Nomination Committee proposes Torben Jørgensen for new chairman of Genovis

Genovis’ Nomination Committee proposes new election of Torben Jørgensen to serve on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Board at the Annual General Meeting on May 5.   Torben Jørgensen was born in 1952 and is currently Chairman of the Board of Biotage AB and Atlas Antibodies AB. He also serves on the [...]

FluroTech Announces New US Distributor

Calgary, Alberta – FluroTech Ltd. (TSXV: TEST) (OTCQB: FLURF), a technology company focused on becoming the standard in the analytical Cannabis and Hemp testing market, is pleased to announce it has entered into an non-exclusive US distribution agreement with North Carolina based HempLab Inc. The distribution agreement provides for FluroTech and HempLab to work together [...]

OMNIS meets Cubis® II

The universal digital platform from Metrohm integrates the latest laboratory balance from Sartorius Thanks to an extension (QApp) implemented on the balance, Cubis® II from Sartorius has become a fully integrated module of the OMNIS platform. Opening OMNIS to leading third-party manufacturers underlines the commitment of the global market leader in titration to create the preferred [...]

CloudLIMS Offers Free LIMS Globally to SARS-CoV-2 & COVID-19 Research & Testing Laboratories

Wilmington, Delaware –  CloudLIMS recognizes the threat to global health the COVID-19 pandemic brings. To do our part, we are making our flagship in the cloud LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), CloudLIMS Enterprise, free of charge to any research facility or diagnostics laboratory doing SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 research or testing, be it any part of [...]

GE and Danaher Satisfy All Required Regulatory Clearances for BioPharma Transaction; Expect to Close on March 31, 2020

BOSTON, Mass. — GE (NYSE:GE) announced that, together with Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) (“Danaher”), it has entered into a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) in connection with GE’s definitive agreement to sell its BioPharma business to Danaher for approximately $20 billion of net proceeds. GE currently expects to close the [...]

European and U.S. antitrust authorities clear acquisition of select Danaher Life Science businesses by Sartorius

On March 18 and March 19, 2020 respectively, the European Commission and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of select Danaher businesses by Sartorius. Both approvals are an important milestone for the transaction originally announced in October 2019, the completion of which is still subject to clearance by the Chinese antitrust enforcement [...]

Announcing Nanoelectrical and Environmental Control Accessories for Jupiter XR Large-Sample AFM from Oxford Instruments Asylum Research

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces the release of accessories enabling environmental control and nanoelectrical measurements on the Jupiter XR large-sample atomic force microscope (AFM). The accessories include the PolyHeater, for heating samples up to 300°C, the CoolerHeater, with a cooling/heating range of -30 to 120°C, a fluid cell and probe holder for imaging in liquid, and conductive AFM probe holders for [...]

Emulate, Inc. Appoints Jim Corbett as Chief Executive Officer and Martin Madaus, PhD, as Executive Chairman

Company Builds Leadership Team for Next Stage of Growth with Expanded Commercialization of Organs-on-Chips Product Suite BOSTON, Mass. – March 19, 2020 – Emulate, Inc., today announced that Jim Corbett has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Martin Madaus, Ph.D., has been appointed Executive Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. These life science [...]

Jury invalidates PacBio’s patents in U.S. patent trial against Oxford Nanopore

After more than one week of evidence, a federal jury in Delaware found in favour of Oxford Nanopore and invalidated all four patents asserted by Pacific Biosciences ("PacBio") in this litigation. During the trial, the jury heard evidence that PacBio had never performed nanopore sequencing, before or after they filed patents that allegedly cover nanopore [...]

Eppendorf acquires centrifuge business of Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.

Eppendorf strengthens one of its core businesses and expands centrifuge business Koki Holdings focuses on the power tool business Eppendorf becomes a global full-line provider of high-performance premium centrifuges and consolidates its leading market position Financial terms were not disclosed  Hamburg/Tokyo – Eppendorf AG and Koki Holdings Co., Ltd., have reached an agreement that Eppendorf [...]

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