Company Announcements In June, Agena Bioscience named KAWA.SKA and BioGen-Analytica as distributors for Poland and Russia, respectively. Waters named Taiwan-based Chang Gung University’s Health Aging Research Center as a Waters Centers of Innovation Program partner. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a memo of understanding for research collaboration with Thailand’s National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, […]

Company Announcements Denator announced a two-year collaboration with the Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging Institute of Maastricht University, the Netherlands, for the development and evaluation of innovative sample stabilization approaches for clinical applications. PE Hub reported in April that OpenGate Capital plans to shut down Hamilton Scientific (see IBO 10/31/12), which will be liquidated. In July, […]

Company Announcements In June, Spark Holland named LEAP Technologies as a value-added partner for US distribution. LEAP will initially focus on automated at-line systems integrated with the CTC PAL3 platforms and universal CHRONOS software. Phenomenex acquired Micron Analytica, its Spanish distribution partner, in June. Illumina, Merck KGaA and Genea established the Global Fertility Alliance to […]

Company Announcements In April, Singulex announced a partnership with the Dutch Technology Foundation to form the Biomarker Development Center. In May, MBio Diagnostics closed a $6.3 million Series B financing to further develop its portable, easy-to-use multiplex system that can detect all key analytes. Emulate announced in June research collaboration with Janssen Biotech to deploy […]

Company Announcements MR Solutions announced in March that it now provides maintenance and upgrade support for existing Agilent Technologies MRI preclinical imaging systems. ASD, a PANalytical company, named PT Multi Teknindo Infotronika as an Indonesian distributor. In May, Spectro Scientific announced a joint marketing agreement with Wärtsilä Services Switzerland to develop a specialized version of […]

Company Announcements In May, Dotmatics named LABINDIA as a distributor. Bluebee raised $1.9 million to commercialize its cloud-based distributed computing system for genomics. Cypher Genomics announced a collaboration with Celgene to discover novel genomic biomarkers. Dassault Systèmes is coleading the second phase of the French government’s Industry of the Future project to digitally transform industry. […]

Company Announcements N-of-One signed a business partner agreement with Affymetrix in May to provide CNV analysis interpretation for Affymetrix OncoScan assay customers. KromaTiD announced a distribution agreement with Tokyo Future Style for Japan. Sigma-Aldrich entered into an agreement with XCell Science to launch genetically engineered human neural-differentiated cells and accompanying culture media for neurological disease […]

Company Announcements In June, China-based Annoroad and Illumina announced an agreement to jointly develop advanced clinical applications for reproductive health based on NGS, including a user friendly, prenatal DNA diagnostic system. A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore established a strategic joint lab initiative with Pyrobett, a Singapore-based joint venture of BMS and QIAGEN, to develop a […]

Product Introductions Hanna Instruments introduced the HI2002 pH/ORP, HI2003 EC/TDS/Salinity and HI2004 DO edge meters for benchtop or portable use. Hanna Instruments launched the HI9819X family of portable meters for pH/ORP, EC/TDS, resistivity/salinity, and DO/barometric pressure/BOD. In July, Hanna Instruments introduced the edge blue, calling it the first pH meter that uses pH electrodes with […]

Company Announcements MyDx signed an exclusive patent sublicense agreement in May with Next Dimension Technologies for chemical sensing technology. In June, Techcomp named Hitachi High-Tech Science as a distributor for its Scion GC and GC/MS products in Japan. Product Introductions Restek released a new GC-MS/MS pesticide reference standards kit, containing over 200 compounds. Restek launched […]