QIAGEN changes offer conditions for acquisition of shares in Exiqon A/S
June 8, 2016
Venlo, The Netherlands, - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced its decision to change the offer conditions for the acquisition of shares in Exiqon A/S, reducing the threshold from 90% to 89.20%. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. In line with the Danish Takeover Order, which requires the extension of an [...]
PnuVax to acquire inactivated yellow fever vaccine intellectual property from GE Healthcare
June 8, 2016
CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA – PnuVax Incorporated (PnuVax), a vaccine and biopharmaceutical company, and GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business (NYSE: GE) announced that they have entered an agreement under which PnuVax can acquire GE Healthcare’s intellectual property relating to an inactivated yellow fever vaccine. Under the terms of the agreement, PnuVax [...]
Omicia Raises $23 Million in Series B Funding
June 8, 2016
Omicia, Inc., a leading provider of clinical genome interpretation and reporting software, announced the completion of a $23 million Series B financing round. Several new investors participated in the round, including UPMC Enterprises, Roche Venture Fund, LDV Partners, Ping An Ventures, and a large genomics investor, as well as existing investors ARTIS Ventures, Acadia Woods [...]
STRATEC signs agreement to acquire the BioSciences business of Sony DADC (Ad-hoc)
June 8, 2016
STRATEC Biomedical AG, Birkenfeld, Germany (Frankfurt: SBS; Prime Standard, TecDAX), signed an agreement with Sony DADC Austria AG (”Sony DADC”), based in Anif/Salzburg, Austria, to acquire all of the shares of its BioSciences business, Sony DADC BioSciences GmbH (”Sony DADC BioSciences”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony DADC. The acquisition is expected to be [...]
Seegene to Introduce Novel Real-Time PCR Technology at ASM Microbe 2016
June 8, 2016
SEOUL, South Korea, - Seegene will introduce a new real-time PCR technology, Universal SG Fluorescence Oligo System, which will standardize and simplify real-time PCR assay development. Seegene Inc. (096530.KQ), a leading developer of multiplex PCR technologies headquartered in South Korea, announced today that the company will attend ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Microbe 2016 fromJune [...]
June 8, 2016
Bibby Scientific Ltd announced that Stuart®, a leading UK manufacturer of bench-top laboratory equipment, has launched the SMP50, a new automatic melting point system that incorporates high resolution video technology combined with an intelligent melt algorithm to determine the melting point of up to three samples, simultaneously and automatically. The SMP50's digital camera also records [...]
Lonza’s 4D-Nucleofector™ LV Unit Delivers Closed, Optimized, Larger-Scale Transfection
June 8, 2016
Cologne, Germany, – Lonza introduced the 4D-NucleofectorTM LV Unit to its transfection platforms. The new unit expands the proven 4D-Nucleofector™ System to closed, larger-scale transfection of up to 1x109 cells. Transfection protocols can be established in smaller scale using the 4D-Nucleofector™ X Unit and smoothly transferred to larger scale without the need for re-optimization. With [...]
Announcement of lowering of offer condition and extension of the Offer Period
June 8, 2016
Copenhagen, - QIAGEN N.V., Company reg. no. 804803778 (“QIAGEN”), published a Recommended Public Conditional Voluntary Offer on 19 April 2016 (the "Offer") to the shareholders of Exiqon A/S, Company reg. no. (CVR) 18984431 (“Exiqon”). QIAGEN extended the Offer Period, according to the Offer, on 19 May 2016 and on 3 June 2016. QIAGEN has decided [...]
June 8, 2016
NEWHOUSE, UK - BioAscent Discovery (www.bioascent.com), has launched Compound Cloud, a unique new service for early-stage drug discovery, providing rapid online access to a diverse collection of IP-free, high-quality chemicals for screening. The service applies the cloud-computing concept to drug discovery by enabling scientists to remotely pick and choose specific compounds of interest from over [...]
Energy Disprsive X-ray Spectrophotometers AZtecOne / AZtecOneGO
June 8, 2016
The AZtecOne system combines the simple-to-use yet powerful software and the proven stability and accuracy of a Silicon Drift Detector. All the necessary tools at hand to complete the task quickly and with ease. Focusing on getting results out as quickly as possible: rapid set-up, real-time results display, reports just a click of a button [...]
