HOPKINTON, Mass. and GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP) today announced a collaboration with Edge BioSystems, Inc., an innovative sequencing service provider based in Gaithersburg, Md. EdgeBio and Caliper will co-develop automated protocols for the 5500xl, SOLiD 4, and Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) systems on Caliper’s Sciclone® NGS Workstation, and […]

Washington, D.C. – Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that Djanet Acquisition Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, has successfully purchased all of the shares duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) common stock at $83.50 per share, […]

Measurement engineering specialist, Endress+Hauser, will in future be well placed to offer its customers even better support in issues relating to energy efficiency. As of 1 July 2011, the Endress+Hauser Group will take over a majority share of the German consultancy company Systemplan. Headquartered in Durmersheim near Karlsruhe, Systemplan brings a wealth of experience in […]

NEW YORK – MSMB Capital Management, a fund specializing in long-term strategic investments in healthcare and biotechnology businesses, today announced that it has made a proposal to the Board of Directors of SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRLS) to acquire all the outstanding common stock of SeraCare for $4.25 per share or an aggregate of […]

MILFORD, Mass. – SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, today acknowledged the receipt of an unsolicited offer from MSMB Capital proposing to purchase all of the outstanding shares of SeraCare for $4.25 per […]

MADISON, WISCONSIN – Promega Corporation and ATCC (historically known as the American Type Culture Collection) have formed a partnership for the cell banking and bioproduction of cells to create a new line of bioluminescence-based drug discovery assays for biologics. In the partnership, ATCC will produce and authenticate cell banks and production lots of engineered and […]

PHOENIX, Ariz. – A new automated sample preparation system based on Tecan’s Freedom EVO® 200 liquid handling platform has been developed for proteomic biomarker discovery and validation in collaboration with the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. The fully automated, integrated, high-throughput system is a key tool in […]

PAISLEY, U.K. – Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that the company has led a successful consortium bid for a Technology Strategy Board grant, in partnership with the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, AstraZeneca, and Ortho Biotech Oncology Research & Development unit of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (ORD). The grant […]

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (“ACT”; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it has entered into a definitive collaborative agreement with Roslin Cells LTD (“Roslin Cells”) of Scotland. The two companies will work together to establish a bank of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)-grade human embryonic stem […]

AUSTIN, Texas – Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held EraGen Biosciences, Inc., an innovator in molecular diagnostic testing technologies for infectious disease and genetic applications. Under the terms of the agreement Luminex will purchase all outstanding shares of EraGen for approximately $34 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. […]