Palo Alto, Calif. — TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX), a global leader in infrastructure and business intelligence software, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on software, data and technology-enabled businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, TIBCO stockholders […]

Cambridge, UK — Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announces that its business unit Horizon Diagnostics has signed a Master Services Agreement with a major global diagnostic development company and a US biopharmaceutical company to support the […]

Madison, WI — The National Cancer Institutes has awarded a $1.75M Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to BellBrook Labs for a collaborative effort with researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop more realistic models for breast and ovarian cancer. The research will use imaging and microfabrication technology developed by the UW team to […]

Budapest, Hungary; Cambridge, MA & Richmond, VA — Global biotechnology company Omixon, headquartered in Budapest with US offices in Cambridge, MA, has announced a collaboration with Global Genomics Group (G3) to validate its Target HLA™ software to determine HLA genotypes from whole genome sequencing (WGS) datasets. G3 is providing the WGS datasets and the corresponding […]

Bibby Scientific, one of the largest manufacturers of quality bench top science equipment, has purchased 100% of the share capital of PCRmax, a UK based sales and distribution Company set up specifically to capture a significant market share of the standard (PCR) and quantitative PCR (QPCR) markets. They are also the registered owners of the […]

Bibby Scientific, one of the largest manufacturers of quality bench top science equipment, has purchased 100% of the share capital of PCRmax, a UK based sales and distribution Company set up specifically to capture a significant market share of the standard (PCR) and quantitative PCR (QPCR) markets. They are also the registered owners of the […]

Val de Reuil, France — Erlab, the expert in air filtration to protection of laboratory personnel since 1968 and Burdinola, supplier of laboratory furniture solutions, announce a partnership for the development of a new filtered fume hood. By integrating Erlab’s GreenFumeHood Technology above their laboratory fume hood, Burdinola will now offer an innovative solution utilizing […]

Boston, Mass., – Intellimedix announced today that it is introducing a new exome product for the research market that will incorporate and leverage the exome sequencing service of BGI Tech Solutions Co., LTD, a subsidiary of BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, along with Intellimedix’s proprietary analysis algorithms. The product, to be called “Enhanced Accelerated […]

DARMSTADT, Germany & ST. LOUIS, Mo.– Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science sectors, and Sigma-Aldrich today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck will acquire Sigma-Aldrich for $17.0 billion (€13.1 billion), establishing one of the leading players in the […]

Lauda-Königshofen — With the acquisition of Noah Precision, the global leader in the manufacture of constant temperature equipment, systems and measuring instruments has landed a strategic coup. “Over the last few years, we have come to recognize the increasing importance of thermo-electric constant temperature control,” explains LAUDA’s managing director, Dr. Gunther Wobser, “and we see […]