The Nomination Committee proposes that Genovis should expand its Board of Directors at the 2018 Annual General Meeting. Under the proposal two directors, Lena Söderström and Peter Hein, will be elected, while Jacob Engellau will leave the Board. Lena Söderström has been CEO of Senzime AB (publ) since 2013 and was previously CEO of Isconova and [...]

COPAS Vision, our newest large particle flow cytometer, adds brightfield imaging to our large particle sorting capabilities. As with our original COPAS platform of flow cytometers it provides automated high throughput analysis and sorting of viable multicellular organisms, cell clusters, bead-based libraries and other samples that are too large or too fragile for traditional flow [...]

Shimadzu Corporation has released the KPR-300 Kalnew precision refractometer in North America. This instrument can measure the refractive indices of transparent samples for optical applications, including lenses and prisms, to an accuracy of ±4 x 10-5. The V-block method (also called the Hilger-Chance or Vee-Block method) has been adopted in this product as the measurement method, which [...]

Shenzhen, China—BGI launched its self-sampling NGS-based HPV genotyping product, SentisTM-HPVseq, to the global market today. This product provides detection of both high-risk and low-risk HPV types, which is recognized as an effective method for primary cervical cancer screening. The method used in this HPV genotyping sequencing assay was developed by BGI research team, which has [...]

60-90 Minute Microbial ID of 2,700 Species from Positive Blood Cultures, Combined with Functional Testing of Cephalosporin- and Carbapenem-Resistance on MALDI Biotyper®, Addresses Clinical Need MADRID -- New CE-IVD Fast Sepsityper® solution: for MALDI-Biotyper (MBT) identification (ID) of over 2,700 microbial species from Positive Blood Cultures (PBC) with less hands-on time; Novel CE-IVD MBT STAR®-Cepha kit: for rapid, functional antibiotic resistance testing against Cephalosporins [...]

New vessel for ambr® 250 ht system will enable cost-effective, scalable process development of vaccines in cell culture Premieres at the BPI European Summit in Amsterdam Goettingen, Germany -- Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry today announced the launch of a new mini bioreactor vessel for its ambr® 250 high throughput (ht) [...]

HERCULES, CA – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the 2018 release of its KnowItAll® software and spectral databases. The KnowItAll 2018 software now offers advanced stereochemical recognition, which is able to interpret structures (drawn or imported) using traditional stereochemical drawing conventions [...]

Beacon Platform Adopted To Speed Cell Line Development Emeryville, Calif. – Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), a company dedicated to bringing to market transformational platforms for biopharmaceutical processes, announced today Sanofi purchased the Beacon platform to accelerate their cell line development (CLD) process. Based on data from the pilot study, the Beacon platform quickly and efficiently identified target [...]

Posters by early adopters demonstrate accurate, fast, cost-effective and flexible diagnosis of syndromic infections and other diseases in unique and versatile Sample to Insight workflows Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch of QIAstat-Dxâ in Europe, providing a one-step, fully integrated molecular analysis of common syndromes [...]

Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) has filed a civil lawsuit against Changzhou Pannatek Co., Ltd. ("Pannatek”), and a former employee of Agilent, alleging infringement of trade secrets, copyright of computer software, and petitioning the court to stop the defendants’ use of Agilent’s proprietary technologies. This follows the civil lawsuit Agilent filed last year against Shanghai Echrom [...]