Climate Protection Certificate for Elementar
January 4, 2019
100% green electricity - another contribution to environmental protection The new year starts with good news: since January 1st, 2019 Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH covers 100% of its demand for electricity from certified, renewable energy. This is obtained entirely from ecological energy sources and thus protects the environment. This saves CO2 emissions of 388.42 tonnes annually. For [...]
January 4, 2019
Investment in R&D will extend capabilities of computational platform and support growth of partnered and proprietary programs NEW YORK – Schrödinger, a privately held company revolutionizing drug discovery through advanced molecular simulations, today announced the closing of an $85 million financing to support continued growth and innovation of its computational platform and expansion of its [...]
SOPHIA GENETICS RAISES $77 MILLION TO ACCELERATE THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF DATA-DRIVEN MEDICINE
January 4, 2019
San Francisco, Jan. 4, 2019: SOPHiA GENETICS, a leading health tech company, announced today the closing of a $77 million investment round to accelerate the democratization of Data- Driven Medicine. The round was led by Generation Investment Management, a pioneer of sustainable investing, with offices in London and San Francisco. Generation were joined by Idinvest Partners, [...]
January 3, 2019
Fujifilm is investing in the cGMP-compliant facility located in Madison, Wisconsin with the goal to begin operations by March 2020 MADISON, Wis. -- FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc. (FCDI), a US subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) and a leading global developer and manufacturer of human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technologies, has announced an investment of about $21 [...]
Julien Noel Named Vice President / General Manager of Buehler, an ITW Company
January 3, 2019
Lake Bluff, Illinois. ITW Test and Measurement Group President, Yahya Gharagozlou has named Julien Noel Vice President / General Manager of the Buehler worldwide division. Buehler, is an ITW Company and a premier manufacturer of scientific equipment and consumables for materials analysis used in high volume manufacturing production laboratories, universities and research/development organizations. Julien Noel [...]
January 3, 2019
Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, now has expanded thermal analysis capabilities with addition of Bryan Shaw to its team. Shaw, who started his work in polymer research 17 years ago at Georgia Tech, brings extensive experience to PTA - formally known as Micromeritics Analytical Services (MAS) - in thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and [...]
Roswell Biotechnologies Secures $32 Million Series A Financing Round
January 3, 2019
Harnessing the Power of Molecular Electronics to Revolutionize DNA Sequencing SAN DIEGO -- Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc., the pioneer in the development of a molecular electronics platform for DNA Sequencing, has closed a $32 million round of Series A financing backed by multiple investors. Proceeds from the financing will support the development of their disruptive DNA sequencing Molecular Electronics [...]
January 3, 2019
HERCULES, Calif.–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that Christine A. Tsingos has informed the company of her intention to retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 30, 2019. Ms. Tsingos will remain in her current role through [...]
January 3, 2019
Bryan Shaw Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division of Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, now has expanded thermal analysis capabilities with addition of Bryan Shaw to its team. Shaw, who started his work in polymer research 17 years ago at Georgia Tech, brings extensive experience to PTA - formally known as Micromeritics Analytical Services (MAS) - in thermogravimetric [...]
Verily Announces $1 Billion Investment Round to Fund Growth and Innovation
January 3, 2019
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Verily, an Alphabet company, today announced a $1 billion investment round, led by Silver Lake, as it advances plans on business strategies that are additive and complementary to its current life sciences portfolio. Other new investors in the round include Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and other global investment management firms. The capital [...]
