St. Louis, MO. – Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL), and King’s College London, today announced an exclusive license to develop and commercialize new technology for the identification and validation of microRNA (miRNA) targets in research and clinical diagnostics. For more detailed information, visit www.wherebiobegins.com/targetid. miRNAs function […]

WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has acquired Geospiza, Inc., a leading developer of software systems for the management of genetic analysis and laboratory workflows delivered through a Web-based secure cloud computing environment. The acquisition of Geospiza supports […]

STATESVILLE, N.C. – Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (NASDAQ: KEQU), a global leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of scientific and technical furniture, today announced that ISEC, Inc., one of the largest interior specialty contractors in the United States, has joined Kewaunee’s network of dealers. ISEC will represent Kewaunee in the Rocky Mountain States Region of […]

Rochester, NY – Navitar Life Sciences, Inc., an affiliated entity of Navitar, Inc., a leading optics manufacturer, announced today they have entered into a binding agreement to acquire assets of Modulation Optics and their world-leading Hoffman Modulation Contrast® (HMC®) Imaging Technology. Modulation Optics, located in Glen Cove, New York, manufactures Hoffman Modulation Contrast microscope components […]

BURLINGTON, Ontario – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a new efficient, high-throughput platform for hit-picking of compounds for secondary screening. The solution, developed in collaboration with TTP LabTech for BioFocus, integrates the Thermo Scientific RapidStak microplate mover and the TTP LabTech mosquito® X1 nanoliter pipettor to provide exceptional […]

Genevac Ltd (Ipswich, UK), the solvent evaporation business of SP Industries Inc (Warminster, PA) has entered into an OEM agreement with ion chromatography (IC) specialist Dionex Corp (Sunnyvale, CA), which sees the Genevac Rocket™ high speed evaporator being sold as part of Dionex accelerated solvent extraction (ASE®) instruments. The Rocket high speed evaporator enables rapid […]

Momentum Corporate Finance has advised the Shareholders of Tocris Bioscience on its £75 million sale to Techne Corporation. One of the largest South West based deals for 2011 has been announced with the £75 million sale of Bristol based Tocris Bioscience to US based Techne Corporation. Bristol based Momentum Corporate Finance conducted an international auction […]

Osborne Clarke has advised the shareholders of Tocris Holdings Limited, a leading supplier of reagents for non-clinical life science research, on the sale of Tocris Holdings Limited (Tocris) to NASDAQ quoted TECHNE Corporation (Techne) for £75 million. Tocris’ products are used to understand biological processes and diseases. The products are used in life-science research activities […]

Minneapolis – Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) (Techne) announced today that it has acquired 100% ownership of Tocris Holdings Limited and subsidiaries (Tocris), a leading supplier of reagents for non-clinical life science research. Tocris’ products are used in both in-vitro and in-vivo experiments, to understand biological processes and diseases. The business is focused on making biologically […]

BOULDER, Colo. – ASD Inc., a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials measurement solutions, has been accepted into the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork program as an Encompass Product Partner, representing the company’s over-the-conveyor system, the QualitySpec® 7000. The Encompass product reference program provides manufacturers with products to enhance and extend their Rockwell Automation solutions. […]