Acquisition Transforms Bruker Advanced Supercon Business into Global Leader in Superconducting Devices, Superconductors and Advanced Technologies for Alternative Energy Research and Next-Generation Energy Infrastructure. BILLERICA, Mass.–Bruker Advanced Supercon, Inc. (Bruker) today announced that it has closed the acquisition of the research instruments portion of Varian Medical Systems’ ACCEL Instruments GmbH subsidiary in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany. Varian […]

PALO ALTO, Calif.–StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) announced today that it has closed the acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets and liabilities of Stem Cell Sciences Plc (SCS) for 2,650,000 shares of StemCells common stock and approximately $700,000 in cash. The shareholders of SCS approved the transaction at an extraordinary general meeting on Friday, March […]

NEWTON, Mass. & ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.–Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA) and Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement for Beckman Coulter to acquire Clinical Data’s Cogenics division, a global leader in outsourced genomics services, for approximately $17.0 million. The sale will complete a key element of Clinical […]

ST. LOUIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 31 — Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL – News) today announced an agreement to supply high quality services and oligonucleotides to Gene Oracle, an innovative gene synthesis company. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich will be the exclusive supplier of custom oligonucleotides for Gene Oracle, and the two Companies […]

SALT LAKE CITY–Idaho Technology, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., covering reagents or methods using SYBR® Green I technology and melting curve analysis for real time PCR. This extends Idaho Technology’s ongoing program to license its broad and valuable intellectual property portfolio in cooperation with Roche Diagnostics GmbH. The agreement, […]

PARIS and TORONTO, March 31 – Mauna Kea Technologies and VisualSonics today announced that they have entered an exclusive distribution agreement through which VisualSonics will market and sell Cellvizio LAB high resolution in vivo imaging systems to pre-clinical researchers on a worldwide basis. Cellvizio LAB provides researchers with a new way to understand physiological phenomena […]

NanoInk to Collaborate With the UK Centre for Tissue Engineering at the University of Liverpool and the Centre of Molecular NanoMetrology at the University of Strathclyde SKOKIE, IL–(March 30, 2009) – NanoInk’s NanoStem Cell Division announced today it has entered into joint research and licensing agreements with the UK Centre for Tissue Engineering (UKCTE) at […]

– Extends Successful Existing Distribution Agreement for the Americas – – The Agreement for Europe Will Ensure Researchers Can Easily Access ZyGEM’s Growing Line of DNA Extraction Kits – – ZyGEM’s Technology Enables Lower-Cost DNA Extraction and Is Ideally Suited to Automation and High-Throughput Applications – SOLANA BEACH, Calif., and HAMILTON, New Zealand, March 26 […]

Bio-Rad and Bruker Partner to Offer New Solutions for Biomarker Discovery and Development HERCULES, CA and BILLERICA, MA–(March 23, 2009) – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) and (NYSE: BIOb), a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, and Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), a leading manufacturer of mass spectrometry (MS) instruments, […]

– EPA Exercises Option to Extend Contract with Caliper – HOPKINTON, Mass., March 19 — Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP – News), a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented initial analyses of Phase I data generated […]