This month, Life Technologies introduced the QuantStudio 12K Flex Real-Time PCR System, a new PCR platform for real time and digital PCR. The system will ship in the first quarter of 2012 at a price, depending on configuration, of $90,000–$190,000. The system runs PCR experiments via five interchangeable blocks: 96-well plates, fast 96-well plates for […]
Company Announcements Axel Semrau agreed in July to distribute ThalesNano’s products in Germany. Product Introductions In June, Uniqsis introduced a Gas Addition Module for its FlowSyn and other continuous flow reactors. In June, CEM introduced the Discover SPS Plus microwave peptide synthesizer with a cycle time of less than 10 minutes. In July, Biotage released […]
Company Announcements In July, DNASTAR began direct sales, marketing and technical support in Europe. 5AM Solutions opened an office in Boston, Massachusetts, this summer. In August, PREMIER Biosoft acquired Redasoft, which provides the Visual Cloning sequence analysis software. Aridhia Informatics and Glencoe Software formed a strategic partnership in September to create software for life science […]
Company Announcements Exiqon named four Centers of Excellence, which each provide services based on its products: TATAA Biocenter, Bioneer, AROS Applied Biotechnology and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Division of Health Research. In July, New England Biolabs exclusively licensed specific SomaLogic SOMAmers as critical reagents for its current and future nucleic acid–amplification products. SOMAmers are […]
Company Announcements In August, Quanterix and STRATEC Biomedical agreed to codevelop and manufacture an automated instrument for Quanterix’s Single Molecular Array technology for use in the life science and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) markets. The life science system is expected to launch in 2013, and the IVD system is expected to launch in 2014. STRATEC […]
Company Announcements Seahorse Bioscience appointed In Vitro Technologies as a distributor for Australia and New Zealand and Research Instruments as a distributor for Southeast Asia. IntelliCyt named five new European distributors: Bucher Biotec for Switzerland; Westburg for Benelux and Scandinavia; Grupo Taper for Spain and Portugal; Labtech France; and BioTech for the Czech Republic, Hungary, […]
Hercules, CA 10/5/11—Bio-Rad Laboratories has acquired QuantaLife for $162 million in cash and potential future milestone payments. QuantaLife is a developer of digital PCR technology (see IBO 12/15/10), which can be used for the detection of rare mutations. The company’s Droplet Digital system (ddPCR) is used for the validation of next-generation sequencing results. “We are […]
It is just six months since Pittcon, and IBO’s last review article on new product introductions (see IBO 3/31/11, 4/15/11), and already there is a new and lengthy list of notable new products. In this article, IBO highlights some of the product launches of the last six months based on their potential commercial and technical […]
Company Announcements First-half sales for Lonza’s Bioscience declined 2.8% to CHF 103 million ($114 million), but grew 13.2% in local currency, to make up 9% of company revenues. Within the unit, Research Solutions sales declined, with European sales up, US sales down slightly and growth in Asia Pacific. Under a reagent supply agreement announced in […]
Company Announcements Cell Line Genetics agreed in June to exclusively sell Ambry Genetics’ Ambry StemArray aCGH (array comparative genomic hybridization) product and services. In July, SQI Diagnostics, a microarray diagnostics firm, agreed to acquire Scienion, a maker of microarray-manufacturing equipment and provider of print-and-development services, for around CAD $30 million ($31 million), consisting of CAD […]
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