BOSTON & MUNICH — SIRION Biotech, a leading viral vector platform company known for creating high quality viral vector solutions for industry and academic partners, today announced its commitment to open a new office in the vicinity of Boston. The announcement was made during the 2015 BIO International Convention taking place this week in Philadelphia, […]

INCHINNAN, Scotland – Essential products needed for the production of biotherapeutics and vaccines for diseases such as influenza and dengue fever will be produced in Scotland, following the launch of the new state-of-the-art facility near Glasgow. Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has expanded its campus in Inchinnan, Scotland, with the addition […]

Reagency Pty Ltd is very pleased to announce a distribution and marketing agreement with Stratech Scientific Limited, a leading distributor of life science research tools. Within the scope of this agreement, Stratech will exclusively sell and market Reagency products throughout the UK and Ireland. Reagency is revolutionizing the way scientists source custom synthesis of bioactive […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Twist Bioscience, a company focused on synthetic DNA, today announced the appointment of Solange Glaize, former corporate controller and chief accounting officer for Agilent Technologies, to the newly created position of chief financial officer. “We are thrilled to welcome Solange to our executive team, as she will be instrumental in helping us […]

Today Bioo Scientific announced the launch of the MaxSignal® TMB (3,3’,5,5’ – tetramethylbenzidine) Microwell Substrate Solution, a stable, one-component, ready-to-use TMB formulation which has already been incorporated into hundreds of different types of ELISA kits. This TMB simplifies ELISAs for the end user, while increasing accuracy by reducing potential errors. The MaxSignal TMB Microwell Substrate […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced today that the European Commission (the “EC”) has conditionally cleared the planned acquisition of the Company by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (the “Transaction”). Sigma-Aldrich also announced it has obtained full clearance of the Transaction from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. These latest jurisdictions to clear the Transaction […]

Darmstadt, Germany – Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, today announced that the European Commission has approved its planned acquisition of U.S.-based life science company Sigma-Aldrich. The EU clearance, which is subject to certain conditions, follows the recent antitrust approvals in Japan (JFTC) and […]

Bio-Pact, a Cambridge based company, announced the launch of new research and development kits featuring their revolutionary nanomaterial. Their launch coincides with the largest gathering in biotech, the Bio International Conferencein Philadelphia, June 15-18. The Bio-Pact team is exhibiting the new kits in the Massachusetts Pavilion (booth #2927) and they’re also available for purchase online […]

Austin, TX — Bioo Scientific announced that it has developed and optimized automation protocols on the Sciclone® NGS and NGSx Workstations for the NEXTflex™ library preparation kits, including the NEXTflex™ Rapid Directional qRNA-Seq Kit, the NEXTflex™ Rapid Directional RNA-Seq Kit, the NEXTflex™ Rapid RNA-Seq Kit and the NEXTflex™ Rapid DNA-Seq Kit. These fully automated protocols […]

Salivary Bioscience Innovation: Salimetrics, the leader in innovative salivary bioscience technology, announced the launch of a newly developed and validated enzymatic assay kit for the measurement of uric acid in saliva. Available June 15th, 2015, researchers can experience the convenience of noninvasive biomarker assessment to quantitatively determine uric acid levels. Salimetrics has addressed the growing […]