April 4, 2019
ROWA Masterbatch and ROMIRA are once again investing in the future with the purchase of new color measuring instruments. Externally somewhat inconspicuous but equipped with impressive inner virtues: CM-3700A are the 5 new technical assistants from ROWA Masterbatch and ROMIRA. These are the latest generation spectrophotometers that are designed at the highest level for perfect [...]
April 4, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO & SAN CARLOS, Calif.--Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and LakePharma, Inc., the leading US-based biologics CRDMO, today announced a strategic collaboration to offer antibody discovery and development solutions to pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers. Under the terms of the agreement, LakePharma [...]
Inscripta Completes $20M Expansion of Series C Financing, Increasing Total Round to $105.5M
April 4, 2019
Continued support of existing investors will fund commercialization efforts, product launch later this year Boulder, CO – Inscripta, a leading gene-editing technology company, today announced that it has increased its previously announced Series C financing with an additional $20 million from existing investors. The new funding adds to the $85.5 million financing Inscripta announced in [...]
April 4, 2019
PRINCETON, NJ – Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development, regulatory science, real-world evidence and market access services, today announced that Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency – ANVISA, Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency (PMDA), and the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are increasing their adoption of Certara’s Phoenix® software to evaluate [...]
April 4, 2019
HemoVoid™ to be utilized as sample prep method to deplete Hemoglobin as part of autologous blood doping tests MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. Biotech Support Group (BSG, Monmouth Junction, NJ) and Pro Test Diagnostics AB (Umeå, Sweden) jointly announce that they have entered a supply agreement for the BSG product HemoVoid™. BSG produces products for simple and [...]
April 3, 2019
The University of Waterloo has announced that PerkinElmer, Inc. – a global leader in life science lab instruments, software and services -- has relocated its Canadian demonstration lab to the Velocity Garage, an incubator that has launched over 300 companies. The move, to be completed in April, gives PerkinElmer a dynamic environment for hosting its [...]
TTP plc spin-out Cellular Highways Ltd to commercialise next-generation cell-sorting technology
April 3, 2019
TTP plc invests £1.7m ($2.2m), to fast-track development of first commercial product, Highway 1™, bench-top cell-sorting instrument Highway 1 addresses a major unmet need for improved cell-sorting technology, with applications including development of cell therapies, liquid biopsy diagnostics, and high-throughput drug discovery Advanced cell-sorting technology is based on Vortex-Actuated Cell Sorting technology, developed to support [...]
Bruker Announces Acquisition of RAVE LLC
April 3, 2019
BILLERICA, Mass. -- Bruker Corporation today announced that it has acquired the semiconductor mask repair and cleaning business of RAVE LLC, a leading provider of nanomachining and laser photomask repair equipment. For calendar year 2018, the acquired business was profitable and had revenues of approximately $25 million. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed, and [...]
Hitachi High-Technologies Launches the SU3800 and SU3900 Scanning Electron Microscopes
April 3, 2019
— Featuring a large specimen chamber and advanced functionalities — Tokyo, Japan—Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that it will commence sales of the SU3800 and the oversized SU3900 scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) featuring the ability to accommodate large, heavy specimens, along with advanced functionalities for automated measurement and wide-angle camera navigation. [...]
AiLife Diagnostics and BGI Americas Partner to Provide Clinical WGS Solution
April 3, 2019
Partners to Develop DNBseqTM Technology-Based Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing Solution for Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases HOUSTON and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – AiLife Diagnostics Inc, a clinical molecular diagnostic and bioinformatics company, and BGI Americas, a leading global genomic services company, announced today that they have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and market a clinical whole genome sequencing [...]

