MedGenome Expands Its NGS Capabilities and Forays Into Single-Cell Sequencing
January 31, 2018
FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- MedGenome has expanded its sequencing capacity at its Foster City, Calif., headquarters laboratory, adding HiSeqX and NovaSeq 6000 platforms to meet the rising demands for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in research and clinical settings. The new additions increase MedGenome's data-generation capability by a factor of five. Additionally, availability of a wide range of sequencing [...]
January 31, 2018
New system launch planned for second half of 2018 with two CE-IVD molecular diagnostics, U.S. launch planned for 2019 and broad pipeline in development Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire STAT-Dx, a privately-held company developing the next generation [...]
Another New Year. Another New Patent
January 31, 2018
Another New Year. Another new patent. Stratedigm’s latest patent granted by the United States Patent Office is the next leap forward in microparticle detection. It gives users the ability to measure both small and large particles all within one sample. It provides an industry-leading three decades of dynamic range off the SSC and FSC channels [...]
Nodeum Is Referenced In The Oracle’s General Archiving Solutions
January 31, 2018
We are proud to announce the consolidation of our Oracle partnership. Nodeum™ is now recognized by Oracle as part of their General Archiving solutions. Using Nodeum with Oracle-StorageTek's hardware combines best-in-class business application software with a high-performance, cost-efficient, scalable digital content storage and archiving solution. The solution provides an automated self-service platform to retain [...]
January 31, 2018
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, will make additional investments totaling $50 million as a result of the benefit of recently enacted Federal tax reform legislation in the U.S. This investment includes: $34 million for a one-time bonus of $500 to be paid to each of the company's approximately 68,000 eligible non-executive employees [...]
Genedata Announces Genedata Screener for Massive Mechanistic Analysis
January 31, 2018
High-speed data analysis enables the scale-up of mechanism-of-action and kinetic assays for in-depth hit and lead characterization Basel, Switzerland Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for R&D, today announced the release of Genedata Screener 15, featuring extended support of large-scale mechanistic analyses. The new version also delivers new functionality for the analysis of kinetic binding [...]
Harvard Bioscience Completes Acquisition of Data Sciences International
January 31, 2018
HOLLISTON, Mass. -- Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO) (the "Company"), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of solutions to advance life science, announced today that the Company has completed the previously announced acquisition of Data Sciences International, Inc. ("DSI"). The aggregate consideration payable by the Company in connection with the transaction is [...]
DANAHER ANNOUNCES TRANSITION PLAN FOR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
January 30, 2018
WASHINGTON -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) today announced that, effective January 1, 2019, Matthew R. McGrew, Group CFO of the Company's Diagnostics and Dental platforms, will succeed Daniel L. Comas as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Comas will continue as an Executive Vice President of the Company, and a member of the Office of the Chief Executive, effective January 1, 2019 as he begins [...]
Sphere Fluidics expands Cyto-Mine sales networks and distribution in US, Europe and Asia
January 30, 2018
Cambridge, UK: Sphere Fluidics, a company providing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has today announced the expansion of its international commercial operations. The Company is expanding its direct sales and support activity in North America, having recently opened a sales and support operation in New Jersey, and has established a network [...]
January 30, 2018
Partnership is a key milestone in DNA Script's progress toward commercializing its high speed, high efficiency, free-of-harsh-chemicals, DNA synthesis technolog PARIS & GAINESVILLE, Fla.--DNA Script and Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry (DCC) announced today an exclusive licensing agreement that will expand the use by DNA Script of a novel DNA building block, commercialized by DCC, to synthesize [...]
