GERMANTOWN, Maryland and FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, Japan – A new international scientific expedition led by the University of South Carolina and supported by the biotechnology company QIAGEN is seeking to measure the genetic impact of radioactivity on animals and plants in areas surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The initiation of field work […]
Venlo, the Netherlands – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced it has entered into binding agreements with a group of major shareholders of Ipsogen S.A. (Alternext: ALIPS) to purchase approximately 61% of the global leader in molecular profiling and personalized healthcare diagnostics for a broad range of applications in the field […]
Wood Dale, IL and Franklin Lakes, NJ – SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) Biomedical Solutions Division and BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced a strategic agreement today to jointly promote cutting-edge life science research tools designed to advance cell culture and cell therapy research, which will help them expand their […]
Irvine, California – Newport Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWP) today reported that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ophir Optronics Ltd. (“Ophir”), a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation and three-dimensional (“3D”) non-contact measurement equipment. The consideration to be paid by Newport is $8.43 per share, or a total of approximately $230 million […]
PSS Polymer Standards Service and Agilent Technologies renewed and extended their VAR-Channel Partner agreement. The cooperation between PSS and Agilent (formerly the scientific division of Hewlett-Packard) has existed now for more than 12 years in the area of characterization of proteins and macromolecules using liquid chromatography. The combination of stable and reliable Agilent hardware together […]
Biolin Scientific entered into an agreement to acquire Sophion Bioscience A/S. Sophion is a leading developer and supplier of instrumentation and consumables which enable rapid, high throughput automated patch clamping (APC) analysis for the functional characterization of living cells. Patch clamping is the only direct method of investigating the function and characteristics of ion channels, […]
Ratos’s subsidiary Biolin Scientific has signed an agreement to acquire all the shares in the Danish company Sophion Bioscience A/S. The seller is NeuroSearch A/S and a number of venture capital companies. The purchase price (Enterprise Value) amounts to approximately DKK 145m with an additional DKK 10m which relates to sales milestones in 2011/12. Ratos […]
Copenhagen, Denmark – Sophion Bioscience A/S signed an agreement to join Biolin Scientific, a Swedish materials science company. Sophion Bioscience, a global leader in the automated patch clamp field, represents an extension for Biolin into the life science space. Biolin Scientific develops, manufactures and markets analytical instruments for research, development, quality control and clinical diagnostics. […]
Phillipsburg, New Jersey – Avantor™ Performance Materials and SACHEM, Inc. have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to provide advanced, customized selective etch chemical solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The companies will work together to focus on specialty surface preparation and removal chemistries for thin-film wafer stacks. The agreement combines Avantor’s experience in […]
ST. LOUIS – Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), has acquired Net Safety Monitoring, Inc., a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of fixed toxic and combustible gas detectors, flame detectors, safety systems, and other safety and security products. The acquisition expands Emerson’s capabilities to provide comprehensive process controls and […]
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