Sydney’s AXT offers Organ-on-Chip systems in Asia Pacific region

Organ-on-Chip specialist CN Bio has signed a distribution agreement with Sydney-based AXT Pty. Ltd., Australia’s leading supplier of high technology scientific equipment. The agreement will see AXT distribute CN Bio’s innovative bioengineering products to medical researchers in academia and industry throughout Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific region. CN Bio is a leading lab-on-a-chip company, based in [...]

Progress for Patients with Rare and Undiagnosed Genetic Diseases

Evidence Street® issues review supporting Whole Genome Sequencing The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) technology review organization, known as Evidence Street®, issued a positive review of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) for children with multiple unexplained congenital anomalies or neurodevelopmental disorders of unknown etiology, as well as rapid WGS for critically-ill infants with suspected genetic disorders. [...]

StemoniX® Announces Collaborative Research Agreement with the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

StemoniX and NCATS to explore the use of microBrain® 3D in advancing new treatments for pain, opioid misuse and addiction as part of the NIH HEAL Initiative MAPLE GROVE, MN – StemoniX® Inc., a biotech company revolutionizing how new medicines are discovered, announced that it entered into a Research Collaboration Agreement with the National Center for Advancing Translational [...]

Joining Forces – The Acquisition of B&W Tek Takes Metrohm’s Spectroscopy Portfolio to the Next Level

The acquisition of B&W Tek LLC by Metrohm AG in July 2018 has created one of the largest solution providers for applied Raman spectroscopy. Beginning May 1, 2019, Metrohm USA and Metrohm Canada will begin selling B&W Tek mobile spectroscopy solutions. The addition of the B&W Tek products complements Metrohm’s existing Raman and near-IR solutions for lab and process [...]

Pressure BioSciences Announces CEO Succession Plan

Richard T. Schumacher to Step Down as President & CEO on September 9, 2019; Will Remain as Senior Consultant to Support Leadership Transition SOUTH EASTON, MA / Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" and the "Company"), a leader in the development and sale of innovative, broadly enabling, pressure-based instruments and related consumables for the worldwide life [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Brammer Bio

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Brammer Bio, a leader in viral vector manufacturing for gene and cell therapies, for approximately $1.7 billion in cash.  The completion of the transaction follows the receipt of all required [...]

BRINK BIOLOGICS ANNOUNCES RESEARCH LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOR USE OF NANTKWEST’S NK-92® CELLS

NK-92® Cell Based Bioanalytical Solutions are the Key to Optimizing R&D and Commercial Product Development Efforts for Monoclonal Antibodies, Bi-Specifics and Related Biological Products SAN DIEGO–Brink Biologics, Inc., a NantKwest, Inc. (Nasdaq:NK) affiliate who serves as exclusively-licensed distributor of NantKwest’s proprietary NK-92® natural killer cells, offers a variety of research grade aNK™ and haNK® cell lines for [...]

Halo Labs Moves West

Company announces headquarters and all operations moving to San Francisco Bay Area BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Halo Labs, a life science instrumentation company developing tools for subvisible particle analysis for biopharmaceuticals, today announced the opening of its new headquarters in Burlingame, California. The new headquarters will house sales, marketing, engineering, and manufacturing personnel and serve as the company's primary Horizon® instrument [...]

Research in Mass Spectrometry : a Tool for Personalized Health Care

SHERBROOKE WELCOMES THE FIRST WATERS CENTRE OF INNOVATION IN CANADA SHERBROOKE, QC - Waters Corporation inaugurates the first ever Centre of Innovation for Mass Spectrometry in Canada here in Sherbrooke. The research will focus on applying and transferring knowledge to clinical practice and aims to improve the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases, leading to personalized patient follow-up. Several hundred people are expected [...]

Gardner Denver to Combine with Ingersoll Rand’s Industrial Segment, Creating a Global Leader in Mission-Critical Flow Creation & Industrial Technologies

Ingersoll Rand’s Climate Segment to Be a Pure Play Global Leader in Climate Control Solutions for Buildings, Homes and Transportation Creates a leading industrial company with 2019E pro forma revenue of approximately $6.6 billion , with approximately 40% recurring services and aftermarket revenue, and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $1.6 billion 1 , including annualized cost synergies of approximately $250 million expected to [...]

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