SANTA CLARA, Calif., and SEATTLE, Wash. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Integrated Diagnostics today announced a strategic partnership to develop assays that detect major human diseases at very early stages to improve treatment outcomes. Integrated Diagnostics, an emerging leader in molecular diagnostics, is creating large-scale, blood-based molecular diagnostics that leverage advances in proteomics […]
KIEL, Germany & AARHUS, Denmark–Today, CLC bio and German high performance computing experts, SciEngines, announced a collaboration to completely integrate CLC bio’s server- and desktop-based sequence analysis software with SciEngines’ FPGA-based RIVYERA platform for massively parallel computing. Initially, the system will feature implementations of nucleotide-nucleotide BLAST (BLASTn), protein-protein BLAST (BLASTp), and Smith-Waterman. More algorithms will […]
Hillsboro, Ore. – FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC), a leading instrumentation company providing imaging and analysis systems for research and industry, today announced that it has acquired ASPEX Corporation of Delmont, PA. ASPEX provides rugged scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) and related services for environmentally demanding military, industrial and factory floor applications. “The ASPEX EXtreme™ SEM is an […]
OCKVILLE, Md. — BioReliance, a leading provider of global biopharmaceutical testing services, announced today that it has agreed to be acquired by Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL). Avista Capital Partners, the majority owner of BioReliance Holdings, Inc., agreed to sell the company for $350 million in cash. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and PREMIER Biosoft, today announced an agreement to co-market PREMIER Biosoft’s SimGlycan® software. The agreement aims to advance glycobiology by dramatically speeding the characterization of complex glycans through automated interpretation of the rich data produced by Thermo Scientific mass spectrometer systems. […]
CAMBRIDGE, and WELWYN GARDEN CITY, UK – Optibrium, a provider of software solutions for drug discovery, and innovative software and services provider Cresset, today announce an agreement to collaborate on the development of next-generation platforms. The innovative companies will work together, combining unique approaches to help drug discovery projects quickly identify novel, potent compounds with […]
SAN DIEGO–Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise research and development software and services company, today announced that it has acquired privately-held VelQuest Corporation for $35 million in an all-cash transaction. VelQuest is the leader in paperless lab execution systems supporting current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) for FDA-regulated industries including pharmaceuticals and biotechnology organizations. […]
CHELMSFORD, Mass., — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation, vacuum, and instrumentation solutions for multiple markets including semiconductor manufacturing, life sciences, and clean energy, today announced that it had completed the acquisition of the Celigo® Cell Cytometer product line from Cyntellect Inc., a privately held life sciences Company based in San […]
Berwyn, PA — AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has acquired Technical Manufacturing Corporation (TMC), a world leader in high-performance vibration isolation systems and optical test benches used to isolate highly sensitive instruments for the microelectronics, life sciences, photonics and ultra-precision manufacturing industries. The privately held manufacturer, headquartered in Peabody, MA, has estimated […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has acquired P.V.R. s.r.l., a long-established vacuum pump manufacturer based in Valmadrera, Italy. The addition of P.V.R., a privately held company, expands Agilent’s vacuum products portfolio for industrial applications. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. P.V.R. began designing and manufacturing vacuum pumps in […]
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