Company Announcements Axiogenesis AG in-licensed the Yamanaka patent portfolio from iPS Academia for iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and other cell types. Sigma-Aldrich entered into a five-year agreement with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop methods to measure several potential biomarkers for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease using plasma samples. Sigma Life Science expects to develop antibody […]
London, UK 10/8/10; London, UK 10/13/10—Instem Life Science Systems, a developer of software for early drug-development safety assessment, has commenced trading of its stock on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. The company raised £9.15 million ($14.5 million = £0.63 = $1) through a placement of 5,228,376 new ordinary shares at a price of £0.175 […]
Company Announcements Advanced Chemistry Development expanded its direct sales and support in Europe to include France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. Under a collaboration agreement, Ariadne will distribute Aureus Pharma’s offerings in the US. GenoLogics raised $1 million in equity financing in May, according to an SEC filing. QIucore named JH BIO an […]
Company Announcements Lonza licensed in June Axxam’s Photina, i-Photina and Clytin Photoproteins as calcium biosensors for its range of Clonetics Primary Cells. Promega partnered with SignalChem Pharmaceuticals in July to launch a complete solution for profiling kinase inhibitor compounds against the human kinome. The solution combines unique Kinase Enzyme Systems with Promega’s ADP-Glo Kinase Assay. […]
Laser capture microdissection (LCM) is a method used to isolate cells from bodies of cells and tissues by utilizing IR and/or UV lasers. LCM was first introduced in 1996 by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and was primarily used to isolate cell groups from fixed tissues. It was not until recently that the […]
Company Announcements Chip-Man Technologies appointed Ionovation GmbH as its German distributor. Nanion Technologies GmbH announced in April that a European Patent Office’s (EPO) Board of Appeal overturned a decision to uphold EP No. 1 040 349 owned by Molecular Devices, stating the patent must be amended to exclusively describe a positioning method using electrical fields […]
Company Announcements Helicos BioSciences launched a diagnostics business in June, including plans for a CLIA-approved genetic testing lab. Dr. Robert Wassman, founder of Good Start Genetics, was named chief medical officer. Protein-detection and -quantitation system developer BioScale secured $25 million in a June financing round. Advanced Analytical opened a sales office and lab in Heidelberg, […]
Guildford, UK, Burlington, MA and Portland, ME 8/26/10—Data management and analytics solutions provider IDBS has agreed to acquire Quantrix for an undisclosed amount. Quantrix provides business modeling and analytics software and services. IDBS currently licenses Quantrix’s technology for use in its E-Workbook Suite electronic laboratory notebook. “This transaction allows us to accelerate the introduction of […]
Company Announcements Takara Bio granted QIAGEN GmbH a license in April to make, use and sell LA PCR–related products. QIAGEN NV acquired rights in May to 70 real time PCR–based molecular food safety tests developed by the Institute for Product Quality. The first kits will be available in the fourth quarter. The company plans to […]
Company Announcements BioTime acquired ES Cell International, a provider of human embryonic stem cell technology, in May. Under an OEM agreement, Exiqon A/S will package BioDiscovery’s array image analysis and data analysis and visualization software with its miRNA arrays. Tocris Bioscience will distribute Jena Bioscience GmbH products in the US. ZyGEM acquired in May MicroLab […]
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