BARRINGTON, Ill., — GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced the completion of the company’s acquisition of IDX Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: IDXC), a leading healthcare information technology (IT) provider. GE expects the acquisition to accelerate efforts to seamlessly connect clinicians from physicians’ offices to hospitals with comprehensive, enterprise-wide electronic health record […]

Melbourne, Australia-Genetic Technologies (GTC) has reached a final settlement with Applera, resulting in binding agreements, and a license for Applera to use GTC’s patents covering non coding regions of the human genome. In 2003, GTC filed suit against Applera for infringement of its US Patent No. 5,612,179. (Intron Sequence Analysis Method for Detection of Adjacent […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Ann McDonough Corporate Communications 508-482-3729 Milford, Mass., — Waters Corporation today announced the shipment of Waters MassLynx 4.1 Software, its market-leading solution for the company’s line of mass spectrometers. MassLynx Software has been enhanced and reconfigured to facilitate high-performance quantification and qualitative analysis so that users can process and review results, […]

Philadelphia, PA – Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE:TMO) today introduced Retriever version 3.0, a web-based data extraction and presentation solution that enables secure access to laboratory data, no matter the originating data system. Retriever extracts aggregates and transforms data into “laboratory information with a business context,” so that the data can be used to make rapid, […]

Milford, Mass., – Waters Corporation announced today it is shipping Version 7.0 of Waters NuGenesis Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) Software. This new version lets scientists convert proprietary data from any analytical technique into the technology-neutral JCAMP-DX standard while preserving investments in instruments and software. The software also simplifies system administration and management while providing […]

Philadelphia, PA – Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE:TMO) today introduced Migration Agent, a professional services and software solution that reduces risk and overcomes business challenges when migrating from any existing laboratory information management system (LIMS) to a Thermo LIMS. Migration Agent employs services personnel for project management and implementation, as well as an extract, transform and […]

Bridgewater, NJ May 17, 2005. LabVantage Solutions Inc., a leading provider of browser-based laboratory information management solutions tailored for the life sciences industry, announces the availability of the Sapphire™ BioBanking Solution. Built in conjunction with the original developers of the widely-recognized Spectrum™ repository management tool, the solution offers a complete, out-of-the box sample management and […]