Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it has acquired the intellectual property (IP) assets of Nucleonics, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company. The Nucleonics IP estate includes over 100 active patent filings, including 16 that have granted worldwide and 6 that have been granted in the U.S., Europe, […]

TUCSON, Ariz.–HTG, Inc., provider of the quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay (qNPA™) system and service partner for the life sciences industry, today announced a collaboration agreement with researchers at Harvard Catalyst Laboratory for Innovative Translational Technologies (HC-LITT) at Harvard Medical School. Under the terms of the agreement, HTG and HC-LITT will collaborate to generate a novel […]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Dec. 8, 2008 — STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqGM:LIMS – News), a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, or LIMS, today announced that it has been selected by a government law enforcement agency in the Pacific Rim for a $3.3 million award covering licenses for the Company’s web-based STARLIMS(r) software as well as […]

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (December 5, 2008) Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced that its Thermo Scientific Darwin LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), specifically designed for pharmaceutical manufacturing and R&D, has been installed and fully validated at pharmaceutical powerhouse Eurofarma. Eurofarma is the third-largest pharmaceutical company in Brazil specializing in the manufacture […]

Available from Heidolph Brinkann LLC (Elk Grove, IL) the new Storm™ Workstation provides precise controlled heating and cooling from -65 to +200 ºC when used with a suitable circulator . Ideal for chemists looking to undertake single or parallel steady state stirred reactions over a wide temperature range. When combined with the popular Carousel 6 […]

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Dec 04, 2008 — Dexas Laboratory Sciences is very proud to have established a strategic alliance with V.A.M.P. (Erlangen, Germany) one of the pioneers of micro computed tomography development. Dexas will distribute V.A.M.P.’s TomoScope(R), one the world’s most advanced micro-CT, in the North American market. VAMP, a spin-off of the Institute of Medical […]

Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL) today announced it has entered into a worldwide, non-exclusive license agreement with Astellas Pharma, Inc. (“Astellas”) to use Millipore’s UCOE™ (Ubiquitous Chromatin Opening Element) technology in its research programs. The license will enable Astellas to more efficiently produce its drug targets, such as antibodies in mammalian cells, by generating higher protein yields. […]

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, December 3, 2008 — Cellectricon, a leading provider of screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with The Automation Partnership (TAP) in the UK, manufacturers of advanced automated systems for cell culture, sample management and high throughput screening applications. Under the agreement TAP will co-develop and manufacture […]

Dolomite, world leader in microfluidic design and manufacture continues to expand its capabilities Dolomite, a world leader in the design and manufacture of microfluidic devices, has expanded its capabilities in glass to include plastic (polymer) microfluidic devices and chips. By using plastic as an alternative to other materials such as glass, Dolomite is able to […]

SEATTLE–Rosetta Biosoftware, a global leader in life sciences informatics solutions, today announced the availability of the Elucidator system version 3.2, with major enhancements for support of SILAC and 14N/15N labeling and phosphoproteomics. The expanded suite of features empowers scientists with new workflows for biomarker discovery, verification and validation in basic and translational research. The Elucidator […]