Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced a new initiative with Sistemic Ltd., a leading provider of microRNA-based problem-solving services and kit-based products. The two companies are jointly developing a proprietary monitoring methodology utilizing Sistemic’s microRNA marker detection capability to enable consistent growth of stem cells […]

Asynt Ltd. in conjunction with Innovative Physical Organic Solutions (IPOS), a research group based within the University of Huddersfield, UK, have cooperated over the last 2 years to develop a new generation of chemical reactor. By better understanding and improving the flow and thermal dynamics of the Asynt ReactoMate system the co-operation is able to […]

The Federal Trade Commission will require Corning, Inc. to transfer assets and to supply some of its laboratory products to another company, under a proposed settlement that resolves charges that Corning’s proposed acquisition of Becton, Dickinson and Company’s Discovery Labware Division would otherwise be anticompetitive. Under the FTC settlement, Corning will provide assets and assistance […]

Nanalysis Corporation and MestreLab Research SL are pleased to announce they have entered into a collaborative marketing arrangement that will see Nanalysis include Mestrelab´s software with their product, the NMReadyTM. Under the terms of the arrangement Nanalysis will bundle the Mestrelab product Mnova NMR with each sale of an NMReady compact NMR spectrometer. “The Mnova […]

Agilent Technologies, Inc., (NYSE: A) and Spain’s Centre for Omic Sciences announced that they will collaborate on mass spectrometry and NMR-based metabolomics, and automation applied to research in integrated systems biology. The Centre for Omic Sciences, or COS, was established by the Rovira i Virgili University, in collaboration with the Technological Centre of Nutrition and […]

HERCULES, CA — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) and (NYSE: BIO.B), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products today announced that they have acquired a new cell sorting system from Propel Labs. Under the terms of agreement, Bio-Rad has acquired an automated, easy-to-use benchtop sorting flow cytometer. The instrument […]

Tecan and TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems, have announced a co¬marketing agreement to further expand the automated 3D cell culture capabilities of the Freedom EVO® liquid handling platform. Automation of TAP’s collagen-based RAFT™ cell culture system will allow scientists to quickly and conveniently create 3D cell cultures in a 96-well, […]

NEWARK, Calif., — StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced today that it has partnered with R Biomedical, an Edinburgh, UK-based biomedical company, to develop and commercialize a range of cell lines and reagents to facilitate human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-based research for regenerative medicine applications. The first product under the partnership, an “ultra-primary” human fibroblast cell […]

ST. LOUIS, — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) today announced that its custom manufacturing and services business unit, SAFC® (www.safcglobal.com), has signed an agreement with Seoul, South Korea-based CrystalGenomics to support the development of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for next-generation non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). The agreement represents SAFC’s premier pre-formulation services contract into the growing South […]

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., — Cemtrex, Inc. (OTC: CTEI), a leader in emissions monitoring & environmental control systems, today announced that it has acquired a stake in mobile startup Pluto Technologies Inc. “Since becoming the CEO, one of my focuses has been to diversify into new growth areas and shift away from regulatory-driven businesses that have not […]