GAINESVILLE, Fla. and BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with RAPiD Genomics a Gainesville-based company with technology licensed from the University of Florida. The Institute supports new company creation based on publicly-funded research, and bridges early funding […]

With the acquisition of ATM the VERDER group extends the portfolio of its Scientific Division in the business segment of sample preparation of solids. The company is a leading manufacturer of machines for metallographic applications. The instruments are used both in industrial processes and research to prepare solid bodies of metal or compound materials, usually […]

MILFORD, Mass. – Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced a new 24-sample option for its highly acclaimed GlycoWorks™ RapiFluor-MS™ N-Glycan Kit. The new format processes 24 samples – eight at a time – and opens the door further to laboratories that want to begin realizing the benefits that RapiFluor-MS brings to glycan analysis. Depending on a laboratory’s […]

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Seelze, Germany-based laboratory research chemicals business from Sigma-Aldrich, broadening Honeywell’s offerings for high-purity solutions for drug discovery, medical diagnostic testing and other laboratory applications. The acquisition includes the Fluka-branded solvents and inorganic chemistry portfolio worldwide and the Sigma-Aldrich-branded […]

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WGBS) today announced the first commercial sale of WaferGen’s ICELL8™ Single-Cell System to a major global pharmaceutical company. The system will enable greater single-cell throughput, and provide key insights to be used in important cancer-related research initiatives. “The first commercial sale of our ICELL8 Single-Cell System is a significant […]

Bioline, The PCR Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO), is proud to announce the worldwide release of the JetSeq™ DNA Library Preparation Kit, the first product in a new line of kits from Bioline for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) sample preparation. Developed in collaboration with Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the JetSeq DNA […]

KKR announced that it has agreed to acquire LGC, the international life sciences measurement and testing company, from its current owners Bridgepoint, for an undisclosed amount. KKR will partner with LGC to provide capital and operational support to facilitate future growth. LGC provides a range of measurement products and services which underpin the safety, health […]

LGC, the international life sciences company creating measurement and testing solutions for companies across the world, is to be sold by Bridgepoint for an undisclosed sum to KKR. Owned by Bridgepoint since 2010, LGC operates globally in 22 countries and focuses on three distinct areas: the manufacture and distribution of reference materials, proprietary genomic products […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced regulatory clearance to finalize acquisition of Kapa Biosystems, Inc. (Kapa), a privately-held company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, US. Kapa Biosystems is a provider of genomic tools in the life sciences sector that employs proprietary technologies to optimize enzymes for next-generation sequencing (NGS), as well as […]

BILLERICA, Mass. —— RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company dedicated to simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, and Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI) today announced a research collaboration to develop blood-based assays and protocols for the precise measurement of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) latent reservoir using RainDance’s RainDrop® Digital PCR and ThunderBolts™ […]