Takara Bio Sets Up Joint Venture in India

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?tsu, Japan 2/15/11; New Delhi, India 2/15/11—Takara Bio will set up a joint venture with Indian distributor DSS Imagetech for the manufacture and sale of research reagents, kits and instruments. Takara Bio will hold a 51% stake in the new company, which will be named DSS Takara Bio. Takara Bio stated that its goal for […]

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Bruker Enters LC Market

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Billerica, MA 2/24/11—Bruker has entered into an agreement to acquire Michrom Bioresources, a provider of LC instrumentation, accessories and consumables. Financial details were not disclosed. Michrom recorded 2010 revenues of $3 million. “Michrom’s broad portfolio of novel technologies and high-performance products is highly complementary to our mass spectrometry products,” said Mr. Collin D’Silva, president of […]

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PerkinElmer Invests in Nucleic Acid Sample Prep

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Waltham, MA 2/14/11—PerkinElmer has acquired chemagen Biopolymer-Technologie AG, a provider of automated nucleic acid isolation technologies. “The addition of chemagen’s complementary products to PerkinElmer’s portfolio will provide the company with robust platforms and solutions to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving molecular diagnostics market,” stated Daniel R. Marshak, PhD, chief scientific officer and president […]

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Agilent Buys Electrophoresis Company

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Santa Clara, CA 2/28/11—Agilent has acquired Lab901, a provider of electrophoresis equipment and consumables, for an undisclosed amount. Lab901 develops and markets the TapeStation benchtop electrophoresis instrument and Screen Tape consumables and reagents. “With the addition of Lab901’s outstanding technology and talented team, Agilent can now address customer needs across the entire span of electrophoresis […]

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