Agreement ensures consistent supply of nucleotides, enzymes and other critical raw materials for messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine manufacturing platform WALTHAM -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with Mainz, Germany-based BioNTech focused on supplying critical raw materials for the manufacturing of precise immunotherapy vaccine candidates. Under the [...]

Companion diagnostic test enables physicians to identify non-small cell lung cancer patients who may benefit from eight targeted therapies CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan's regulatory agency, has granted expanded approval to the Oncomine Dx Target Test CDx System. The next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based multiplex companion diagnostic (CDx) [...]

High-Potential Ocular Research Applications Extend to Dry Eye & Beyond WATERLOO, Ontario—The Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) has announced an initiative to advance use of the Meso Scale Discovery® (MSD) platform to identify biomarkers in the tear film, expanding ocular health diagnoses and treatment options. Hundreds of proteins are found in the tear film, and their levels fluctuate [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Bio-Techne has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement in the precision medicine field with Lisen Imprinting Diagnostics Wuxi Co., Ltd, China. Liwen Pei, Managing Director of Bio-Techne China, and Ning Zhou, CEO of Lisen, attended the meeting and signing ceremony. Bio-Techne is a leading provider of high-quality consumables and instruments for the life science [...]

Oxford, UK. Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has announced that it is expanding its Cytocell® operations with a move to a new facility in Cambridge, UK. Cytocell, OGT’s fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) probe brand, will be moving into the significantly larger facility on the prestigious Cambridge Science Park, due to expansion of the organisation, current sales volumes and [...]

SRE Kit Performs Rapid and Easy Removal of Short DNA from Long-Read Libraries. BALTIMORE, Md. -- Circulomics is launching the Short Read Eliminator Kit to perform size selection purification of high molecular weight (HMW) DNA for long-read sequencing library preparation. This kit enhances long-read sequencing read lengths by using size selective precipitation to remove short DNA. The gentle [...]

Winnipeg, MB – Cubresa Inc., a world leader in PET inserts for MRI, has selected a Chinese distributor for its NuPET™ preclinical imaging product line. Cubresa is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Worldwide Technology (S.H.) Co., Ltd. (WAD), a Shanghai-based distributor who specializes in the sale of life sciences related equipment [...]

WASHINGTON -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) ("Danaher" or the "Company") announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with General Electric Company ("GE") (NYSE: GE) to acquire the Biopharma business of GE Life Sciences ("GE Biopharma") for a cash purchase price of approximately $21.4 billion. Given anticipated tax benefits from the transaction structure, the net [...]

Porvair Sciences reports on its involvement in a new £2.6 million project* led by Swansea University (UK) that aims to dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer**. This project will involve collaboration with 5 key industrial partners - Porvair Sciences, Bruker UK, GE Healthcare UK, Axis Bio and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).  A new Antibody [...]

Making materials laboratories more productive JENA/Germany ZEISS ZEN core is a powerful software suite for microscopy imaging, automated analyses, and multi-modal workflows in connected materials laboratory environments. With the new release, materials researchers are now even more efficient. ZEISS ZEN core is not only used as a powerful tool for image analysis and interactive control [...]