GE Healthcare will exclusively distribute under the ULTA brand a new range of microfiltration cartridges and disposable filters from Parker domnick hunter for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The companies also entered into a joint technology development agreement. As part of an R&D collaboration, Invitrogen will contribute its PD Direct media and cell line development expertise and Viropro […]

Biotools B&M Labs SA released CapitalBio’s microarray platform to the Spanish market and provided CapitalBio with its LIONPROBES real-time amplification technology, the Gelification stabilization platform and recombinant enzymes for kits and reagents for the Chinese market. Oxford Gene Technology and Integrated Genomics partnered to develop and market a Pichia pastoris gene expression oligonucleotide microarray. In […]

Illumina launched the HumanCNV370-Duo DNA Analysis BeadChip, developed in collaboration with deCODE genetics, to target novel regions of the genome that show copy number variation. It enables the analysis of two samples simultaneously. Illumina released the BeadXpress System detection platform, based on VeraCode digital microbead technology, for low to mid-multiplex experiments. Illumina launched a custom-content […]

Esco introduced the Swift range of thermal cyclers, including Swift Mini and Swift Maxi models and the Swift Spectrum four-channel real-time cyclers. Sigma-Aldrich launched the GenomePlex Tissue Whole Genome Amplification Kit, featuring an optimized tissue lysis and extraction procedure that eliminates the need for deparaffinization or DNA purification. Applied Biosystems introduced the AmpFLSTR MiniFiler PCR […]

Idaho Technology exclusively licensed from the University of Utah Research Foundation the patent for “Monitoring Amplification with FRET Probes,” covering real-time PCR amplification kits. In February, QIAGEN NV broadened its portfolio of licenses to include all of Roche’s real-time PCR patents. The company also licensed patents related to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics’ “Hot-Start” technology. Sales for […]

Intelligent Bio-Systems exclusively licensed DNA sequencing technology from Columbia University. Beckman Coulter appointed James V. Mazzo, president and CEO of Advanced Medical Optics, to its board. Under a collaboration agreement, BG Medicine will integrate Applied Biosystems technology into its proteomic and metabolomic systems pharmacology workflows. Kyodo International will represent lab-on-a-chip company Micronit Microfluidics BV in […]

In March, Rosetta Biosoftware introduced version 7.0 of the Rosetta Resolver gene expression data analysis system. Genedata AG released ToxPedia, based on the Expressionist platform, for the adoption of systems toxicology for drug safety prediction. BioImagene introduced the 3i web-based platform for developing imaging applications for digital pathology and drug discovery, featuring three modules of […]

Caliper Life Sciences launched the Discovery Alliances & Services unit, created by the integration of NovaScreen Biosciences, a provider of in vitro discovery services, and Xenogen Biosciences, a provider of in vivo discovery services. It offers more than 700 in vitro assay types. Gyros AB introduced the Gyrolab Bioaffy 20 HC CD microlaboratory for dilution-free […]

KBC Private Equity acquired a 75% stake in bioinformatics company Applied Maths NV in 2006. SAS and Ingenuity Systems integrated their respective JMP Genomics and Pathways Analysis solutions. Ingenuity Systems partnered with Compendia Bioscience, a provider of cancer profiling data and analysis tools, to integrate their respective Oncomine Professional and Pathways Analysis solutions. Thermo Fisher […]