Roche released the following statement in response to a report issued by Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) recommending that shareholders of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) vote against the election of Roche’s independent director nominees to Illumina’s Board of Directors: “While we are disappointed that ISS has recommended that Illumina shareholders vote against our director nominees at […]
NEW DELHI — AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and Phenomenex, a global leader in separation science techniques, today announced a new workflow solution specifically tailored for laboratories in India to ensure the safety of spices, teas, fruits, vegetables and other food products for domestic and export markets. The new iMethod™ […]
BioMed Central, a long supporter of data sharing and the open data movement has now partnered with LabArchives, LLC to shed further light on science’s “dark data”. Through this new collaboration, authors submitting articles to selected BioMed Central journals will be provided with complimentary subscriptions to an enhanced version of the popular LabArchives Electronic Laboratory […]
SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, today announced that its Board of Directors has, after careful review and consideration together with its financial and legal advisors, unanimously rejected Roche’s revised offer to acquire Illumina […]
Roche released the following statement in response to the announcement by Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) that its Board of Directors has recommended that shareholders not tender their shares to Roche’s increased offer. “We are disappointed that Illumina’s Board of Directors has rejected Roche’s increased $51.00 cash offer and continues to rebuff our attempts to engage […]
MOCON, Inc. (NasdaqGM:MOCO – News) today announced that it has closed the acquisition of PBI-Dansensor A/S (Dansensor) of Ringsted, Denmark, a privately-held leading manufacturer of specialized instrumentation for Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) of foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and other perishable items. The transaction broadens MOCON’s product portfolio in the area of package testing and safety equipment. […]
AUSTIN, Texas,– Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that it has extended its global sales and distribution agreement with Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) to 2023. In addition, Luminex has granted Bio-Rad global sales and distribution rights for Luminex’s award-winning MAGPIX multiplexing instrument. As part of the agreement, Bio-Rad will now offer the […]
RADNOR, PA, – VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply and distribution company, announced today that it has acquired VITRUM PRAHA S.R.O. and VITRUM ROZNOV S.R.O., two distributors of scientific laboratory supplies headquartered in Prague and Roznov. VITRUM PRAHA and VITRUM ROZNOV were founded in the early 1990’s and are two well established independent […]
SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, today sent a third letter to its stockholders highlighting Illumina’s tremendous growth prospects in the next generation sequencing market. The letter urges stockholders to reject Roche’s efforts to […]
ST. LOUIS, — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced today it has acquired all outstanding shares of Cleveland, Ohio-based, Research Organics, Inc., to expand the Company’s buffer production capacity and to increase its portfolio of PharmaGrade raw materials for the biopharmaceutical and diagnostic markets. Research Organics is a leading supplier of high purity biochemicals for use […]
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