SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has extended a co-marketing agreement with MRM Proteomics Inc., a leading provider of advanced protein quantitation, biomarker and proteomic services. The agreement expands on an existing collaboration established in 2012 and will allow both organizations to bolster their combined proteomics solutions, comprising reagent […]

GENALICE announced today it is partnering with deCODE Genetics to facilitate the large-scale testing of its unique DNA data processing software solution, GENALICE MAP. After a first successful round of evaluating GENALICE MAP on speed and quality, both parties agreed to extend the evaluation to include up to 10,000 full human genomes. Population wide analysis […]

SAN DIEGO — Cypher Genomics, Inc., the genome informatics company, announced today a co-promotion agreement with Illumina to facilitate the development of genomic-based biomarkers from whole genome sequence data for precision medicine and clinical trials. Cypher Genomics and Illumina will jointly offer pharmaceutical companies, through Illumina’s sales force, a solution including Illumina’s market leading sequencing […]

LANCASTER, Calif.– Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLP), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) with Cognigen Corporation of Buffalo, New York. Pursuant to the Agreement, upon closing, Cognigen will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Simulations […]

Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Allerød, Denmark – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Unisensor, an innovator in the field of optical analysis of fluids for diagnostic applications in health care, as well as other industries. The Unisensor technology and team will strengthen Philips’ innovation capabilities […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed an agreement with NewLab Engineering, a subsidiary of COPAN Italia, for the exclusive global rights to distribute Card Processing Automation (CPA) technology, which is designed to prepare DNA samples for human identification in forensic, paternity and research laboratories. Under the agreement, Thermo Fisher is the sole distributor […]

PROVO, UT–– Tute Genomics today announced that its genome annotation and discovery platform will support Brigham Young University’s (BYU) efforts to advance Alzheimer’s disease genetics research. This collaboration involves analysis and interpretation of next-generation sequencing data from more than 1,000 exomes and genomes to identify new genetic variants associated with the disease. “Collaboration is the […]

Budapest –– MediMass Ltd today announced that Massachusetts based Waters Corporation (WAT: NYSE) acquired its Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (REIMS) technology. The REIMS technology represents substantially all of the assets of MediMass and includes patent applications, software, databases and REIMS expertise. REIMS is the enabling technology for the “Intelligent Knife” or “iKnife,” a device […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass.– Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”) and Parabase Genomics (“Parabase”), (together “the companies”), today announced they have entered into a strategic research and development agreement (the “collaboration”). Under the terms of the collaboration, PBI will develop a front-end, sample preparation method for Parabase’s enhanced neonatal molecular diagnostics and newborn […]

BATON ROUGE, La.– A unique collaboration between catalyst researchers from Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), Delft University of Technology, Haldor Topsoe, FEI Company and Leiden Probe Microscopy has led to an innovative new method for studying catalyst dynamics under actual operating conditions. The process uses a technique called high-resolution electron microscopy to monitor changes in the […]