October 18, 2018
New partnership enables pharmaceutical and healthcare delivery companies with graph-based analytics capabilities for actionable insights BOSTON Cambridge Semantics, the leading provider of an enterprise data fabric, and Symbotix, a healthcare technology innovation and consultancy group, today announced a partnership that aims to help solve the most challenging data problems of modern healthcare enterprises. Today’s healthcare organizations [...]
Amgen invests £50m in Oxford Nanopore Technologies
October 18, 2018
IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or "the Group"), the developer of intellectual property-based businesses, notes that Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) has announced an equity investment of £50 million into portfolio company Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited (“Oxford Nanopore” or “the Company”). The investment will be effected through the purchase of £50 million of existing ordinary [...]
Automated Solvent Removal from Tubes & Microplates
October 18, 2018
Porvair Sciences new UltraVap Mistral XT 100 allows for the first time, full automated dry down of organic solvent-based samples in tubes up to 100mm in length. The UltraVap Mistral XT 100 is Porvair Sciences latest fully robot compatible nitrogen blow-down evaporator, suitable for integration adjacent to most leading laboratory liquid handling robots. Designed with the demands of [...]
Luminex Corporation to Acquire MilliporeSigma’s Flow Cytometry Portfolio
October 18, 2018
- Strategic Deal Extends and Diversifies Company's Footprint in Life Science Research- Expands Luminex's Flow-based Instrument Offering Into Cellular Analysis with Acquisition of Amnis and Guava Branded Instruments- Transaction Expected to Close by End of 2018 AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire [...]
October 18, 2018
Merck today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell its Flow Cytometry unit to Luminex Corporation for €62.5 million. All associated reagents under these brands included in the deal Strategic agreement allows Luminex to increase footprint in multi-billion-dollar flow cytometry market Deal expected to close at end of 2018 Darmstadt, Germany, – Merck, the [...]
Small-Batch Protocol Development Freeze Dryer
October 17, 2018
Here at Millrock Technology, we often speak with research professionals eager to explore new ways to save time and money in their pharmaceutical and biotech freeze drying processes. Millrock Tech responded with a new patented innovation: the MicroFD with LyoSim and LyoPAT— a small-batch protocol development freeze dryer that uses between 3 and 37 vials [...]
Congenica earns major role in supporting world’s first routine national genomic medicine service
October 17, 2018
Genomics England names Congenica as its Clinical Decision Support Service partner for the delivery of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service Cambridge, United Kingdom – Congenica has been awarded a multi-year contract by Genomics England, to be a provider of Diagnostic Decision Support Services for them to deliver for the world leading NHS Genomic Medicine Service. Genomics England [...]
Bionano and Genoox Launch Integrated Platform for Identification of Structural Variants in DNA
October 17, 2018
SAN DIEGO -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNGO), a life sciences instrumentation company that develops and markets Saphyr, a platform for ultra-sensitive and ultra-specific structural variation detection in genome analysis, and Genoox, the healthcare technology company on a mission to make it easier for doctors, clinicians and researchers to run clinical genetic applications and act on [...]
October 17, 2018
San Diego, USA – SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine, has announced today from the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the release of Alamut Genova, the advanced variant exploration software for genomic data visualization and interpretation. Alamut Genova is the latest evolution of Alamut Visual, already trusted by over 500 healthcare [...]
Arcis Biotechnology and Teleflex sign license agreement
October 17, 2018
Agreement gives Teleflex access to Arcis’ nucleic acid sample preparation technology Daresbury, UK: Arcis Biotechnology (“Arcis”), the nucleic acid sample preparation solution provider, today announced it has signed a technology access agreement with Teleflex Incorporated, a New York Stock Exchange listed company (NYSE: TFX). Teleflex will harness Arcis’ advanced nucleic acid sample preparation chemistry in the [...]

