TST. LOUIS, — SAFC Hitech Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology company, has signed an agreement to create a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Korean-based Soulbrain Co. Ltd. (“Soulbrain”). Soulbrain is a publicly traded (KOSDAQ: 036830) specialty chemical company serving the flat panel display, semiconductor […]

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Precision System Science, Co., Ltd (PSS) today announced the signing of an exclusive agreement to develop and manufacture a fully automated emulsion PCR instrument for Roche’s portfolio of next-generation sequencing platforms. It is intended to support Roche’s GS Junior and GS FLX+ systems as well as the sequencing […]

Raleigh, NC, — ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality polyclonal antibodies and reagents used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced the appointment of LabForce as its new distributor in Switzerland. ImmunoReagents and LabForce will partner to distribute top quality antibodies and reagents to the Swiss biotech, life science, and medical communities. The Swiss […]

Millville, NJ – WHEATON announced that it has acquired MicroLiter Analytical Supplies, Inc., of Suwanee, GA, a leading supplier of pre-cleaned chromatography sample vials and accessories for use with autosamplers. Founded in 1996 to provide high-quality consumable products to the autosampler market, MicroLiter is recognized for its focus on supplying pre-cleaned, sample containment products processed […]

Tokyo, — On November 14, Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd. (“Hitachi Plant Technologies”) signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz University (KAU) (President, Prof. Osama S. Tayek) for joint research on water quality monitoring technology to be used in seawater desalination facilities. The joint research will […]

Gaithersburg, Md.— OpGen, Inc. today announced the company has entered into a scientific and technical partnership with the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) in cooperation with the FDA supported 100K Genome Project to create high resolution microbial genetic maps. The 100K Genome Project is a collaboration that was initiated by the U.S. Food and […]

Goettingen, – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharmaceutical and biotech supplier, today announced a substantial expansion of its product array in the cell culture range. The company signed a cooperation agreement with the Swissbased life science group Lonza on long-term, global collaboration in the field of cell culture media. Cell culture media are […]

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharmaceutical and biotech supplier, has entered into a global sales partnership with Umetrics AB, a Swedish software manufacturer. Umetrics is a highly specialized, leading provider of chemometrics software worldwide for modeling and optimizing biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing processes. The cooperation agreement provides that SSB will assume global marketing […]

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and MADISON, WIS, USA –– GE Healthcare Life Sciences, a business unit of GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) and Cellular Dynamics International (CDI), a leading commercial producer of human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell lines and tissue cells, announced today that GE Healthcare has licensed CDI to develop, manufacture and sell cellular […]

Abcam today announced signing a licence with the University of Bari to offer LP-44 – a novel, selective 5-HT7 agonist. This life sciences tool, new to the Abcam Biochemicals range, is set to aid neuronal research into various neuropsychiatric diseases. 5-HT7 receptors are present in various regions of the central nervous system indicating a potential […]