Auburn, WA 6/20/13; Tacoma, Washington 6/18/13—Syntrix Biosystems has announced a final judgment of $115 million in its 2010 patent infringement case against Illumina in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington (see IBO 4/30/11). In March, a jury found Illumina guilty of infringing US Patent No. 6,951,682 covering synthetic matrix and array […]
Seattle, WA 6/25/13; Washington, DC 6/25/13—NanoString Technology shares debuted on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol NSTG on June 26 (see IBO 5/31/13). The company listed 5.4 million shares at a price of $10 per share. NanoString expects to raise net proceeds of $46.9 million. The company also granted underwriters a 30-day option to […]
A survey by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) indicates among manufacturing quality systems, aseptic processing equipment and production systems are key issues in the recent rise in drug shortages. Designed to determine the quality and manufacturing issues related to drug shortages, the anonymous survey was conducted in February and March and consisted of […]
Allschwil, Switzerland 6/13—SOTAX, a provider of dissolution testing, automated sample preparation and physical testing equipment, has acquired Dr. Schleuniger Pharmatron. Financial details were not disclosed. Headquartered in Thun, Switzerland, Pharmatron engineers and manufactures equipment for the physical testing of pharmaceutical dosage forms. “The acquisition and integration of Dr. Schleuniger Pharmatron is a further step towards […]
Ringwood, Australia 5/22/13—Trajan Scientific and Medical has acquired SGE Analytical Science’s chromatography and liquid handling businesses from Dawes Holding for an undisclosed amount. The purchase includes SGE’s manufacturing operations in Ringwood, Australia, and subsidiaries in the US, Europe and Japan. “Trajan’s goal is to bring together a group of leading companies with a common focus […]
Carlsbad, CA 6/13/13—Life Technologies has acquired instrument distributor Life Science Korea (LSK) for an undisclosed amount. LSK has served as Life’s primary instrument distribution in South Korea since 1994 and holds distribution rights to Applied Biosystems products. “The acquisition of LSK is in line with our go-direct strategy in South Korea and builds on our […]
Madison, WI 6/4/13; Washington, DC 6/3/13—Cellular Dynamics filed a registration statement on June 3 with the SEC for an IPO of its common stock. The company sells true human cells and manufactures industrial quantities of multiple cell types, human iPS cells and custom products. The registration is pursuant to the provisions of the Jumpstart Our […]
Oberkochen, Germany and Pleasanton, CA 6/13/13—Zeiss has announced plans to acquire Xradia, a provider of 3D X-ray microscopes for industrial and academic research applications, for an undisclosed amount. “Based on our unique portfolio of light, electron and ion microscopes, we are now adding the capability of 3-D imaging within objects at unprecedented resolution using X-ray […]
Matthews, NC 5/9/13; Matthews, NC 5/13/13; Uppsala, Sweden 5/13/13—CEM announced that its European Patent No. 1,491,552 covering microwave-assisted solid phase peptide synthesis was upheld in an oral proceeding at the European Patent Office (EPO), following a word change for clarification. CEM stated that the opposition proceeding was initiated by Biotage in an attempt to revoke […]
Seattle, WA 5/30/13; Washington, DC 5/20/13—NanoString Technologies has filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed IPO of its common stock. The company’s nCounter Analysis System digitally quantifies the activity of up to 800 genes simultaneously in one experiment using a novel barcoding chemistry. Research applications include gene expression, single-cell gene expression, miRNA […]
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