Paris (France) et Bangalore (India), Cellectis bioresearch, the specialist in genome customization and commercial subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), and Syngene International Ltd, an internationally reputed contract research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) organization and subsidiary of BIOCON Ltd, India’s largest biotechnology company by revenue, announced today that they have entered into an agreement to develop […]

GLASGOW, Scotland, Life Technologies Corporation today announced that it has chosen Rhenium as the principal distributor of its product portfolio for the Israeli market. The deal represents Life’s continued growth in the region. “We want our customers to be able to access the broad Research and Development portfolio of Life Technologies’ products and services including, […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Fluxion Biosciences today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for EMD Millipore’s PrecisION(R) range of ion channel cell lines. The non-exclusive distribution agreement will combine Fluxion’s IonFlux automated patch clamp instrumentation with EMD Millipore’s broad suite of ion channel cell lines. Through the agreement, Fluxion will provide IonFlux customers […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Roche and Labcyte Inc. will cooperate around high-speed, miniaturized quantitative PCR (qPCR) to monitor the expression of tens to thousands of genes for therapeutic research. “Our patented acoustic dispensing eliminates the need for pipette tips and completely removes the risk of cross contamination. The simplicity of plate reformatting and cherry picking features in […]

NDIANAPOLIS, Roche announced today that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with ChanTest Corporation, a leading ion channel screening provider, to perform cardiac safety testing of potential drug compounds using Roche’s xCELLigence System RTCA Cardio Instrument and iCell® Cardiomyocytes, human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived cardiomyocytes provided by Cellular Dynamics International (CDI). Over the […]

Greenwich, CT, Great Point Partners today announced that Great Point Partners I portfolio company, Mediatech, Inc., was acquired by Corning Incorporated in an all-cash transaction. Mediatech is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corning and will be integrated into Corning’s Life Science segment. Mediatech develops, manufactures and sells a broad range of high quality cell culture […]

Toronto, Canada – Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) and Sirius Analytical Instruments, Ltd. are pleased to announce a partnership that enables users to predict pKa, logP, and solubility values using ACD/Labs software prior to taking measurements on the SiriusT3 instrument—focusing experimental efforts. The partnership will enable users to easily set up a “Sample Model” with […]

CORNING, N.Y., Corning Incorporated announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Mediatech, Inc., a Virginia-based corporation, including Mediatech’s subsidiary, KD Medical, Inc., a Maryland-based corporation. Mediatech is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Corning and will be integrated into Corning’s Life Sciences segment. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. Mediatech […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Affymetrix, Inc., today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eBioscience, Inc., a privately-held San Diego, CA-based company with an industry-leading position in flow cytometry and immunoassay reagents for immunology and oncology research and diagnostics. Under the terms of the agreement, Affymetrix will acquire eBioscience for $330 million in […]

SHENZHEN, China – Roche NimbleGen, Inc. and BGI, the world’s largest genomic organization, announced that they have developed a Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) region capture technology based on NimbleGen SeqCap EZ Choice Library, a revolutionary process for the enrichment of the MHC region. This newly developed approach allows easy capture and enrichment of these highly […]