Cambridge, UK – Cresset, innovative provider of software and services for small molecule discovery and design, is pleased to announce that they will be distributing COSMOlogic software in North America alongside the existing Cresset software range. The COSMOlogic software provides in-depth analysis of fluid property and is very widely used in synthetic chemistry and chemical […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced today that the European Commission (the “EC”) has conditionally cleared the planned acquisition of the Company by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (the “Transaction”). Sigma-Aldrich also announced it has obtained full clearance of the Transaction from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. These latest jurisdictions to clear the Transaction […]

LEXINGTON, MA – Quanterix Corporation, a leader in high definition diagnostics, delivering ultrasensitive single molecule measurement for the benefit of human health, today announced an alliance with PBL Assay Science (PBL), naming the Company as a Preferred Partner for assay research and development. Leveraging Simoa’s sensitivity and revolutionary digital approach for assay development and research, […]

Darmstadt, Germany – Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, today announced that the European Commission has approved its planned acquisition of U.S.-based life science company Sigma-Aldrich. The EU clearance, which is subject to certain conditions, follows the recent antitrust approvals in Japan (JFTC) and […]

Madison, WI – The National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a Phase I Small Technology Transfer Research grant to BellBrook Labs and collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop a microfluidic platform for high throughput imaging of neuronal transport. Transport of cellular cargo between cell bodies and nerve endings is critical […]

Edinburgh/Hørsholm – Edinburgh Biosciences and Delta Optical Thin Film announce the release of a new type of laser attenuator that is based on Delta’s proprietary linear variable filter technology (patent pending). This radically new and patent pending solution to laser attenuation has some remarkable features and benefits compared to conventional laser attenuators. The Laser Optical […]

Singapore ? Techcomp (Holdings) Ltd (“Techcomp”), one of China’s leading manufacturers and distributors of analytical and life-science instruments, and Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation (“Hitachi High-Tech Science”), a subsidiary of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (“Hitachi High-Tech”, TSE stock code: 8036) have entered into a new distribution agreement. The new distribution agreement made between Techcomp and Hitachi High-Tech […]

REDWOOD CITY, California, and FALLS CHURCH, Virginia -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) today announced the commercial launch of Inova Genomes, a unique compendium of ethnically, phenotypically, and ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequencing data for researchers seeking to accelerate cohort analysis programs or improve success rates in […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced updates to its SurePrint gene expression microarrays for messenger RNA profiling applications for human, mouse and rat models. The updates improve coding and noncoding content, which will provide up-to-date tools for researchers to investigate expression patterns on a highly accessible platform. Agilent developed the […]