Pleasanton, CA 8/24/09—Hitachi High-Technologies America announced that on August 6 the US District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit brought against the company by Brigham Young University and Torion Technologies (see IBO 12/15/08). The suit alleged infringement of US Patent No. 7,060,987 (“Electron Ionization Source for Orthogonal Acceleration […]
Woburn, MA 7/01/09—Agiltron, a developer and manufacturer of photonic and optical components, has acquired the assets of Raman Systems for an undisclosed amount. Raman Systems was founded in 1997 and provides portable, compact, affordable benchtop Raman systems. Agiltron stated that its expertise in manufacturing photonic components and systems will allow it to produce systems with […]
Shelton, CT 8/27/09—PerkinElmer has signed an expanded distribution agreement with VWR International. The agreement covers PerkinElmer consumables and accessories, as well as FT-IR and UV/Vis spectroscopy solutions, such as the LAMBDA XLS and Bio spectrophotometers. “While customers have always been able to find us through our sales and service professionals and through the web, offering […]
Billerica, MA 8/20/09—Bruker has announced that the Japan Patent Office has invalidated Digilab’s (Varian’s) Japanese Patent Number 3 076 013 on a Focal Plan Array-based imaging Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) system. As a result, Bruker Optics Japan and other manufacturers can now sell imaging FT-IR spectrometers and FT-IR microscope systems with ATR imaging capabilities in […]
Billerica, MA 8/10/09—Millipore has acquired BioAnaLab, a service provider that specializes in the analysis of biologic drugs and vaccines, for an undisclosed amount. Based in Oxford, UK, BioAnaLab’s service offerings include assay transfer/development, validation and sample analysis, pharmacokinetics/toxicokinetics, immunogenicity, biological potency and vaccine services. Millipore stated that the acquisition expands its biopharmaceutical services business into […]
Singapore and Hong Kong 7/31/09—Laboratory product manufacturer and distributor Techcomp has announced the acquisition of a 75% stake in France’s HCC Group for €1.95 million ($2.8 million = €0.696 = $1) in cash. The HCC Group operates as Froilabo SAS, Frilabor SRL and Craponne Tolerie SARL, which specialize in temperature control equipment for laboratories, such […]
Madison, WI 8/3/09—Promega, a supplier of life science reagents and equipment, has purchased Turner BioSystems for an undisclosed amount. Turner BioSystems provides luminometers, fluorometers, photometers and multimode instruments for life science research. “Over the years, innovating with Promega has created productive instrument/reagent systems that scientists highly value. Both companies are eager to optimize this total […]
St. Louis, MO 8/6/09—Sigma-Aldrich has acquired cheminformatics firm ChemiNavigator, a provider of discovery research informatics software tools used for the design, selection and procurement of chemical compound libraries. The purchase price was not disclosed. “ChemNavigator is well-recognized for its fast and efficient virtual discovery tools and for its extensive database of chemical compounds,” stated Dr. […]
Bangalore, India 7/31/09—Bruker has established Bruker Labmate, a joint venture for MS between Bruker Daltonics and Indian lab product distributor LabMate Asia. Bruker is the majority owner. “Adding to our training and applications strength in India is the logical next move to ensure our customers succeed as quickly as possible in this very exciting and […]
Carlsbad, CA 7/28/09—Life Technologies disclosed in its second-quarter earnings report that is has acquired Cytonix for its intellectual property related to its digital PCR technology. Life Technologies stated that it plans to license the technology and commercialize it. Applications for the commercialized technology could include next-generation sequencing library quantification and molecular diagnostic assays. The company’s […]
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