Company Announcements

In September, Attana resumed direct sales operations in Europe and North America.

TriFoil Imaging acquired Bioscan in September.

Menarini Group acquired Silicon Biosystems.

In September, Biosearch Technologies acquired a majority stake in LightSpeed Genomics, a provider of optical detection solutions based on Synthetic Aperture Optics technology. Biosearch and LightSpeed codeveloped Biosearch’s StellarVision gene expression platform.

Singulex secured a debt facility for up to $40 million.

The USDA agreed to evaluate PathoGenetix’s Genome Sequencing Scanning technology for use in identifying strains of E. coli and Salmonella enterica.

PathoGenetix secured in October $10 million in Series C financing from existing investors.

In October, Fluidigm and NanoString Technologies agreed to settle their litigation (see IBO 2/15/13).

BioNano Genomics announced the receipt of $10 million in financing from current investors.

Sample6, the developer of an enrichment-free pathogen diagnostic system for in-plant pathogen detection, secured an $11 million Series B round.

OpGen and Hitachi High-Technologies agreed to develop a human chromosome mapping analytical service for clinical research, combining their respective Whole Genome Mapping and cloud-based informatics systems.

Biodesy closed a $15.0 million Series A venture financing round. Biodesy is developing technology to enable real-time measurement of protein conformational change. Greg Yap, former Lifecycle Leader, Advanced Staining Assays, at Ventana Medical System, was named CEO.

In October, Phthisis Diagnostics acquired Microbiologics.

Gyros named Dan Calvo CEO. He previously served as president and CEO of Cellomics.

Product Introductions

In September, Sequenom launched a certified service provider program for its MassARRAY System.

Mediso Medical Imaging Systems introduced the nanoScan single photon emission computed tomography/ computed tomography/PET system in September.

In October, Illumina launched a new high-throughput screening (HTS) format for its Infinium BeadChip family of genotyping arrays, with a 24-sample HTS BeadChip that supports up to 750,000 markers per sample, increases scanning capacity, and allows more affordable pricing per sample.

BioNano Genomics released the IrysChip V2, with a 15-fold increase in throughput.

Affymetrix launched the 90,000 SNP Axiom Strawberrry Genotyping Array.