HOPKINTON, Mass., Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that its Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services (CDAS) unit has launched a new services offering based on a panel of cellular assays that measure the effects of drug candidates on functional […]
SAN DIEGO and TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (NYSE: SI) and Illumina have entered into a partnership aimed at setting new standards in the use of next-generation sequencing for the rapid, accurate identification of patients’ infectious disease states and potential treatment paths. Through this agreement, the companies plan to make existing Siemens molecular HIV tests […]
Bristol, UK, Ascent Scientific together with Children’s Medical Research Institute and The University of Newcastle today announced that they have entered into a license, supply and distribution agreement for the highly potent dynamin inhibitor Dyngo-4a™. This novel compound joins a range of dynamin inhibitors that can be used for investigating cellular processes such as endocytosis. […]
LIVERMORE, Calif.–Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) is providing its unique Aquila hybrid microscope (optical and scanning electron microscope — SEM) for use on the BioBus, a mobile education laboratory. The BioBus, the creation of Cell Motion Laboratories, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to “bringing fun and excitement of scientific experimentation to all people,” according to […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with the Broad Institute to chart the genomic changes involved in more than 20 types of cancer as part of the Broad’s work in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The agreement will involve the processing of 13,500 cancer samples on […]
Goettingen – Sartorius, a leading international process and laboratory technology provider, today signed an agreement to acquire the liquid handling business of the Finnish laboratory supplier Biohit Oyj. With its liquid handling segment, Biohit is one of the global market leaders for mechanical and electronic pipettes, as well as for the associated consumables. The segment, […]
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. –– To provide a more comprehensive and efficient global solution for its laboratory customers, Quintiles today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Advion BioServices, a premier U.S.-based bioanalytical laboratory providing Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) testing and other services. Under the agreement, Quintiles will acquire Advion BioServices […]
Biohit Oyj and Sartorius Lab Holding GmbH have concluded an agreement for the sale of Biohit’s liquid handling business to Sartorius. As a result, Biohit will change its financial guidance. The liquid handling business develops, manufactures, and markets laboratory equipment and accessories for the pharmaceutical, food, and other industries. Biohit’s products are also used in […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE) today announced that the company has signed an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. (GSK) to develop a diagnostic to be used as a companion test with a GSK candidate cancer immunotherapy. Specifically, Life will develop a qPCR-based molecular diagnostic assay for GSK’s MAGE-A3 cancer immunotherapy candidate designed to […]
MENLO PARK, Calif. and IPSWICH, Mass.– SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products and services for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, announced that they have partnered with New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB) to create a new dual reporter assay system that leverages the unique advantages of SwitchGear’s LightSwitch™ Luciferase Assay System and […]
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