CARY, N.C. – SciQuest, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQI) a leading provider of on-demand strategic procurement and supplier enablement solutions, today announced the initial public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock at $9.50 per share. The shares will begin trading on Friday, September 24, 2010 on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol “SQI.” […]

Applied BioPhysics, a life sciences instrument manufacturing company in Troy, NY, has been issued a patent entitled “Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Evaluating Migration of Cells in Vitro.” The patent describes a novel method to measure rates of cell migration. Normally when cells are inoculated in a well, the entire bottom surface becomes covered with […]

Porvair Filtration Group, an international leader in high performance filtration and separation materials and products for the medical, pharmaceutical and life science industries will be exhibiting at the Medica / CompaMed 2010 trade show in Düsseldorf in Hall 8a at Stand R-08. At this important event – Porvair will showcase regulatory approved materials, based upon […]

Protagen AG, a specialist for GMPcompliant protein analysis and in-vitro diagnostics is presenting at the Biotechnica conference 2010 in Hanover. The experts of the company will provide insights into the latest developments of GMP-compliant protein analysis and applications of the UNIarray® technology platform. UNIarray® serves as a unique technology platform to develop and validate novel, […]

Combination of HaloTag® and HTRF® technologies provides a new, flexible tool for cell surface receptor heterodimerization Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France – Cisbio Bioassays (www.htrf.com), a member of IBA group and global developer of HTRF® (Homogeneous Time-Resolved Fluorescence) technology and services used in assay development and drug screening, announced today that Promega Corporation’s HaloTag® technology is available for […]

Hard-to-find patient samples for research – simplified at last A huge benefit to investigators in drug discovery and diagnostic development is the ability to test promising leads on actual patient samples. But for many researchers, gaining access to patient samples, such as serum from a 50- to 65-year old male tested for C-reactive protein, is […]

Parsippany, NJ — Diagnostica Stago, Inc. (DSI) announces exclusive distribution of the Biocytex Cellquant PNH and Redquant PNH assay kits, previously available through Beckman Coulter. Cellquant and Redquant are no-wash, whole blood, single-color, quantitative, research-use-only flow cytometry assays for analysis of granulocytes and red blood cells, respectively, from patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). The […]

Guildford, UK, and Burlington, Mass. – IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, and Somaxa Ltd., a company specializing in medical data solutions for healthcare and pharmaceutical clients, today announced a strategic OEM partnership. With this agreement, Somaxa will deploy IDBS’ InforSense Suite as its underlying technology […]

Increases Investment in Product, Strategy, and Delivery to High-Growth Market Guildford, UK, and Burlington, Mass. – IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced that it has formed a new global unit dedicated to extending the growing use of its award-winning products and solutions in the […]

NOVATO, CA – Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch), a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry, today announced that the company has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the Department of Defense (DoD). The purpose of the $800,000+ Phase II grant is to continue […]