CMS and Commercial Insurers Extend Coverage of Oncomine Dx Target Test to more than 160 Million U.S. Lives

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Payors reimburse first NGS, FDA-approved test for non-small cell lung cancer to expedite targeted therapy selection for patients CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced its Oncomine Dx Target Test has been approved for coverage by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as part of the agency’s national coverage determination (NCD) for next-generation sequencing (NGS) […]

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Zurich, Switzerland and New Delhi, India, March 27, 2018.ChromaCon and YMC India announced today that they have entered into a Distribution Agreement. Under this agreement, YMC India will act as distributor and provide after-sales service and application support for Contichrom systems in India.The Contichrom line of products consists of FPLC and HPLC systems with advanced process technology. The Contichrom CUBE and CUBE Combined are FPLC systems for the purification of biopharmaceuticals, giving access to superior continuous chromatography processes. The Contichrom HPLC provides the same benefits for peptide and small molecule applications. The recently launched Contichrom Discovery automates and simplifies multi-step purifications of protein and antibodies at R&D scale.Michael Bavand, CEO of ChromaCon commented: “The Indian biotech industry is very strong, especially in bioprocessing of antibodies and production of peptides. With YMC India we now have a valuable partner, who can address the needs of these customers for local representation of our Contichrom systems. We look forward to leveraging both of our companies’ expertise to benefit pharma and biotech customers in India.” About ChromaCon ChromaCon AG is a private Life Science Tool company located in Zürich, Switzerland, providing best-in-class process solutions to the biopharmaceutical industry. ChromaCon has developed and patented novel process principles, process control and simulation software, equipment designs and operating software for batch, cyclic and continuous chromatography. These process solutions result in significant CAPEX and OPEX cost savings and enabling scalable chromatographic solutions for large scale purification applications. The Contichrom® laboratory-scale equipment is co-marketed worldwide by ChromaCon and its partners. ChromaCon has provided global licenses for its process technologies to LEWA for implementation into scale-up systems. ChromaCon also develops and markets affinity purification solutions for column and membrane chromatography applications and tools for site-specific protein conjugation. ChromaCon Contact To find out more about ChromaCon please contact us directly or visit our website. Dr. Michael Bavand, CEO, info@chromacon.com, www.chromacon.com. About YMC India Pvt. Ltd. YMC India was established in 2008 with a vision to create a brand value by delivering the BEST Quality of Product, Service & Support to its customers. YMC India has created and maintained an environment where close relationship, between YMC and its end users, is nurtured and grown with benefits to each other – a perfect example of symbiotic relationship.

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Bio-Works has opened a sales office in Philadelpia, USA to meet the large demand for separation and purification products for the production of biological medicine in the American market. To be able to support the customers at the right competence level the office will initially be manned with Swedish personnel. Bio-Works will during this year […]

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QIAGEN’s QuantiFERON-TB® Gold Plus gains endorsement for latent tuberculosis screening in immigration

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International Panel Physicians Association selects QFT-Plus for its proven value in diagnosing latent TB infection Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that its QuantiFERON-TB® Gold Plus (QFT-Plus), the gold standard in accurate, cost-effective testing for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, has been endorsed for immigration medical screening by the International Panel […]

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RedShiftBio Announces Collaboration Trial Completion

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Academic and industrial collaborators provide validation of new bioanalytical platform as product launch approaches; new website unveiled. Burlington, MA.  RedShift BioAnalytics, Inc. (RedShiftBio), a provider of analytical instrumentation for the characterization of protein therapeutics, is pleased to announce the completion of Phase II of the company’s collaborative trials. Conducted alongside leading academic and industrial biologic […]

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Announcing New USA Sales, Support, and Service Resources

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Product inventory, customer support, application lab and instrument service in North Carolina. Pittsboro, NC – We are happy to announce a new FRITSCH resource: FRITSCH Milling & Sizing, Inc., a subsidiary of FRTISCH GmbH in Germany. Instruments, parts, and accessories are now distributed directly and available through select distributors in the USA. We are committed to providing exemplary […]

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Food Allergen Screening Method by SCIEX Receives Official Method Classification from the AOAC INTERNATIONAL

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Improved mass spec method nears industrial use, promoting a possible shift in global food allergen testing Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that its highly sensitive method for analyzing food allergens has received the First Action Official Method (FAOM) classification from AOAC INTERNATIONAL’s Official Methods Board (OMB). Nearly […]

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KAUST – Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence (CoE) Inaugurated

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State-of-the-art facility features the first imaging system of its kind in Saudi Arabia. Wetzlar, Germany / Thuwal, Saudi Arabia: The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Leica Microsystems inaugurated a new Center of Excellence (CoE) for Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus today. With the new center, KAUST and Leica Microsystems embark […]

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Spectrum Chemical Mfg. Corporation Receives GE Healthcare Life Sciences 2017 Distinguished Partner Award for Exceptional Applied Markets

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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Spectrum Chemical Mfg. Corp., a leading U.S. chemical manufacturer and distributor, has been honored with the 2017 Distinguished Partner Award for Exceptional Applied Markets from GE Healthcare Life Sciences. Spectrum Chemical received the award at the company’s National Sales Meeting held in New Brunswick, NJ. Spectrum Chemical receives 2017 GE Healthcare Life Sciences Distinguished Partner […]

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VWR, Part of Avantor, Recognizes Stirling Ultracold as the Equipment, Instruments and Chromatography Supplier of the Year

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(Athens, OH USA) Stirling Ultracold, innovative developer and manufacturer of Ultra-Low Temperature (ULT) freezers for life science and biopharma research, was recently named “2017 Equipment, Instruments and Chromatography Supplier of the Year” by VWR at its 2018 Americas Sales Conference, held in Orlando, FL. VWR, acquired by Avantor in 2017 as a wholly-owned subsidiary and a leading global […]

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Twist Bioscience Expands North American Presence With Office in San Diego, California

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SAN FRANCISCO & CARLSBAD, Calif.–Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced it has expanded its North American operations with a new office in the San Diego area. The office will support sales and marketing as well as other corporate administrative functions and will be […]

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