Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today it made a technology acquisition from AbVitro Inc, a company focused on therapeutic target discovery. Roche obtained exclusive rights to a primer extension based target enrichment technology and associated patent applications filed by AbVitro. Under the terms of the agreement, AbVitro and Roche scientists will collaborate on […]

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the molecular genetics company, has won the Best Medtech Dealmaker award for the second year in a row at the Oxford Bioscience Network (OBN) awards held on Thursday 2 October. The award recognises OGT’s acquisition of Cambridge-based Cytocell Limited (Cytocell), a leading provider of DNA technology for the detection of gene […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced that it has closed the equity financing it disclosed on October 3, 2014, through which BioTime received $29,425,961 and certain subsidiaries received approximately $1,558,905 from the sale of BioTime common shares. BioTime and the subsidiaries intend to use the net proceeds from their sales to […]

Upland, CA — Claremont BioSolutions, LLC, pioneer of rapid sample preparation technologies, today announced an agreement with SeraCare Life Sciences to supply synthetic stool matrix for use in its quality control products. ClaremontBio has developed products for sample preparation of difficult-to-handle samples such as sputum and stool and has particular expertise in developing biologically relevant […]

Diploma PLC, the international group of businesses supplying specialised technical products and services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 80% of Technopath (Distribution) (“TPD”). Put and call options have been included in the transaction to allow Diploma to acquire the outstanding 20% of shares over a period of up to 5 years. TPD is […]

CANOGA PARK, Calif. — One Lambda, Inc., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, announced it has entered into an agreement with Japan-based GenoDive Pharma, Inc. for exclusive rights to their long-range primers and amplification conditions for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus-specific amplification. The agreement covers GenoDive’s primers and conditions for HLA A, B, C, DRB1, DRB345, […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX) announced today that Michael H. Mulroy and Stephen L. Cartt are joining its Board of Directors. Mr. Mulroy has been appointed to the Board to fill a vacancy and Mr. Cartt has been nominated for election to the Board at the Company’s upcoming annual shareholders’ meeting, which will […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX) today announced that it has agreed to sell up to an aggregate of 9,431,398 common shares, in a registered direct offering at an offering price of $3.12 per share. The price per share was the closing price of our common shares on the NYSE MKT on October 2, […]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Rocklin, California, based Cell Marque Corporation in a move to strengthen its antibody portfolio and to better serve immunohistochemistry (IHC) customers. Cell Marque designs, develops and manufactures antibody reagents and kits, an offering that will complement […]

HERCULES, CA — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) and (NYSE: BIO.B), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced the recent appointment of Mr. John Goetz as Chief Operating Officer. In his new role Mr. Goetz is responsible for all operating functions of the company on a global basis, including […]