WALTHAM, Mass.— Blood banks are essential links in the healthcare supply chain around the globe. Thermo Fisher Scientific recently installed its 1000th blood banking centrifuge in India at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. A core part of the blood banking process, centrifuges separate whole blood into four life saving components: […]

Rainbow Scientific, Inc. (Windsor, CT) and SciGene (Sunnyvale, CA) announced today at the Association for Molecular Pathology Annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ , a new partnership whereby customers in North America can now purchase SciGene’s line of sample preparation reagents for FISH-based tests directly from Rainbow Scientific, Inc. Products to be sold under the agreement […]

WALTHAM, Mass.– Microplate photometer and microplate strip washer provide a simple, modular solution to maximize results for routine enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) applications in diagnostic, as well as quality control laboratories. The Thermo Scientific Multiskan FC (IVD model) and Wellwash (IVD model) microplate instruments now conform to the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive 98/79/EC and […]

Franklin Lakes, NJ and Boston, MA –– BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced it has joined the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Corporate Council. The membership will enable BD to work alongside the Foundation and its constituent groups, including healthcare providers, other service and product providers, […]

SHENZHEN, China — Mindray Medical International Limited (“Mindray”, NYSE: MR), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced a settlement agreement with Beckman Coulter Inc. On November 11, 2013, Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Mindray, entered into a settlement agreement related to an ordinary course commercial dispute […]

NEW YORK — Kem-En-Tec Diagnostics, a world leader in developing environmentally safe, technologically advanced, and ready-to-use components for immunoassays, announced today that the company will be presenting at MEDICA 2013, in Düsseldorf, Germany November 20-23, 2013. Kem-En-Tec Diagnostics is also celebrating the company’s 25th Anniversary during its participation at the largest medical exhibition in the […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced SureFISH ALK, ROS1 and RET break-apart translocation probes, expanding its offering of oligonucleotide-based fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) products. Agilent now offers more than 450 FISH probes The majority of FISH probes available on the market use BAC technology. BAC probes target repeat regions, […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the IQFISH FFPE Hybridization buffer, which enables one-hour hybridization for FISH processing on formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue samples. The IQ technology, originally developed by Dako, was previously available only to anatomic pathology labs. Now, with the IQFISH FFPE Hybridization buffer offered as […]

PHOENIX, Arizona; REDWOOD CITY, California; and HILDEN, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced it has begun enrolling molecular diagnostics laboratories in an Early Access Program to complete the development of a new web-based solution to deliver faster, easier-to-use and high-confidence clinical interpretation and reporting of observed gene variants in […]

Columbus, Nebraska – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) announced today an agreement to purchase renewable energy credits from NextEra Energy Resources’ Steele Flats Wind Farm for the next 20 years. Energy from the recently completed 75-megawatt Steele Flats Wind Farm, located […]