California Analytical Instruments (CAI), located in Orange, CA. announced its acquisition of Liston Scientific, Irvine, CA. Liston`s support and manufacturing personnel and all manufacturing equipment and inventory will be moving to the CAI facility during the month of May. Minimal interruption in service and support levels of Liston Scientific Customers is expected during this period.
PALO ALTO, Calif. & PARIS–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and ExonHit Therapeutics (Euronext:ALEHT) announced that they have entered into a marketing alliance in which Agilent will market and sell nine different ExonHit human and mouse SpliceArrays as commercial products. These SpliceArrays include GPCR, Ion Channel, nuclear receptors and apoptosis pathways. SpliceArrays are a new generation of […]
FOSTER CITY, Calif. & BEVERLY, Mass.—Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI – News), an Applera Corporation business, and Agencourt Personal Genomics (APG) announced they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Applied Biosystems will acquire APG, a privately held developer of next-generation genetic analysis technologies, for approximately $120 million in cash. The transaction is subject to regulatory […]
South Australian biotechnology company, TGR BioSciences Pty Ltd, has secured a long term licensing agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc., a leading US technology company that will provide worldwide distribution of TGR’s new generation of drug screening kits. TGR’s SureFire™ ERK assay kits use cutting-edge proprietary technology that helps pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as research […]
Sepragen, a provider of process chromatography systems, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Cytobiologics. Assets include lab equipment and intellectual property related to certain rapid assays and a high-density bioreactor under development. The company plans to develop a cell culture/purification system. “The addition of Cytobiologics’ capability will provide us with facilities, talent and […]
Chalfont St Giles, UK and Philadelphia, PA – General Electric and MDS Pharma Services announced the availability of a new, automated in vitro micronucleus assay that incorporates GE Healthcare’s IN Cell 1000 and IN Cell 3000 high content analysis platforms. This automated imaging assay enables an accurate, early assessment of the potential genotoxicity of novel […]
Pittsburgh, PA – Industrial Scientific, a provider of portable gas detectors and fixed gas monitoring systems, has acquired Oldham SA, a maker of stationary gas monitors, from venture capital firm 3i Group for an undisclosed sum. “I am pleased that our combination with Industrial Scientific creates the clear, worldwide leader in gas monitoring instruments and […]
WALTHAM, Mass. & HAMPTON, N.H.–Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE: TMO – News) and Fisher Scientific International Inc. (NYSE: FSH – News): Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE: TMO – News) and Fisher Scientific International Inc. (NYSE: FSH – News) announced today that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine the […]
San Diego, CA – Thermo Electron Corporation, an industry leading producer of analytical and process instrumentation, announced the company has entered into a three-year agreement with Holcim, one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement, aggregates and downstream activities, to streamline procurement of its online Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) analyzers. The agreement outlines […]
Venlo, The Netherlands- QIAGEN NV has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Gentra Systems for $38 million in cash. Gentra, developer, manufacturer and supplier of non-solid phase nucleic acid purification products is focused on the niche market for large-scale blood samples of up to 10 ml. QIAGEN expects the transaction to contribute $6 million […]
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