FREDERICK, Md. – SAIC-Frederick, Inc. and Biomatrica have begun a technology collaboration to improve molecular analysis of tumors, which is becoming increasingly important in cancer research and in the design of the next generation of targeted therapies. The two organizations will focus on developing better processes to isolate nucleic acids from tumor samples collected by […]

Pune, India – Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT), a leader in outsourced software product development (OPD) services, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Agilent Technologies’ software marketing and development business based in Grenoble, France. Subject to customary closing conditions, the acquisition is expected to be final by August 1, […]

Männedorf, Switzerland – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today signed a major OEM agreement with a global leader in a fast growing field of diagnostics for the development and supply of a dedicated diagnostics instrument. Under the agreement, Tecan will develop and supply an instrument to be used in conjunction with diagnostic tests […]

Penzberg, Germany – Roche Applied Science (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has signed a worldwide exclusive OEM agreement with IT-IS Life Sciences Ltd for the distribution of the new LightCycler® Nano Instrument, which will complete the company´s portfolio for the low throughput real-time PCR systems market (32-well format, 4x 8-tube strips). Market availability of the […]

TUCSON, AZ – CDEX Inc. (OTCBB: CEXI) (www.cdex-inc.com), a leading developer of chemical detection products, using patented technologies, for use in healthcare and security markets, announced today the company has signed a new Master Distribution Agreement (MDA) with Decatur Electronics, Inc. to market and distribute its Pocket ID2 drug detection scanner. The new MDA provides […]

Mulhouse, France, and Basle, Switzerland – Rhenovia Pharma SAS, a biotechnology company specialized in the development and optimization of treatments for diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems, announces today the signing of a strategic alliance agreement with Portmann Instruments AG (PIAG). PIAG is a Swiss company specialized in the manufacture and supply of […]

SAN JOSE, CALIF. – RAE Systems Inc. (NYSE Amex: RAE) (“RAE” or “the Company”), a leader in delivering innovative sensor solutions to serve industrial, energy, environmental, and government safety markets worldwide, today announced that it has entered into a further amendment to its merger agreement with an affiliate of Vector Capital (“Vector”) under which the […]

Abcam is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire MitoSciences Inc. a leading provider of cutting edge mitochondrial research tools. This represents a further step towards Abcam’s mission of becoming the leading supplier of protein research and detection tools. MitoSciences has over 200 products in the areas of metabolism and apoptosis, […]

Gaithersburg, Md. – Today, at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting, researchers at The University of Maryland Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) and OpGen, Inc., a whole genome DNA analysis company, announced that they will collaborate to develop a database of high quality, finished, annotated microbial sequences. IGS will provide clinically characterized microbial […]