Company Announcements Japanese firm JSR signed a business alliance agreement with antibody supplier Medical & Biological Laboratories in March and acquired a 33% stake in the company for ¥4.5 billion ($47.6 million). Areas of codevelopment include latex bead reagents and epigenome-related reagents. Vitro Biopharma expanded its agreement with distributor Neuromics to include the drug discovery […]
San Diego, CA 9/3/13—Lab informatics firm Accelrys has acquired ChemSW, a provider of compliance solutions for environmental health and safety, including automated chemical inventory management, for $15.3 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to be modestly accretive to Accelrys’s non-GAAP EPS for 2013 and contribute $1–$2 million in non-GAAP revenues this year. ChemSW employees, […]
Company Announcements Ingenuity Systems, a QIAGEN firm, and Affymetrix announced in April they will copromote the Ingenuity iReport with Affymetrix expression microarray products. Real Time Genomics and the J. Craig Venter Institute announced in May a long term strategic collaboration to understand de novo mutations for stem cell progression studies and to deliver validated datasets. […]
The preclinical market for life science and analytical instruments is slated to grow in the mid-single digits this year and next year, according to “Transforming Preclinical Research: New Approaches in Translational Science,” a Strategic Directions International report published in May. The report defines preclinical research as the stage of the drug development process after generating […]
Company Announcements Sigma Life Science agreed in April to distribute the European Collection of Cell Cultures, a collection of human and animal cell cultures. Sigma has exclusive distribution rights, excluding the UK, Australia and Japan. The Business Standard reported in April that Sigma-Aldrich will distribute GE Healthcare’s Whatman products in India. In April, BellBrook Labs […]
IBO’s annual Industrial Design Awards recognize recently introduced products whose physical appearance and features make a distinct and valuable impression, enable the products’ functionality and successfully communicate the products’ messages. In a more general sense, the Awards highlight how the looks of the products make people want to use the products. The IBO Industrial Design […]
Indianapolis, IN 8/1/13—Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has acquired the flow cytometry business assets of ReaMetrix India. The acquisition will expand Beckman Coulter’s flow cytometry reagent offerings, adding ReaMetrix’s dry temperature-stable reagents for clinical research and HIV monitoring. “This acquisition provides both immediate opportunity and long-term value,” said Mario Koksch, vice president and general manager of […]
Milford, MA 8/7/13—Waters has acquired Nonlinear Dynamics, a UK-based provider of proteomics and metabolomics analysis software, including Progenesis software for analyzing and visualizing raw proteomic data, for an undisclosed amount. “The opportunity to combine Nonlinear Dynamics informatics expertise with Waters worldwide leadership in chromatography and mass spectrometry will continue to create significant benefits for omics-focused […]
Company Announcements RainDance Technologies closed a $20 million Series E financing round in April that included Myriad Genetics as a new strategic equity investor. In April, Co-Diagnostics agreed to acquire from DNA Logix certain technologies for genetic analysis in the clinical, industrial and bio-threat markets. BioFire Diagnostics expanded its financial commitment with Athyrium Opportunities Fund […]
Company Announcements Microfluidics firm Hurel closed a $9.2 million Series A private equity financing facility in April. In April, Aushon BioSystems named Susan Vogt CEO, replacing founder Peter Honkanen, who assumed the role of COO. Most recently, Ms. Vogt was president and CEO of SeraCare. IntegenX named Robert A. Schueren CEO in April. Most recently, […]
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