Company Announcements Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) and Optra Systems are developing software to visualize and analyze data from high-resolution scanners. In March, OGT acquired Sense Proteomic, which uses its protein array platform to identify autoantibody signatures for biomarker discovery. Gentel will use Eprogen’s ProteoSep protein fractionation technique to create whole-proteome microarrays from individual cell lines […]
Company Announcements Fluxion Biosciences announced exclusive distribution agreements with IUL Instruments GmbH for Germany and Austria, and with EuroClone for Italy, Spain, Portugal and countries in Eastern Europe and Northern Africa. PerkinElmer announced a collaboration with IDBS for the integration of their respective Columbus image data-management system for high-content screening (HCS) and AcitvityBase XE screening […]
Company Announcements In March, BioOptics closed a $3 million Series A financing round, led by Boulder Ventures. In conjunction, COO Richard Whitcomb was promoted to president and CEO. In March, NextGen Sciences sold its electrophoresis business, consisting of the a2Deoptimizer automated gel casting unit and the optigels large-format precast gels, to Sigma-Aldrich for $560,000 in […]
Company Announcements STARLIMS Technologies’ 2008 sales rose 6.2% to $25.2 million (see IBO 3/31/09). Product revenue grew 11.3% to $15.5 million, and Service revenue declined 1.1% to $9.8 million. Adjusted operating income fell 30.2% to $3.0 million. Sales to public-sector labs accounted for 39% of revenues, manufacturing customers accounted for 25% of sales. Revenue from […]
Company Announcements Caprotec bioanalytics GmbH named Funakoshi as the exclusive distributor of its research products in Japan. Agilent announced in February that it will exclusively distribute and provide marketing and support for Protein Discovery’s PPS Silent Surfactant, an acid-cleavable, zwitterionic detergent for sample preparation prior to MS. In February, OriGene Technologies announced that it raised […]
Company Announcements Radleys appointed Heidolph Brinkmann as the exclusive North American distributor for its chemistry apparatus. Radleys has more than 7,000 systems installed worldwide. In February, MultiSynTech GmbH granted Biotage AB distribution rights to its peptide synthesis systems. The companies will also jointly develop a new microwave-aided peptide synthesis system. Italian contract research organization EspiKem, […]
Company Announcements MoBiTec GmbH agreed to distribute NIZO’s NICE (NIsin Controlled Gene Expression Systems) system for controlled gene expression in L. lactis. Luminex COO Douglas C. Bryant resigned in January to become president and CEO of Quidel. Sequenom named Allan T. Bombard, MD, to the newly created position of chief medical officer in January. Previously, […]
Company Announcements In January, MicroBioLogics acquired the assets of Gibson Laboratories, which supplies specialty media products, microorganisms, diagnostics and proficiency testing supplies. MicroBioLogics established a new subsidiary named Gibson Laboratories and will retain key members of Gibson’s management team. Integrated DNA Technologies signed a license agreement with LI-COR Biosciences to manufacture oligos for sale using […]
Company Announcements Roche Diagnostics licensed rights from Exiqon A/S to use the SYBR Green I reagent in real time PCR. Enigma Diagnostics opened a US office in San Francisco, California, in December 2008. Ionian Technologies granted EnviroLogix exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and sell tests for the agricultural, plant pathogen and veterinary markets, utilizing its […]
Company Announcements KineMatik named Michael G. Jarjour president and CEO in January. Previously, he was vice president of Global Marketing for Organon. Genomatrix Software GmbH joined the Illumina-Connect program in January. Labtronics licensed the KnowledgeTree Document Management Software for bundling with its LimsLink application as a cobranded Nexxis SDMS product. Sciformatix entered into a partnership […]
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