Washington, DC 12/15/14—The US Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial in Promega and Max Planck’s 2010 suit against Life Technologies, now Thermo Fisher Scientific, for infringement of five patents related to multiplex amplification of STR loci. In 2012, the jury’s $52 million award for Promega (see IBO 2/29/12) was overturned for failure to […]
Tokyo, Japan 2/15/15—Hitachi High-Technologies has named Masahiro Miyazaki as president and CEO, effective April 1. Mr. Miyazaki currently serves as senior vice president and executive officer, general manager, Corporate Strategy Division, Fine Technology Systems Business Division and CSO. He replaces Masao Hisada, who is retiring.
Warminster, PA 1/16/15—SP Industries, a provider of lab equipment and products, and drug-manufacturing solutions, has acquired Stability Environments for an undisclosed amount. Stability provides walk-in environmental rooms, glassware dryers, chambers and accessory products. SP stated that the purchase is complementary to its concentrator, freeze-dryer and thermal-equipment product lines.
Royston, UK 1/16/15—Blacktrace Holdings has announced the purchase of Swedish firm ChemiSens for an undisclosed amount. ChemiSens provides reaction calorimeters, including the CPA200 Series. The ChemiSens products will be sold and supported by Blacktrace’s Syrris brand. Blacktrace stated that it plans to maintain ChemiSens’ current structure and to continue to work with ChemiSens partners.
Columbia, MD 2/5/15—W R Grace & Co. announced that it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies. Grace’s Discovery Sciences business will join “New Grace,” which is comprised of the Catalysts Technologies and Materials Technologies segments. Grace’s Construction Products and Darex packaging business will comprise “New GCP.” The separation is expected to be completed […]
Washington, DC 2/2/15—Thomas Bachmann, president of Bruker BioSpin, has been named president and CEO of Eppendorf, a provider of laboratory products, according to a Bruker SEC filing. Mr. Bachmann is expected to join Eppendorf as CEO no later than August 1. He will resign from Bruker in July. Mr. Bachmann joined Bruker BioSpin in August […]
Radnor, PA 2/3/15—Lab-products, -services and -solutions provider VWR has acquired National Biochemicals (NBC) for an undisclosed amount. NBC is a full-service raw-material manufacturer and supplier to the biochemical industry. Based in Ohio, it supplies molecular biology reagents, multicompendial chemicals, and biotechnology and diagnostic biochemicals. “We continue to make targeted, strategic investments that give VWR access […]
Waltham, MA 2/5/15—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Advanced Scientifics (ASI) for $300 million in cash. With $80 million in 2014 revenues, ASI designs and manufactures customized single-use systems and equipment for biopharmaceutical preparation, processing, storage and transportation. “ASI’s intense customer focus has led to the development of innovative solutions that complement our existing single-use technologies […]
Tucson, AZ 1/27/14—Protein Technologies, a supplier of peptide synthesizers and reagents, has filed suit against Peptide Solutions in the Superior Court of Arizona. Allegations include breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets and proprietary information, and tortious interference. Protein Technologies stated that the complaint alleges the theft and usage of its […]
Boston, MA 1/12/15—GC and LC supplier DANI Instruments has acquired Spectra Analysis Instruments (SAI) for an undisclosed amount. SAI develops and manufactures solid-phase IR spectroscopy detectors for GC and LC instruments. With the acquisition, Italy-based DANI will open a US operation headquartered at SAI’s site in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and will sell directly in the US. […]
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