Cologne, Germany, and Singapore,: AyoxxA Biosystems, an international biotechnology company, today announces it has closed a 2.6 million Euro Series A financing round. The round was led by Wellington Partners Venture Capital and included NRW.BANK, HTGF – High-Tech Gründerfonds, and private investors, Rainer Christine and Dr. Gregor Siebenkotten, both formerly executive board members and co-founders […]

SAN DIEGO, CA, and BERLIN, GERMANY –— Genalyte, Inc., a life sciences company developing and commercializing innovative next generation multiplexing technology, and Scienion AG, a life science company developing microarray and ultra-low volume liquid handling systems, today announced an agreement under which Genalyte will market Scienion’s sciFLEXARRAYERTM automated liquid dispensers along with Genalyte’s multiplexed MaverickTM […]

ST. LOUIS, — The Board of Directors of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) has elected Michael Marberry as a Director of the Company. Mr. Marberry (age 54) is President and CEO of J.M. Huber Corporation, a diversified, multinational supplier of engineered materials, natural resources and technology-based services to customers spanning many industries from paper and energy […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has acquired Cambridge, U.K.-based BlueGnome Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. BlueGnome, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Illumina, is a leading provider of solutions for the screening of genetic abnormalities associated with developmental delay, cancer, and infertility. “The BlueGnome acquisition supports Illumina’s goal to be […]

LA JOLLA, CA —— Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), a privately held company developing and commercializing genomic-driven solutions to solve a range of global challenges, today announced they have purchased from Febit Holding GmbH the worldwide rights to three families of patents and patent applications related to key synthetic genomic technologies. All related know-how, equipment and […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the pricing of a series of its senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of $400 million, in an underwritten, registered public offering. The notes will mature in October 2022 and will bear interest at an annual rate of 3.20 percent. The offering is expected to close on […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has appointed Paul Bianchi as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. In this executive management position, Bianchi will oversee Illumina’s global HR strategy and programs including talent and leadership development, employee engagement and communications, and rewards and recognition. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he […]

Scienion AG and Maine Manufacturing, LLC, today announced an agreement on Scienion’s marketing of Maine Manufacturing’s FAST® protein array products. The non-exclusive distribution arrangement includes the worldwide marketing of the complete FAST® Slide product line. Dortmund and Berlin, Germany, September 10, 2012: The FAST® Slide product line is built around the nitrocellulose coated FAST Slide […]

Shanghai, China –– ShanghaiBio Corporation and Ingenuity® Systems have signed a collaboration agreement enabling ShanghaiBio Corporation to extend its current lab service offering to include Ingenuity solutions for downstream analysis and interpretation of genomics data. ShanghaiBio Corporation will complement their sequencing, genotyping and gene expression lab services by creating a bundled solution with Ingenuity’s applications, […]

RayBiotech, Inc. today announced that the company has established formal compliance in both Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP). Particular product lines now manufactured under GMP status include Quantibody, G-, C- and L-Series antibody arrays as well as all ELISA-related products, but the compliance under GMP guidelines will apply to all products […]