Lucigen Corporation is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded three new grants to fund additional research and development. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Lucigen $1,764,732 in Small Business Innovation Research grants to be used over two years to develop research tools and diagnostic assays with potential to improve human health. […]

Roche Advances RG7348 into Clinical Development for Hepatitis C SAN DIEGO–Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) today announced that it earned a $6.5 million payment from Roche (SWX: ROG.VX; RO.S, OTCQX: RHHBY) as a result of Roche progressing RG7348 into a Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection. The milestone […]

MUKILTEO, Wash.– — CombiMatrix Corporation /quotes/comstock/15*!cbmx/quotes/nls/cbmx (CBMX 4.52, -0.15, -3.25%) announced today that it is implementing a restructuring plan to significantly reduce operating costs, increase the focus on the Company’s diagnostic services business and transition senior management. After the restructuring, CombiMatrix will be focused on its diagnostics services business, including increasing utilization of its existing […]

OXFORD, England and SAN DIEGO — Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralised and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted U.S. Patent No. 7,659,096 with claims that cover the use of amplification consumables in several current real-time and end point PCR instruments. The consumables incorporate a thermally conducting […]

RUNCORN, Cheshire. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new automated solution that labels and tracks patient tissue samples on cassettes and slides as they progress through pathology laboratories. The new solutions include the Thermo Scientific SlideMate on-demand slide printer and the Thermo Scientific PrintMate automated cassette printing […]

Abbott’s PLEX- ID System Placed with the Utah Department of Health for Rapid and Broad Microorganism Identification SALT LAKE CITY — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the Utah Department of Health (UDH) is one of five sites in the United States to participate in Abbott’s new PLEX-ID Biopreparedness Evaluation Program (BPEP), which involves Abbott, […]

Acquisition brings new diagnostic services to global leader in pre-natal and newborn health screening WALTHAM, Mass.–PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Signature Genomic Laboratories, LLC (Signature), a diagnostic genetic testing company […]

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., April 14 — Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE:BEC) , a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of products that simplify, automate, and innovate complex biomedical testing, announced that effective April 1, 2010, it has been awarded a new agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing unit of Premier, Inc., to provide a full […]

LabChip GX System is an Enabling Platform for Molecular Diagnostic Applications HOPKINTON, Mass. — Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced a non-exclusive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Access Genetics to market Caliper’s LabChip GX microfluidic system for molecular […]