Company Announcements Carl Zeiss designated Zollner Electronik, which manufactures and tests subsystems for electron microscopes, a Carl Zeiss SMT Supply Chain Partner. In August, Asylum Research appointed Intertech as a distributor for Russia and Eurasia. Carl Zeiss and Singapore’s Biopolis Shared Facilities announced a strategic partnership and collaboration. Product Introductions McPherson introduced the 251MX X-ray, […]
Company Announcements Millipore will exclusively develop and sell Luminex bead-based multiplex immunoassays to measure Proteome Sciences’ Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers and other cognitive function disorders for research applications. Under a comarketing agreement, Millipore became the distributor of BioTime subsidiary Embryome Sciences’ ACTCellerate human progenitor cell lines. Lifecore Biomedical agreed to distribute Hyalose’s line of hyaluroanan research […]
Company Announcements MTS Systems reported that sales for SANS Group (see IBO 5/31/08) for the first half of fiscal 2009 ended March 29 were $8.0 million and that the subsidiary had an operating loss of $3.5 million. Orders totaled $12.0 million. MTS Systems named Gail P. Steinel to its Board in October. She is former […]
MALDI’s ability to nondestructively ionize biological materials makes it valuable in proteomics applications, including protein identification and sequencing determination. Nevertheless, MALDI comes with limitations when analyzing large molecules, including dissociating weak covalent bonds and a low efficiency in detecting masses above 30–50 kDa. CovalX was founded more than four years ago in Zurich, Switzerland, to […]
Company Announcements Monsanto is developing field tests for biotech crops using TwistDx’s Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) technology. BioTrove announced a collaboration with the FDA to investigate the use of its OpenArray Standardized NanoArray PCR (SNAP) gene expression profiling system for detection of pathogens in the US’s blood supply. In September, QIAGEN acquired additional licenses from […]
Company Announcements Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals purchased the 49% interest of its partner in a Chinese catalog joint venture for €5.2 million ($6.6 million). CP Lab Safety announced earlier this year that after producing goods in China for more than seven years, it has begun to manufacture its line of more than 80 products in […]
Over the last few decades, governments and businesses worldwide have been galvanized to address the threat of global warming. In December, 170 countries will meet in an attempt to pass the Copenhagen Protocol, the successor to 2005’s Kyoto Protocol. Set to expire in 2012, the Kyoto Protocol calls for a 5.2% yearly reduction in emissions […]
Washington, DC 9/25/09—In a filing with the SEC, Varian and Agilent disclosed that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding for settlement of the class action lawsuits filed by Varian shareholders against the companies and company personnel (see IBO 9/15/09). The suits, which were subsequently consolidated, alleged that Varian’s directors breached their fiduciary duties […]
Paoli, PA 9/28/09—AMETEK has acquired the assets of Mumbai-based Unispec Marketing and Thelsha Technical Services. Unispec represents AMETEK’s Spectro Analytical Instruments business, among others, in India. Spectro supplies ICP-OES instruments, XRF instruments and related supplies. Thelsha Technologies Services, an affiliate of Unispec, provides installation and post-sales service for Spectro instruments. “The acquisition of Unispec Marketing […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 9/22/09—QIAGEN NV has acquired DxS, a developer and manufacturer of companion diagnostics products, for $95 million in cash, subject to purchase-price adjustments, plus up to $35 million if specific milestones are met. DxS’s currently markets seven real time PCR tests that allow physicians to predict patients’ response to treatments. The acquisition is […]
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