Dr. Avi Katz to be CEO and Chairman of Combined Company BOTHELL, Wash.–Lumera Corporation (NASDAQ: LMRA – News), a leader in the field of photonic communications, announced today it has entered into an agreement to merge with privately held GigOptix LLC, a leader in integrated circuits for optically connected communication systems. The combined company will […]
SEATTLE, March 20 — Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) and NSB POSTECH, Inc. (NSB) have reached a collaboration agreement to coordinate their efforts and to determine the efficacy of the NSB’s NanoCones surface technology in creating high quality proteomic microarrays to be used in the study of human diseases. NSB is a South Korean […]
NORWALK, Conn.–Applera Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors had authorized management to pursue a possible separation of the Celera Group (NYSE:CRA – News) from Applera, and had authorized the filing today of a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Completion of the proposed separation is subject to a […]
Merck announces acquisition of SeQuant Merck KGaA today announced that it has successfully acquired SeQuant AB in Umeå, Sweden. The acquisition of the company, which was founded in 1997, is a strategically important step for the growth of Merck’s chromatography business. SeQuant focuses on the development of silica-gel or polymer-based sorbents for “zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction […]
Sunnyvale, CA, February 7, 2008 – On February 7th, TeleChem International, Inc. announced that it has completed a definitive agreement with Integrated Media Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IMHI – News) of Houston, Texas, in which IMHI acquired all of the outstanding common stock of TeleChem International, Inc. IMHI’s board of directors also announced the approval of […]
CHALFONT ST. GILES, England and MAIDSTONE, England, Feb. 4, 2008–GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and Whatman plc (LSE:WHM) announced today that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended acquisition of Whatman by GE Healthcare. Under the terms of the transaction, each Whatman shareholder will receive 270 pence in […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A – News) today announced it has filed litigation against Advanced Materials Technology Inc. (AMT) in the Delaware Court of Chancery to protect confidential and proprietary information relating to its high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technology. The complaint contends that three former Agilent employees, now with AMT, breached the confidentiality of their […]
Wetzlar, Germany / Chicago, IL, USA. At the end of 2007, Leica Microsystems acquired the company Cell Analysis Inc. Cell Analysis, based in Chicago, IL, USA, developed imaging software which Leica Microsystems’ Biosystems Division will adapt to its product portfolio to support the work of its pathology customers. The Cell Analysis software system quantifies staining […]
17 January 2008: Malvern, UK: Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments has acquired Viscotek Corporation, a leading provider of chromatography solutions for the characterization of natural and synthetic polymers and proteins. Malvern Instruments is a world-class supplier of systems for the characterization of particulate materials, providing complete application solutions across a broad range of industries. The […]
CellzDirect a Market Leader in Hepatocyte-Based Primary Cell Products and Services CARLSBAD, Calif.–Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN – News), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase privately-held CellzDirect, Inc., based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, in a cash transaction for […]
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