Pompey, France – Novasep, a leading supplier of services and technologies for the life sciences and chemical industries today announces it is expanding its presence in Asia by signing two partnership agreements for the Japanese market. The first agreement was signed with Allied Laboratories, a life science and chemical consulting company. Allied Laboratories now provides […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) announced today that it has agreed to acquire 100% ownership of Cliniqa Corporation. Cliniqa specializes in the manufacturing and commercialization of quality controls and calibrators as well as bulk reagents used in the clinical diagnostic market. Its controls and reagents are used in a wide variety of diagnostic tests […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — DNAnexus Inc. announced today that its groundbreaking cloud-based genome informatics and data management platform is powering the 3000 Rice Genomes Project (3K RGP). The project is a partnership between the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and BGI in China and their numerous collaborators globally, […]

Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading systems and consumables developer for the life sciences industry, announces it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bohui with an expected close date on June 30, 2015. The acquisition is strategic for both companies and will enable Advion to broaden its investments in the areas […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and Technology company, announced today that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected Sigma-Aldrich as the first licensed distributor of NIST Standard Reference Materials®(SRMs). This agreement enables Sigma-Aldrich to further expand its global analytical product line and make NIST reference materials […]

SEATTLE — Visualant, Inc. (OTCQB: VSUL), a leading provider of disruptive light-based technologies, announced today that it has entered into a one-year option agreement with Benemilk Ltd, a joint venture of Raisio plc and Intellectual Ventures (IV), granting Benemilk the right to evaluate its ChromaID™ technology for quality assurance or quality control tests performed in […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — A team of scientists that is part of an international, multi-organizational effort to curb further spread of deadly Ebola in Sierra Leone has released their first dataset of the virus’ genetic structure online. The genetic analysis is now on virological.org and available for the global scientific community to monitor the pathogen’s evolution […]

Brisbane, CA, USA and Cambridge, UK — CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value, diagnostic surveillance solutions for transplant recipients and Horizon Discovery Group plc (Horizon), an international life science company supplyingreagent tools and services that power genomics research and the development of […]

TORRANCE, Calif. — Phenomenex, Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announced today that it has expanded its European subsidiary network by acquiring its long-time and successful Spanish distribution partner, Micron Analitica S.A. “We are so very proud to welcome our newest company into the Phenomenex […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and Technology company, announced today it has entered into an agreement with XCell Science to launch genetically engineered human neural differentiated cells and accompanying culture media developed to advance the research of neurological diseases. These new products, in combination with Sigma-Aldrich’s existing product portfolio, […]