MINNEAPOLIS and SAN DIEGO -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today closed on a strategic equity investment in Astute Medical, Inc. (San Diego, CA), a diagnostic company devoted to improving patient healthcare outcomes through the identification and validation of novel biomarkers. Certain existing Astute Medical investors also participated in the financing, which totaled $43 million. This transaction has [...]

LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that A. Charles Fischer has resigned as a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Fischer, 74, resigned for health reasons. Fischer has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2006; his term expires at the company’s annual meeting in 2018. The [...]

Leading microbiology and life sciences company to combine with global microbial detection and diagnostics business CAMARILLO, Calif., and WILMINGTON – DuPont Nutrition & Health and Hygiena, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company that specializes in rapid food safety and environmental sanitation testing, announced today that Hygiena will acquire DuPont’s global food safety diagnostics business. The acquisition includes [...]

Powerful microscopes help researchers understand innovative material structures at the atomic scale HILLSBORO, ORE –The Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) recently unveiled its new Micro/Nano Fabrication Laboratory (MNFL) and Imaging and Analysis Center (IAC) facilities, which are now home to a powerful suite of advanced analytical instrumentation from Thermo Fisher Scientific. [...]

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, announce the release of the world’s first combined system to provide optical tweezers and atomic force microscopy on a single inverted light microscope platform. Based on years of leadership in the fields of atomic force microscopy and optical tweezers [...]

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. [...]

Veriflow Product Line To Detect Foodborne Pathogens Continues Expansion with Additional AOAC Approval Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Invisible Sentinel Inc., a Philadelphia-based global molecular solutions company announced today that its Veriflow technology platform for the detection of STEC organisms received certification from the Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC). STEC (shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli) species present a [...]

In a continuing effort in the fight against childhood cancer, Rockland awarded the Joy Cappel Young Investigator Award (JCYIA) to two Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Young Investigator grantees. Limerick, PA In a continuing effort in the fight against childhood cancer, Rockland awarded the Joy Cappel Young Investigator Award (JCYIA) to two Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) [...]

• Biopharma provider purchases property in Science Park III of Ulm • Laboratory and office facility to be constructed on the site by 2019 Göttingen/Laupheim – Sartorius Stedim Cellca based near Ulm in southern Germany, continues on the growth track. At the end of November, the company in its eleventh year since its founding purchased property of [...]

SAN DIEGO -- Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONVO) (“Organovo”), a three-dimensional biology company focused on delivering scientific and medical breakthroughs using its 3D bioprinting technology, announced an exclusive distributor agreement with Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ:3386) (“CosmoBio”) for its NovoViewTM Preclinical Services in Japan.  CosmoBio is one of Japan’s largest suppliers in the life science industry, and Organovo will work with CosmoBio’s Drug [...]