MINNEAPOLIS — Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) announced that its Board of Directors has decided to pay a dividend of $0.28 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2011. The quarterly dividend will be payable February 24, 2012 to all common shareholders of record on February 10, 2012. Future cash dividends will be considered by […]

BALTIMORE– Sapio Sciences is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Exemplar Dx LIMS. This release is the result of Sapio’s extensive experience in implementing LIMS at leading MDx companies. Exemplar Dx LIMS addresses MDx companies’ operational needs in a single, integrated solution. The MDx Market The molecular diagnostics market is experiencing rapid growth largely […]

WALTHAM, Mass.–The Board of Directors of PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock on January 27, 2012. This dividend is payable on May 11, 2012, to all shareholders of record at the close of business on April 20, 2012. About PerkinElmer PerkinElmer, Inc. is a global […]

SAN DIEGO– Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) (“the Company”), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, today confirmed that Roche (RHHBY.PK) has commenced its previously announced unsolicited tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Illumina’s common stock for $44.50 per […]

BERWYN, Pa., AMETEK, Inc. today announced fourth quarter and full year results that established records for sales, operating income, operating margins and diluted earnings per share. AMETEK’s fourth quarter 2011 sales of $762.8 million were up 13% over the same period of 2010. Operating income for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $167.4 million, a […]

Cambridge, United Kingdom – TeraView, the pioneer and leader in Terahertz systems and solutions, is pleased to announce that it has secured $5.5m of investment from a consortium of US, Asian and EU based institutional and corporate investors. The investment will allow TeraView to accelerate the growth of its semiconductor, industrial and analytical business in […]

SAN DIEGO — Sequenom, Inc. today announced the completion of an underwritten public offering of 14,950,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,950,000 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of an over-allotment option previously granted to the underwriters. All of the shares were offered by Sequenom at a price to the public of $4.15 […]

MILFORD, Mass. — Waters Corporation (NYSE/WAT) reported fourth quarter 2011 sales of $521 million, an increase of 8% from sales of $484 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. In the quarter, foreign currency translation was about neutral to sales growth. On a GAAP basis, earnings per diluted share (E.P.S.) for the fourth quarter were […]

SAN DIEGO — Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 13,000,000 shares of its common stock, offered at a price to the public of $4.15 per share. The gross proceeds to Sequenom from this offering are expected to be $53.95 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and […]