MADISON, WISCONSIN – Promega Corporation and ATCC (historically known as the American Type Culture Collection) have formed a partnership for the cell banking and bioproduction of cells to create a new line of bioluminescence-based drug discovery assays for biologics. In the partnership, ATCC will produce and authenticate cell banks and production lots of engineered and […]

NEW YORK – MSMB Capital Management, a fund specializing in long-term strategic investments in healthcare and biotechnology businesses, today announced that it has made a proposal to the Board of Directors of SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRLS) to acquire all the outstanding common stock of SeraCare for $4.25 per share or an aggregate of […]

Source BioScience (LSE: SBS), the international diagnostics and genetic analysis business, announces the launch of the largest publicly available clone and antibody resource portfolio for research purposes in the world in conjunction with an innovative, intelligent search engine to provide ready access for researchers. Researchers will be able to access over 20 million clones, representing […]

MARCY L’ETOILE, France – bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, today announced the launch of a new, innovative food safety testing method, VIDAS® UP Salmonella (SPT). This new food safety solution utilizes recombinant bacteriophage (phage) proteins, which offer best-in-class specificity and sensitivity for the targeted capture and detection of Salmonella […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Andrey Semechkin, Ph.D., CEO of International Stem Cell Corporation (“ISCO”) announced today that Kurt May, a highly experienced senior business executive and biotechnology entrepreneur, is concluding his service as a faculty member at the University of San Diego’s School of Business Administration and is joining ISCO as a Senior Vice President. Mr. […]

AUSTIN, Texas – Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held EraGen Biosciences, Inc., an innovator in molecular diagnostic testing technologies for infectious disease and genetic applications. Under the terms of the agreement Luminex will purchase all outstanding shares of EraGen for approximately $34 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. […]

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (“ACT”; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it has entered into a definitive collaborative agreement with Roslin Cells LTD (“Roslin Cells”) of Scotland. The two companies will work together to establish a bank of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)-grade human embryonic stem […]

NEW YORK – Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE: ENZ) today reported that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by Life Technologies Corp., thereby enabling it to pursue its claim for substantial damages against Applera Corporation, now Life Technologies Corporation. (NASDAQ: LIFE). The Supreme Court’s action leaves intact a decision from the Court […]

At its General Meeting held on June 21, 2011, the French Interprofessional Committee of Laboratory Suppliers (CIFL) elected its new chairman, a member of the Board of Directors : Patrice PASQUIER – General Manager, PROMEGA France. With its 160 member companies, the CIFL is an Association of manufacturers and distributors of instrumentation, products and services […]

Menlo Park, CA – SwitchGear Genomics, a leading provider of products for studying the regulatory elements in the human genome, today announced the application of its GoClone luciferase reporter products in identifying functional sequence variants that map to expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) in a PLoS Genetics article “Identification, Replication, and Functional Fine-Mapping of Expression […]