Company Announcements Carestream Molecule Imaging and the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research signed a five-year partnership agreement in May to support the development of novel preclinical-imaging approaches in oncology using the Carestream Albira trimodal-imaging system. In May, Axela appointed Isogen Life Science as a distributor for Benelux and Spain. OpGen formed a public health consortium […]
Company Announcements Biosearch Technologies acquired the rights from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to US Patent No. 6,150,097 (Nucleic Acid Detection Probes Having Non-FRET Fluorescence Quenching and Kits and Assays Including Such Probes), as well as counterpart international patents. The company also acquired the rights to sublicense the rights to companies. […]
In June, BD Biosciences, which holds the largest share in the flow cytometry market, released the BD FACSJazz Cell Sorting System, an entry-level flow cytometer. A stream-in-air cell sorter, the FACSJazz utilizes the same Accudrop technology for determining drop delay as BD’s more advanced cell-sorting systems, the FACSAria and Influx, but occupies just 20 x […]
Company Announcements ZyGEM entered into an OEM agreement for the incorporation of its enzymatic RNA extraction technology into Quanta BioSciences’ quantitative PCR kits. In May, LaserGen named Mimi Healy, PhD, CEO. She was previously CEO of Bacterial Barcodes. BioCellChallenge named Bulldog Bio as its exclusive US distributor. Affymetrix announced in May that it will distribute […]
Held July 15–19 in Los Angeles, California, the annual American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) conference hosted tens of thousands of attendees. The conference presentations and exhibits encompassed both traditional clinical chemistry technologies, such as clinical analyzers, as well as molecular diagnostics techniques, including DNA sequencing and PCR. The conference was held at an interesting […]
In January, when IBO issued its industry forecast for 2012 (see IBO 1/15/12), the industry had just finished two consecutive years of robust growth, which suggested it might be possible for such strong growth to continue. Although at the time we developed the forecast, we did not have the benefit of fourth quarter results for […]
Company Announcements Biolog named new distributors in March: IUL Instruments for Germany and Austria, Awel International for France, A&LCO Industries for Italy and IUL for Spain. In April, CM Technologies appointed Dync as its new distributor for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; D.I. Biotech as its distributor for South Korea; and Mars Bioanalytical as its […]
Company Announcements Fluidigm established a Chinese subsidiary in January. In May, Fluidigm and the Broad Institute established a research center for the development of research methods and discoveries in mammalian single-cell genomics. Aushon BioSystems entered into an exclusive North American distribution agreement with Fisher Scientific in February. In April, Sequenom purchased Helicos BioSciences’ US Patent […]
Company Announcements DNAnexus announced in February strategic alliances with Geisinger Health Systems and the University of California San Francisco for the development of clinically relevant workflows for DNA sequencing. Biomatters promoted Managing Director Dr. Brett Ammundsen to CEO in March. Cartagenia opened its first North American office in Boston, Massachusetts, in March. Partek announced in […]
Company Announcements In April, Halma acquired Sensorex, a manufacturer of electrochemical sensors for water analysis, for $37.5 million. Existing management remained with the company. In 2011, Sensorex recorded an operating profit of $3.9 million. In-Situ announced in May that its RDO methods are the only optical or luminescence-based dissolved oxygen (DO) methods to pass the […]
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