Company Announcements Horizon Discovery in October signed an in-licensing and option agreement with Servier for novel kinase inhibitors. Horizon will use its platform to identify the populations of cancer patients most likely to respond to the in-licensed compounds. BIOKÉ signed an exclusive agreement to distribute Horizon Discovery’s HDx Reference Standards in the Netherlands. For the […]

Company Announcements WuXi NextCODE announced in October a long-term partnership with Sidra Medical and Research Center, the genomics and informatics hub for the Qatar Genome Project, to provide and codevelop research and bioinformatics programs. DNAnexus integrated its DNAnexus cloud genomics software with QIAGEN’s Ingenuity Variant Analysis platform. South Korea–based Celemics, a provider of target enrichment […]

Company Announcements In September, as part of an NIH-funded project, NanoCellect Biomedical began a collaboration with the University of California, San Diego, to develop single-cell applications based on its microchip-enabled WOLF Cell Sorter. Venneos raised €1 million ($1 million) in seed financing in September to develop a semiconductor chip–based imaging system for cell analysis. MaxCyte […]

Product Introductions Lovibond introduced the BD 6000 BOD measurement system, which enables automatic measurements at customizable intervals. Lovibond released the SD 310 Oxi oxygen meter, which replaces the SensoDirect Oxi200. It is designed for ease of use. In August, ILIUM Technology launched the Model 1021 Smart Flow-through Probe for real-time conductivity monitoring of any liquid […]

Company Announcements TESCAN USA announced a partnership with the Colorado School of Mines to create an electron beam analytical facility on the Golden, Colorado, campus. In September, TESCAN, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Texas A&M University announced a nanotechnology collaboration agreement. ZEISS opened its new China headquarters building in the Shanghai Pilot Free […]

Company Announcements Vapourtec named Gaia Science as a distributor for Singapore. D. Michael Parker, senior vice president, CFO, treasurer and secretary of Kewaunee Scientific, announced his plans to retire by year end. Wheaton added Labscoop as a distributor. Peak Scientific opened a new Indian office in New Delhi, which will serve as its headquarters for […]

Company Announcements Bruker appointed John Ornell, retired CFO of Waters, to its Board in August. Bruker named Dr. René Lenggenhager as president of Bruker BioSpin, effective November 1. He previously served as general manager of Laboratory Weighing at Mettler-Toledo. Fluidigm announced in September the opening of Australia’s first Single-Cell Genomics Centre of Excellence, located at […]

Company Announcements Micro GC firm APIX Analytics announced in May that it raised €3.7 million ($4.1 million). Investors include Air Liquide. INFICON Emergency Response & Security sales increased 5.1% sequentially in the second quarter but declined 43.3% year over year to $4.1 million, or 6% of company sales. In the third quarter, segment sales grew […]

Company Announcements In September, Abcam announced that CFO Jeff Iliffe will resign within 12 months. Mara Glickman Aspinall has replaced him on the Board. She was formerly president and CEO of Ventana Medical Systems. Desktop Genetics, maker of the DESKGEN genome editing software, raised £1.37 million ($2.15 million). ArcherDX announced a partnership with BioChain to […]

Company Announcements Unchained Labs acquired Avid Nano, a developer and manufacturer of dynamic light scattering (DLS) systems, in July. Malvern Instruments established an applications lab at Servion Therapeutics. In August, Surface Measurement Systems announced the end of its six-year distribution agreement with Micromeritics/Particulate Systems, except in France. Fluid Imaging Technologies named Shanghai Sunyear Scientific as […]