- Developing systems for single-cell analysis and promoting their use in drug R&D and life-science studies - Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the establishment on April 1 of a Single Cellome*1 Co-innovators' Consortium with research groups led by Professor Kenichiro Todoroki and Assistant Professor Hajime Mizuno of the Laboratory of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, School [...]

Acquisition adds real-world effectiveness prediction and value assessment to Certara’s model-informed drug development and regulatory science decision-making portfolio PRINCETON, NJ – Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, today announced that it has acquired Analytica Laser, a global research consultancy that uses health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) and real-world data to provide [...]

Tokyo, Japan – Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE:8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced Hitachi High-Tech' s capital participation in OmniSeq®,Inc. (OmniSeq), which is a molecular diagnostics subsidiary of the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, which was the first institution to focus exclusively on cancer research. Hitachi High-Tech has made the field of biotechnology and healthcare its priority. Amid [...]

Scientists in North America can now benefit from the high contrast, label-free, live cell imaging provided by Livecyte™, following the appointment of Bulldog Bio as the Phasefocus™ distributor for USA and Canada. This announcement signals the start of an exciting time for Phasefocus, as the company seeks to make headway on its initial achievements and [...]

BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analytics, today announces that it has appointed Richard Kivel as its Chairman. Richard has extensive expertise in building scientifically driven companies that seek to positively impact human lives, with a focus on creating shareholder value through increasing revenues and bottom-line growth. Richard has served as [...]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced the introduction of the Advanta™ CFTR NGS Library Prep Assay, a highly efficient and scalable next-generation sequencing (NGS) library prep workflow for sequencing of the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a complex, multisystem disease that is caused by mutations in the [...]

NEW YORK, NY – Schrödinger, Inc., a privately-held company dedicated to revolutionizing drug discovery through advanced computational methods, and the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. (TRI-I TDI) have renewed and extended, for an additional five years, an agreement reached in 2014 to provide access to Schrödinger’s Materials Science, Biologics, and Small‑Molecule Drug Discovery Suites to [...]

YSA welcomes its partnership with six manufacturer representative companies:  Apex Laboratory Equipment Company in Minnesota, Front Range Scientific in Colorado, Laboratory Equipment Company in California, Process Control Solutions in Massachusetts, Scientific Resources Southwest Inc. in Texas, and SciTech Sales LLC in Georgia.  After several months of email and telephone correspondence, we finally got to meet some of the representatives in person during the special program focused on [...]

Partnership with Oxford University’s Jenner Institute aims to develop more robust and scalable vaccine manufacturing processes... DARMSTADT, GERMANY Collaboration with Oxford University to develop cost-effective vaccine manufacturing processes, accelerate vaccine availability  New vaccine manufacturing facility in Ghana to serve as a catalyst to help country and region address health challenges Merck, a leading science and [...]

AACR 2018 Annual Meeting includes 40-plus abstracts covering QIAGEN Sample to Insight solutions Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, April 12, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today launched two novel liquid biopsy panels to evaluate circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the growing field of research into molecular mechanisms in prostate and lung [...]