Company Announcements Micromeritics announced in March the acquisition of TA Instruments’ high-pressure volumetric analyzer product line, which TA acquired when it bought VTI. Setaram announced a distribution agreement for ACL Instruments’ range of chemiluminescence analysis systems for the study of oxidative effects for aging, stability and the high-precision calculation of shelf life. Following the default […]
Product Introductions Phenomenex introduced the Strata Melamine SPE cartridges, containing an SPE sorbent that simultaneously extracts melamine and cyanuric acid. Sigma-Aldrich Supelco released the Supel-Tips Micro Pipette Tips for purification and enrichment. Sigma-Aldrich Supelco launched Supel-Select HLB SPE, a new hydrophilic modified styrene-based polymer phase for SPE. In May, MIP Technologies AB and Sigma-Aldrich Supelco […]
Company Announcements Stemgent coexclusively licensed Cell Design’s AdipoDesign Starter Kit and AdipoDesign MaxiKit. Gene synthesis firm Gene Oracle named Sigma-Aldrich its exclusive supplier of custom oligonucleotides, and the companies will comarket its GeneIOS system. StemCells acquired Stem Cell Sciences, a provider of media formulation and reagents, in April for 2,650,000 shares and $700,000 in cash. […]
Company Announcements Quantitech was named the exclusive distributor for Teledyne Leeman Labs in Ireland. CETAC Technologies partnered with Scientex in May to enhance its presence in the South Central US. CETAC Technologies appointed Qmx Laboratories to represent its analytical products in the UK and Ireland. In June, Innov-X Systems received a $4.5 million investment, led […]
Company Announcements Hach Homeland Security Technologies acquired the Eclox Rapid Response Water Test Kit, featuring the Eclox luminometer and Chemiluminescence Toxicity Test, from Severn Trent Services in January. In April, Centice completed a $4 million bridge financing from existing investors. FOSS named wine products and service supplier Gusmer Enterprises its distribution partner for the OenoFoss […]
Company Announcements Waters announced in January it made a $6 million payment for damages and fees, following a French appeals court’s upholding of a ruling that the company had infringed a patent held by Agilent Technologies GmbH. Waters is appealing the decision. Tosoh Bioscience NV, the Belgium-based European sales and distribution arm of Tosoh Bioscience, […]
Company Announcements Illumina and Agilent entered into a comarketing agreement in April for their respective Genome Analyzer and SureSelect Target Enrichment System. In March, Luminex settled litigation related to its Molecular Diagnostics business brought by The Research Foundation for the State University of New York and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, […]
Company Announcements First-quarter revenue for Gerresheimer GmbH’s Life Science Division rose 2.8% to €22.4 million ($29.5 million) (see IBO 4/15/09). In constant currency, sales declined 9.7%. The company reported that orders slowed due to a reduction in customers’ inventory levels. Donau Lab AG will distribute Sartorius AG laboratory products in Eastern Europe, Russia and the […]
Company Announcements Idaho Technology licensed its reagents or methods using SYBR Green I technology and melting curve analysis for real-time PCR to Thermo Fisher Scientific and Finnzymes Oy. Idaho Technology signed an agreement with Microbiology International for the exclusive distribution of its R.A.P.I.D. LT Food Security System in the US. Transgenomic completed a licensing option […]
Company Announcements Innovatis AG and Bayer Technology Services GmbH signed a marketing and sales agreement for the BaychroMAT system. Bristol-Myers Squibb licensed MTT Multantiv Oy’s methods for multivariate calibration, based on Science-Based Calibration, for calibrating multivariate measurement instruments. Endress+Hauser opened a subsidiary in Doha, Qatar, in February. BioTector Analytical Systems, a maker of online liquid […]
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