Ramsey, NJ – Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and shape has partnered with B&W Tek, Inc. an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems to introduce a new, lower cost option for LED characterization. Together, they announce the new miniature spectral irradiance […]

GenomeQuest and Ingenuity Systems today announced a partnership to support next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflows specifically targeted for personalized medicine research. The companies will integrate GenomeQuest’s Sequence Data Management (SDM) platform with Ingenuity’s IPA software. As a result, researchers can seamlessly exchange gene information, perform interactive analysis, and create and test hypotheses across the domains of […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – LumaSense Technologies, Inc., (LumaSense) a global provider of temperature and gas sensing solutions used in a wide range of industries, today announced it has acquired Buellton, Calif. based InfraredVision Technology Corp. (ITC) from L-3 Communications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ITC produces Vanadium Oxide (VOx) microbolometer detectors, which […]

YOKOHAMA, Japan – ReproCELL, Inc. (CEO: Chikafumi Yokoyama PhD) announces today that the company will enter a collaborative R&D agreement with the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NIBIO; Director General: Koichi Yamanishi; Osaka, Japan), which could offer new hepatocyte derived from human iPS (induced pluripotent stem) cells used for an effective in-vitro drug screening for […]

London, UK and Budapest, Hungary – The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters®, the leader in intellectual property research and analysis solutions, and ChemAxon, the leader in cheminformatics software for the life sciences industry, today announced a strategic partnership whereby Thomson Reuters is providing its chemical IP Data Feeds – Markush Structures and patent data […]

Medline Industries, Inc., the nation’s largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies, announced today that it has acquired the assets of O’Mara Scientific, based in Grandville, MI. O’Mara distributes personal protective equipment, lab supplies and other safety related products to the pharmaceutical, life science, biotech, and healthcare industries. O’Mara operates facilities in Michigan, […]

ST. LOUIS– Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) announced today it has acquired all outstanding shares of Cerilliant Corporation of Round Rock, Texas to strengthen the Company’s analytical chemistry product portfolio and to continue to deliver on its strategic growth plans. Cerilliant, a leading supplier of high quality reference standards and materials, provides products that support the […]

Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO) announced today that it has closed the acquisition of Clinical Data, Inc.’s (NasdaqGM: CLDA) diagnostic business with a sales price of $15.5 million. In addition, the company has closed on $6.0 million of financing from Third Security, LLC, a leading life sciences investment firm, to fund the cash portion of Transgenomic’s […]

WALTHAM, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Lomb Scientific, a well-known provider of laboratory chemicals, consumables and instruments in Australia and New Zealand. Lomb Scientific has approximately 100 employees at its offices and warehouses in both countries, particularly in Sydney, […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. – BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTX) today announced a material transfer agreement (MTA) with the University of California (UC) system to make five research-grade human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines available to UC system researchers. These lines are genetically identical to a bank of GMP-compliant hES cell lines that will be made available […]