Also Announces Chief Operating Officer Promotion FREMONT, Calif., May 18 — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS – News), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced two key appointments, naming Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., to its board of directors and Lincoln J. McBride, Ph.D., as a senior scientific advisor and […]

BASEL, Switzerland & PENZBERG, Germany–Today, Roche opened the Joint Science & Technology Laboratory in Basel, where Roche Pharma scientists are using the innovative xCELLigence real-time Cell Analyzer system of Roche Diagnostics to investigate hepatic and cardiac toxicities in vitro. This new technology will improve the predictive value of in vitro assessments of organ toxicity and […]

CalBioreagents has announced the release of 2 NEW Monoclonal Antibodies for Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). HbA1c is an accepted marker for the measure of long-term glycemic control in diabetes. The growing epidemic of diabetes has led to the proposal that HbA1c be measured to monitor continuing therapy in diabetes patients, and that HbA1c be used as […]

LONDON, May 18, 2009–ENKAM Pharmaceuticals A/S (ENKAM), a privately held Danish biopharmaceutical development company focused on cancer and central nervous system disorders, is pleased to announce that it has signed a licensing and development agreement with STEMCELL Technologies Inc (“STEMCELL”), a privately-owned Canadian company, which is a leader in specialty cell culture media, cell separation […]

Daiichi Sankyo subsidiary Asubio Pharma chooses Genedata to manage DNA array and molecular profiling data. Basel, Switzerland, May 18, 2009. Genedata, a leading provider of in-silico solutions for pharmaceutical R&D and related life sciences, today announced that Asubio Pharma, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd, is using the Genedata Expressionist® system to support […]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 18, 2009) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, introduces new functionality to the latest release of its Thermo Scientific Watson LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) that brings critical time and cost savings to pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations (CROs) involved in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic (DMPK) […]

New DNA Analysis BeadChip Offers Optimal Combination of Content and Price for Association Studies SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced a new product for DNA Analysis: the HumanOmni1-Quad BeadChip. With over four million data points on a single BeadChip, this array includes up-to-date content for all major classes of genetic variation for the study of […]

Syrris further expands capabilities of the Atlas reactor series Royston, UK (15th May 2009) – Syrris, a leading chemistry automation product innovator, has introduced the new Atlas FT-IR System for in situ reaction monitoring. With integrated mid-IR capabilities, this fully-automated system combines the technology of the Atlas automated reactor with Bruker Optics’ Matrix-MF, a process […]

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Hach Water Information Management Solution(tm) version 7.0 Software Increases Data Accuracy and Provides Critical Alerts Loveland, Colo. – May 15, 2009 – Drinking water, wastewater and industrial water facilities can accurately and automatically capture data from instruments and easily identify trends with summary reports, charts and graphs using the new version 7.0 of the Hach […]