 92,000 transcripts, significantly more than is available on any other platform and the technology is optimised for use with Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) […]

Technological Advancements Drive Down Sequencing Costs, Accelerating Pace of Genetic Research SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced a new price of $19,500 for its individual genome sequencing service. In addition, the company announced a price of $14,500 per genome for groups of five or more participants using the same physician. Individuals with serious medical […]

Bench-top System Offers Walkaway Automation and Improves Lab Efficiency BALTIMORE — — BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) , announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the BD MAX(TM) GBS Assay for Group B Streptococcus (GBS) on the BD MAX(TM) […]

MUKILTEO, Wash. — — CombiMatrix Corporation /quotes/comstock/15*!cbmx/quotes/nls/cbmx (CBMX 2.46, -0.29, -10.55%) announced today that it has instructed its investment bankers to cease work on identification and pursuit of potential purchasers of the company or its assets. For the past several months, CombiMatrix has had discussions with parties about a sale of the company or assets […]

CE Certified Barcoded Magnetic Beads System with 128-plex Capabilities Readies for International Market Expansion SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.–Applied BioCode, Inc. announced that its BioCode-1000 Analyzer has been CE Certified under the compliance of Laboratory Equipment Standards EN55011, EN61010-1, EN61326-1, IEC61010, EN61000-3-2, and EN61000-3-3. The CE Certified marking that the BioCode-1000 Analyzer has met all relevant […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy visited BioTek Instruments on April 26, 2010 to mark the manufacture and shipment of the 1000th Galileo Echo automated blood testing instrument. The Galileo Echo is used in blood banks and hospital laboratories to accurately type and sub-type blood for transfusion, and is designed and manufactured by […]

Technology Leader in Ultra High-Frequency Micro-Ultrasound, VisualSonics, Generated $30M in Trailing Twelve Month Revenues and $5M of EBITDAS. Company is a Leader in the $350M Pre-Clinical Imaging Research Market Acquisition Stages Move of Ultra High-Frequency Ultrasound into Clinical Medicine BOTHELL, WA — SonoSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: SONO), the world leader and specialist in bedside and point-of-care […]

GERMANTOWN, Maryland and HILDEN, Germany — — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN [ https://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=QGEN&selected=QGEN ]; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA [ https://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/DE/index.aspx?pageID=35&ISIN=NL0000240000 ]) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Roche Molecular Systems Inc., a unit of Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX [ https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=ROG.VX ]), resolving a dispute over distribution rights for a set of companion […]

HERCULES, CA– Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) and (NYSE: BIO.B), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the BioPlex® 2200 MMRV IgG kit for use on the company’s BioPlex® 2200 system. The MMRV IgG kit (measles; mumps; rubella; and the varicella-zoster virus, which is […]