Praxair Announces Price Increases Effective January 1, 2017
December 15, 2016
DANBURY, Conn. – Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) is notifying bulk gas and medical gas customers in North America of price increases effective January 1, 2017, or as contracts permit. Adjustments are as follows: 15% for nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, facility fees and rent. Individual price adjustments may be higher or lower in [...]
OGT expands Cytocell sarcoma FISH probe range
December 15, 2016
Oxford, UK. Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has expanded its range of Cytocell Aquarius® fluorescence in situhybridisation (FISH) probes for pathology. OGT has introduced three new probes: FUS Breakapart andFOXO1 Breakapart, both carrying the CE-IVD label – and TFE3 Breakapart, for research use only. This expansion reinforces OGT’s commitment to providing the most [...]
December 15, 2016
Transaction allows Novasep to accelerate strategic project plan Lyon, France – Novasep, a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions for the life science industries, announces the sale of its U.S. subsidiary, TangenX Technology Corporation (TangenX), to Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ: RGEN) (Repligen). The all-cash transaction of EUR 37.0 million (USD 39.0 million) was completed today. Fox Rothschild LLP [...]
QuantuMDx CEO Elaine Warburton OBE appointed to Precision Medicine Catapult Board of Directors
December 15, 2016
QuantuMDx today announced the appointment of CEO Elaine Warburton OBE to the Precision Medicine Catapult Board of Directors as Non Executive Director. Recognised with an OBE in 2014 for her services to Innovation in Healthcare, Elaine will bring 25 years’ of experience in healthcare and biotechnology to the board alongside first-hand experience of the challenges [...]
Takeda Announces Sale of Shareholding in Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. to Fujifilm Corporation
December 15, 2016
Osaka, Japan - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) today held a meeting of the Board of Directors and adopted a resolution to sign an agreement (“Tender Agreement”) with Fujifilm Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, “Fujifilm”) to transfer its shareholding in Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Osaka, “Wako Pure Chemical”), a consolidated [...]
ERWEKA launches new vessel cleaner
December 15, 2016
ERWEKA, the premium brand of test equipment for the pharmaceutical and life science industries, has launched the new Dissolution Vessel Cleaner DVC-24. Dissolution vessel cleaning faster than ever before DVC-24 - Efficient and mobile cleaning of dissolution vessels The new patented steam cleaning method from Gloss Technologies which is build inside the DVC-24 allows quick [...]
Rainin TerraRacks™ provide a greener alternative for pipetting
December 15, 2016
METTLER TOLEDO’S Rainin TerraRacks™ have enabled the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy, to adopt a more environmentally-friendly approach to manual pipetting. Dr Bronislava Matoskova, Molecular Medicine Program Manager, explained: “As well as regular biochemistry and molecular biology studies, we analyze human tissue, blood and serum as part of a molecular medicine research program. [...]
The New ibidi Glass Bottom Dish 35 mm Provides High Quality Imaging in a Standard Format
December 15, 2016
Munich, Germany - ibidi continues to extend its unique product range for live cell imaging and immunofluorescence. The new Glass Bottom Dish 35 mm complements ibidi’s successful range of products, which are designed for high quality imaging of living and fixed cells. This Petri Dish, with a 35 mm diameter, high walls, and a glass [...]
December 15, 2016
Walden, UK Domainex Ltd announces today that it has purchased and fully commissioned a Monolith NT.Automated instrument from NanoTemper Technologies Ltd. As the first UK contract research organisation to invest in the instrument, Domainex is in a unique position to offer its partners and clients improved fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) services in their quest for [...]
Tecan announces change in Management Board
December 14, 2016
Männedorf, Switzerland - The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that Dr. Stefan Traeger has informed the company, that he will be leaving Tecan to become Chief Executive Officer of another publicly listed company. Stefan Traeger has been Head of the Life Sciences Business division and member of the Management Board since July 2013. [...]

