Marcy l’Etoile, France and Hennigsdorf, Germany – bioMérieux and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced they have renewed their non-exclusive, long-term, royalty-bearing agreement for Procalcitonin (PCT) testing. This agreement extends a long-standing relationship between the companies for biomarker testing using Thermo Fisher’s PCT product on bioMérieux’s VIDAS® and mini […]
Leica Nilomark offers consumables and instruments to healthcare and medical research laboratories. The company has a strong market position in the Finnish market and represents leading suppliers within areas such as microscopy and histopathology. Leica Nilomark has ten employees and sales of around EUR 3 million. Leica Nilomark is acquired by Immuno Diagnostic Oy, a […]
Munich, Germany, – Definiens AG, the leader in Image Analysis for Digital Pathology, today announced that it has closed a private round of financing of €10 million. The financing was led by new investor Gilde Healthcare Partners, a transatlantic investment firm with €450 million under management, focusing on the private healthcare sector. Existing investors, including […]
AUSTIN, Texas, — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that they have joined forces again this year with the National Marrow Donor Program – Be The Match® to raise awareness of the need for additional bone marrow donors to help save lives. In addition to sponsoring the 18th Annual Marrow Ambassadors Golf Tournament, Luminex will […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., — Wako Life Sciences, Inc. is a newly incorporated company focused on the development, marketing, and sales of in vitro diagnostic products. As the former diagnostics division of Wako Chemicals USA, Wako Life Sciences will capitalize on its decades long reputation for high quality diagnostic reagents branded as Wako Diagnostic products. The […]
Tulln, Austria –- Romer Labs, a leading global supplier of food safety diagnostics, announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the food safety and GMO businesses of Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:SDIX). The deal accelerates Romer Labs’ move into food pathogen detection and augments its product and service range, making […]
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted CLIA-waived status to the CoaguChek® XS Plus system, a point-of-care anticoagulation monitor that offers connectivity and data management tools to help healthcare professionals manage PT/INR (blood clotting time) testing. The waiver means that the monitoring technology may […]
SEATTLE, Wash – NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced it has obtained the CE Mark for its PAM50-based gene expression test for breast cancer, clearing the company to sell its test in the European Union and other countries recognizing the […]
Baltimore, MD – BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), today announced the release of a research use only (RUO) molecular test designed to rapidly detect antibiotic resistance genes found in the superbug known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). These deadly organisms are associated with high mortality rates, are easily spread […]
CARLSBAD, Calif., — Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its OpTmizer™ CTS™ T-Cell Expansion Tissue Culture Medium — a reagent that is now cleared as a Class II medical device and offers cost- and time-saving advantages for transitioning studies from the research bench to clinical trials. The […]
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