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 [...]

HTG Molecular Expands Agreement with Illumina to Include Autoimmune, Cardiovascular, and Fibrosis Disorders and Diseases

Amendment allows for the development of IVD test kits compatible with Illumina technology TUCSON, Ariz. -- HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a diagnostic company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced it has amended its IVD Test Developmentand Component Supply Agreement with Illumina, Inc. (Illumina), previously amended in June 2017, to enable the expansion of potential fields for [...]

Invicro and iThera Medical Announce a Strategic Partnership to Enhance in vivo Imaging Capabilities with the MSOT inVision Optoacoustic Imaging Platform

(Boston, MA and Munich, Germany) – Invicro LLC, a Konica Minolta company and iTheraMedical GmbH announced a unique partnership with the placement of the MSOT inVision platform in Invicro’s in vivo laboratory out of its Boston headquarters.  Both companies will come together to uniquely offer Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Academia sponsors services from the optoacoustic platform that will identify [...]

The Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) Licenses Scilligence ELN

The Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) Licenses Scilligence ELN The Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) has licensed Scilligence Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN). Scilligence ELN will help GHDDI to strength collaboration within the organization by digitalizing experimental data. GHDDI researchers are now able to easily search and organize their experiments and associated files. About The [...]

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