For screening and kinetic characterization of human Fab samples using Biacore™ systems Uppsala, Sweden – GE Healthcare announces the launch of the Human Fab Capture Kit for the reliable and rapid screening and characterization of human Fab antibody fragments with Biacore™ instruments. The kit is suitable for use with samples including crude cell lysates, periplasmic […]

Research Triangle Park, NC, November 1, 2009 – CELLnTEC Advanced Cell Systems (www.cellntec.com) of Bern, Switzerland, leaders in epithelial progenitor cell targeted in vitro culture tools, announces ZenBio, Inc. (www.zenbio.com) of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina as their strategic distribution partner for North America. Customers will now have access to the entire CELLnTEC cell culture […]

Established Biotechnology Distributor VERITAS Japan Will Distribute ZyGEM’s Innovative DNA Extraction Kits to Japanese Research and Diagnostic Markets SOLANA BEACH, Calif. & HAMILTON, New Zealand — ZyGEM Corp. Ltd., a provider of innovative enzyme-based products for DNA extraction and other life sciences applications, today announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with VERITAS Japan […]

Rules-Based Medicine Introduces CardiovascularMAP(TM) Multiplex Biomarker Panel to Aid CVD Drug Development AUSTIN, Texas — Rules-Based Medicine (RBM), a leading multiplexed biomarker testing laboratory, today announced the launch of CardiovascularMAP, a research tool designed specifically to advance drug development aimed at the treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD.) Designed in collaboration with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology […]

Company is advancing point-of-care, molecular diagnostic infectious disease applications REDMOND, Wash. — Micronics, Inc., a leading developer of point-of-care molecular diagnostic products, announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch) for the right to make, have made, use and sell Micronics� products that incorporate Biosearch�s proprietary fluorophores and […]

Business Combination Adds Cutting-Edge Product Lines and Expands International Operations San Diego, California and Vienna, Austria — eBioscience Corporation today announced that it has acquired privately held immunoassay technology pioneer Bender MedSystems GmbH in an all cash transaction. The acquisition will provide eBioscience with over 1,000 high profile immunology and oncology products including the Instant […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & TOKYO — Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, and KOKEN Co., Ltd., a leading atelocollagen company, announced today that Alnylam has granted KOKEN a non-exclusive worldwide license to manufacture and provide RNAi research products and services under the Kreutzer-Limmer patent family. This patent family, owned exclusively by Alnylam, […]

Part of National Cancer Institute’s Clinical Proteomics Technologies for Cancer (CPTC) Initiative Third contract awarded in NCI initiative to improve monoclonal antibody reagents for proteomics research Precision Antibody will develop high-quality, standardized, renewable monoclonal antibodies to 20 cancer-related target proteins COLUMBIA, Md. — Precision Antibody(TM) has been selected as the antibody developer for a component […]

WOBURN, Mass. — Life science reagents supplier Kapa Biosystems announced today that its Research, Development and Manufacturing facility has received ISO 9001:2008 certification from SABS Commercial (Pty) Ltd. The Woburn, Mass.-based firm employs a high-throughput molecular evolution technology platform to optimize enzymes for DNA amplification, next-generation DNA sequencing and molecular diagnostic applications. Kapa Biosystems offers […]