New Second Generation Solvent Evaporators from Biotage
June 29, 2017
Uppsala, Sweden -- Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, is pleased to announce the launch of three new TurboVap® evaporation systems - second generation systems, which build upon the solid foundations of the historic TurboVap® product line. The new TurboVap® LV, II and EH systems [...]
Major Biomedical Research Reagents Supplier Licences Chromatrap ChIP Technology
June 29, 2017
Chromatrap® announces that BioLegend, a major US-based manufacturer and supplier of reagents and kits for biomedical research, has chosen their novel solid-state ChIP technology to power a new range of faster and more efficient chromatin immunoprecipitation kits. These new kits will combine BioLegend's expertise in developing the Go-ChIP-Grade™ antibodies that are validated for ChIP assays with the patented [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Adds Three New Products to Leading Semiconductor Portfolio
June 29, 2017
New products designed to help semiconductor failure analysis labs achieve higher volumes of samples and faster time-to-data HILLSBORO, Ore. – For semiconductor manufacturers seeking fast, high-quality electrical and physical failure analysis, Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced three new additionsto its broad portfolio of semiconductor failure analysis workflows. The company will demonstrate these products and its other market-leading [...]
Abcam plc Exercises Exclusivity Provision of License and Supply Agreement with Horizon Discovery
June 29, 2017
Location: Cambridge Abcam extends a pre-existing license and supply agreement with Horizon by exercising an exclusivity provision for the period from July 2017 through June 2018 Horizon’s knockout cell models have enabled Abcam to validate its antibody catalogue at an unprecedented scale Reagent validation is an important component of efforts to improve reproducibility in medical [...]
Agena Bioscience Launches CE-IVD System For Hospitals And Diagnostic Laboratories In Europe
June 29, 2017
MassARRAY® System with Chip Prep Module receives CE-IVD marking for general in vitro diagnostic use in Europe SAN DIEGO, CA – Agena Bioscience today announced the European launch of the MassARRAY® System with CHIP Prep Module (CPM), marketed as a CE-IVD product under the Directive 98/79/EC for in vitro diagnostic medical devices. The MassARRAY Dx product offers clinical laboratories [...]
June 29, 2017
The AB SCIEX TRIPLE QUAD™ 4500MD LC-MS/MS system has been approved by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and meets the market access requirements for medical device products. Shanghai, China — SCIEX Diagnostics, the in vitro diagnostics division of SCIEX, a global leader in mass spectrometry in the life sciences industry, announced today that the AB SCIEX TRIPLE [...]
Illumina Announces FDA-approved Next-Generation Sequencing Cancer Companion Diagnostic Test Kit
June 29, 2017
Extended RAS Panel helps identify colorectal cancer patients eligible for Amgen's Vectibix SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced its Extended RAS Panel, an FDA-approved next-generation sequencing (NGS) kit that meets the newly published guidelines for evaluation of colorectal cancer from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the Association for Molecular Pathology(AMP), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)1. [...]
Unchained Labs racks up another one, acquires Trinean!
June 29, 2017
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Unchained Labs, the life sciences company that's all about getting biologics researchers the right tool for the job, acquired Trinean today. Trinean's DropSense systems measure protein, DNA and RNA concentration in biologics and genomics samples. This is Unchained Labs' 5th acquisition in just over 2 years. DropSense96 is the only system out there that [...]
Swift Biosciences Launches Next Phase of Company Growth and Expansion
June 29, 2017
Company completes Series D funding and adds two new directors to board (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for genomic sequencing, today announced the completion of a Series D funding raise of $12.2 million. The company also announced the addition of two new directors to its board, positioning the [...]
Simplify the Switch to HILIC with Raptor HILIC-Si Columns
June 29, 2017
Restek is bringing the speed and reliability of Raptor LC columns into the HILIC realm with the addition of the Raptor HILIC-Si column. HILIC is an increasingly popular alternative to reversed-phase LC for challenging polar analytes because it provides better retention of water-soluble compounds that are separated by polar differences. The Raptor HILIC-Si column simplifies [...]

