Kent, UK and Sunnyvale, A — Venomtech, the United Kingdom’s only commercial venom supplier, and Labcyte Inc., the developer of acoustic liquid handling, today announced the launch of the Targeted Venom Discovery Array? under an exclusive partnership. This new format of biological libraries focuses on drug discovery targets to produce a fractionated venom library optimised […]

Vienna, Austria – VelaLabs, a provider of analytical services to the global biopharmaceutical industry, and Evercyte, a producer of standardized, relevant cell systems, today announced that they have entered into a cooperation to commercialize immortalized target cells for the characterization of biosimilars in a GMP environment. Combining Vela’s long-standing expertise in the characterization of biosimilars […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced that Sigma® Life Science, its innovative biological products and services business, has entered a non-exclusive license agreement with Horizon Discovery for use of Sigma’s CompoZr® Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) technology. The agreement gives Horizon the commercial freedom to apply the technology alongside its proprietary rAAV technology […]

Marcy l’Etoile, France – bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire BioFire Diagnostics Inc., a privately held U.S.-based company specialized in molecular biology. BioFire invented, manufactures and commercializes its multiplex PCR FilmArray® system, a simple and rapid molecular biology solution dedicated […]

MURRIETA, Calif. — The Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, one of the largest lab networks in Canada, serving more than 1.4 million residents across the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (HNHB LHIN), announced today the decision to purchase COPAN’s WASPLab, the latest generation of full laboratory automation and digital microbiology system. Installation […]

Newton, MA – Bodkin Design and Engineering LLC (BD&E), is an electro-optic systems and solutions research and design firm that develops innovative, cost effective optical sensing products for medical device, diagnostic, life science, and biotechnology industries. The prototype immunoassay platform was developed in collaboration with Boston University and Zoíray Technologies, Inc. The novel assay design […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. and COPENHAGEN, Denmark– Thermo Fisher Scientific and the Department of Systems Biology at the Technical University of Denmark, (DTU), have formed a collaboration to pursue breakthroughs in the understanding of how cellular protein networks drive important diseases. Under the collaboration, Thermo Fisher will provide early access to new technology and designs, and […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments, Inc., has completed the acquisition of assets of SD Acquisition, Inc. (d/b/a CETAC Technologies). Headquartered in Omaha, Neb., CETAC Technologies is a leading designer and manufacturer of automated sample handling and sample introduction equipment for laboratory instrumentation. Terms of the […]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its subsidiary, Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc., a leader in spectrographic instrumentation and applied holographic technology, to Endress+Hauser. Terms of the agreement are undisclosed. The sale is expected to be completed in early fiscal 2014 and […]

Endress+Hauser has announced the acquisition of US company Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. The Swiss process automation specialist has signed an agreement with parent company Rockwell Collins. The transaction is expected to be completed in the next months. Kaiser Optical Systems is a world leader in spectrographic instrumentation and applied holographic technology. Principal products include Raman […]