Biotechnology Leader Provides Technology of Choice for Leading Pharmaceutical Industry Scientists WOBURN, Mass.–Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi), a leader in biomedical imaging, announced that 18 out of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies worldwide are using CRi’s optical imaging systems. These top pharmaceutical companies, ranked by revenue by Med Ad News in September 2009, have […]

Multi-Year Supply Agreement to Drive High-Quality Seed Supply SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Bayer CropScience to supply integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) and instrumentation to Bayer CropScience’s global operations. Bayer CropScience will be using Fluidigm technology to conduct marker-assisted breeding, genetic analysis in its molecular breeding […]

Approval a Significant Milestone Toward Close of Transaction TORONTO – MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS; NYSE: MDZ), a leading provider of products and services to the global life sciences markets, today announced that the Company has received provisional anti-trust approval from the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the proposed sale of MDS Analytical Technologies […]

Danaher Allowed to Proceed with Purchase of MDS Analytical Technologies The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it will require the divestiture of MDS Inc.’s assets related to its laser microdissection business as a condition of allowing Danaher Corporation and MDS Analytical Technologies (US) Inc. to proceed with their proposed merger. The proposed settlement is […]

Cyntellect Launches Sales in China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand SAN DIEGO & PALM SPRINGS, Calif.–LAB AUTOMATION 2010 Cyntellect, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company commercializing products to advance the study of cell biology, stem cell research, biopharmaceutical production, and drug discovery, today announces availability of the full Cyntellect product portfolio, including the Celigo™ […]

Applet Supports Fast, Precise Chemical Search and Display in a Web Browser SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX – News) today announced the release of Symyx JDraw Applet — a no-fee Java program that enables software developers to add chemical structure and reaction capabilities to Web applications. Scientists using Symyx JDraw Applet can rapidly […]

SALT LAKE CITY–Applied Biosystems LLC, part of Life Technologies Corporation, and Idaho Technology, Inc. have signed a cross-licensing agreement which covers a broad range of products including hardware, software and reagents. “This agreement demonstrates both companies’ commitments to advancing quality research in the applied and life science fields. It also enables innovation in a more […]

ST. LOUIS–Tripos®, a leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced that Pfizer has become the latest customer of Benchware® Discovery 360 (D360). The novel license agreement allows Pfizer to deploy the capabilities of D360 to all scientists within its worldwide research sites. “Tripos is thrilled that Pfizer has selected D360 as […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) announced today the introduction of a series of new single molecule sequencing kits and run configurations for the Helicos® Genetic Analysis System that will expand its versatility for customers. These new products and configurations, available without any System hardware upgrades, offer customers the ability to tailor parameters of the […]