Scienion AG today announced the appointment of Dr. Guenter Bauer as Chief Business Officer to Scienion’s management. The focus of his responsibilities will be sales and marketing. Bauer took up his new position on January 1, 2009. Dortmund, Berlin, Germany, January 20, 2009: Bauer is a senior business and technology development manager with scientific background […]

TORONTO, Feb. 2 – MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS – News; NYSE: MDZ – News), a leading provider of products and services to the global life-sciences markets, today announced that it has constituted a committee of independent directors to support the Company’s continuing process of reviewing alternatives to improve shareholder value. With the assistance of management […]

QIAGEN N.V. today announced that Stephane Perrey has joined the Company as President of its fully-owned subsidiary QIAGEN KK on January 1, 2009. He follows Kazuo Tokushige, who retired on December 31st, and will lead QIAGEN’s further expansion in life sciences and the growing market of molecular diagnostics in Japan. Dr Perrey joined the company […]

WALTHAM, Mass.–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO – News), the world leader in serving science, announced it was recently named one of the “Top-10 Fast Growth Companies in China” by Business Watch magazine, a bi-weekly Chinese-language business publication. Thermo Fisher was recognized for its double-digit growth in China during the past few years, as well […]

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 16 — Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI – News) today announced a plan to eliminate approximately 240 regular employee and 80 temporary positions and to close certain facilities. “In the face of continuing uncertainty in the global economic environment, we are taking proactive steps to reduce our cost structure, and position us […]

SOLON, Ohio–Greg S. Shaw, Ph.D., has joined Swagelok Company as director, technology development. In this role, Shaw leads technology development within corporate engineering and is responsible for implementing a technology assessment and development methodology for the organization. Prior to joining Swagelok, Shaw led product and technology development and commercialization initiatives for sensors, sensor systems, and […]