BUDAPEST, HUNGARY AND LONDON AND PRINCETON, NJ – ThalesNano Inc., the world leader in bench top flow chemistry reactors announced today the addition of George Pataki (www.thalesnano.com/board_of_ directors#George_Pataki), New York Governor, 1995 – 2006, to its Board of Advisors. “ThalesNano has a long history of global success in the pharmaceutical, biotech, fine chemical and education […]

PCR-based Workflow Cost-effectively Captures Details of Genetic Variation in Biological Samples CARLSBAD, Calif.–Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the launch of genomic analysis tools that will help researchers in studies that associate genetic variation with specific diseases. These new tools, known as the MeltDoctor™ High-Resolution Melt (HRM) Reagents, are for research […]

Acquisition to expand Corning’s portfolio of life sciences products and global customer access CORNING, N.Y. — Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that it has acquired all the shares of Axygen BioScience, Inc. and its subsidiaries from American Capital Ltd. (Nasdaq:ACAS) for approximately $400 million in cash. Headquartered in Union City, Calif., Axygen is a leading […]

Genedata Expressionist with New Transcriptomics Biomarker Capabilities Advances Drug Development for Personalized Medicine – Expressionist modules Refiner Array and Analyst deliver expanded processing and reporting functionalities. Basel, Switzerland and Lexington, Massachusetts (USA), Genedata, a leading provider of in silico solutions for pharmaceutical R&D and related life sciences, today announced the release of Genedata Expressionist® 5.3 […]

Meridian Bioscience Reaffirms Fiscal 2009 Guidance CINCINNATI–Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) today provided the financial community with guidance regarding the Company’s fiscal 2010 sales and earnings estimates. Based on the Company’s business planning and budgeting activities for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, management expects net sales to be in the range of $160 […]

WOLFENBÜTTEL, Germany & ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands–BIOBASE GmbH, in cooperation with Erasmus Medical Center (MC), announced today that they will collaborate to establish a Center of Excellence at Erasmus MC for the application of BIOBASE products. The Center will focus on serving the data analysis, training, and support needs of the user community at Erasmus as […]

LifeSensors, Inc. manufactures Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway (UPP) research tools and novel recombinant protein expression technologies MALVERN, Pa. & SAN DIEGO–Nacalai USA, Inc. has entered into a distribution agreement with LifeSensors, Inc., a Malvern, Pennsylvania, based biotechnology company for distribution of LifeSensors’ Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway (UPP) research tools and novel recombinant protein expression technologies in Japan, […]

Pharmaceutical Industry Non-Profit Maintains Standards and Certification for Digital Signatures SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX – News) today announced it has joined SAFE-BioPharma Association, a non-profit association that created and manages the SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. The membership enables Symyx to implement the SAFE-BioPharma(r) digital […]

Tripos Establishes Benchware Pantheon Partnership Program For Developers of Software Tools Powerful and Flexible Benchware Pantheon Platform Enables Easy and Rapid Software Integration and Development ST. LOUIS–Tripos™, a leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced the creation of a worldwide Benchware® Pantheon™ Partner Program for software developers. The new program will […]

Roka Bioscience to Develop Rapid, Accurate Molecular Tests for Biopharmaceutical Production Processes, Water and Food Testing, and Other Fields – Transaction Enables Gen-Probe to Focus on Human Diagnostic Opportunities SAN DIEGO — Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO) announced today that it is spinning off its industrial testing assets into a new, independent company focused on developing […]