Ann Arbor, MI – Accuri Cytometers, Inc., a world leader in providing life science researchers with easy-to-use, cost-effective flow cytometers, today announced completion of a $6 million Series E preferred stock financing. The financing included current investors Arboretum Ventures, Baird Venture Partners, Fidelity Biosciences, Flagship Ventures and the InvestMichigan! Program co-managed by Credit Suisse. Accuri […]

Products Now Incorporate Design-for-Environment Principles to Reduce Impact CARLSBAD, Calif. – Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, has released its 2009 Global Citizenship Report, highlighting Life Technologies’ organization-wide initiatives to be a leading corporate citizen and balance environmental and social issues with its overall mission to shape biological discovery and […]

Effectively July 1, Roche Applied Science (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) Industrial Business was relaunched under the name Roche Custom Biotech. The switch will be accompanied by a complete makeover of the Industrial Business appearance. Besides the new name and slogan – “Expertise you can trust” – there will also be a new web appearance, […]

Fremont, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced that it has received commitments from certain investors to purchase approximately $7 million of previously unissued securities in a registered direct offering. The investors include the Chairman and CEO, Alnoor Shivji, who has agreed to purchase $1 million […]

Companies to Collaborate on Developing Products for Clinical Diagnostics Use SAN DIEGO and MENLO PARK, Calif. – Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO) and Pacific Biosciences announced today that Gen-Probe has made a $50 million strategic investment in Pacific Biosciences, a private sequencing company. In addition, the companies will work together to explore co-development of new integrated […]

Company Developing, Manufacturing and Marketing ViBE™ Systems to Enhance Development and Production of Biotherapeutics CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–BioScale Inc., a privately-held life science company that develops, manufactures and promotes a new generation of protein analytics technology, today announced that it has secured $25 million in its recent financing round. Led by new investor Morningside Venture, this round […]

Canada’s Economic Action Plan invests in innovative small and medium-sized firms BOUCHERVILLE, QUEBEC–Mr. Bernard Généreux, Member of Parliament for Montmagny-L’Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced contributions of $524,350 to PerkinElmer Canada Inc. and $480,000 to Clemex Technologies Inc. from the National Research Council of Canada’s […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS – News) announced today that, as part of the Company’s previously disclosed efforts to consider alternatives to its existing long-term strategy, it is in the process of implementing a strategic shift to focus the business on the diagnostics markets. In connection with this effort, the Company has committed to […]

Fusion, the university IP commercialisation company that turns university IP into business, is pleased to announce that Phase Focus, its Sheffield?based microscopy company, has raised £370,000 to help take the company through to its first commercial deals. The investment round comprised: Fusion (£175,000), White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund (£175,000), and The Viking Fund (£20,000). Post […]