1ST DETECT, AN ASTROTECH SUBSIDIARY, RECEIVED THREE U.S. PATENTS FOR CHEMICAL ANALYZERS
January 27, 2016
Austin, TX, - 1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), was awarded three patents by the United States Patent Office (USPTO) enabling the miniaturization of ion trap chemical analyzers used for detection and analysis. This increases 1st Detect’s total patent count to 14 U.S. and nine international issued and ten U.S. and [...]
January 27, 2016
Auburn, MA -- Industry leader in motion and precision positioning components and systems PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. has released several controller & stage value packages for microscopy and metrology applications. These affordable systems consist of a PIFOC® high performance fast piezo focus mechanism and a compact digital servo controller. These outstanding packages deliver higher performance [...]
Quanterix Announces Expansion into Asia Pacific
January 27, 2016
Lexington, Mass. - Quanterix Corporation, a leader in the transformation to digital medicine with an ultrasensitive single molecule testing for the benefit of human health, announced its expansion into several prominent APAC markets. With this expansion, Quanterix is meeting a huge, unmet demand for the company's Simoa technology in Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, [...]
Venaxis Announces Transaction with Strand Life Sciences
January 27, 2016
Venaxis®, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPY), announced that it has entered into a series of agreements for a transaction with Strand Life Sciences Private Limited (Strand LS) and its shareholders. Strand LS is a privately-held, global genomics and bioinformatics company. Strand LS operates clinical reference labs in the US through its wholly owned subsidiary Strand Genomics, Inc., [...]
January 26, 2016
SAN RAFAEL, California – BioCision, LLC, announced that it is expanding its award-winning ThawSTAR® automated cell thawing technology platform to accommodate rapidly developing industries such as cell therapy which are bringing products to the clinic in a variety of formats. The company is commercially releasing two thawing systems for 1.5 mL cryogenic vials and 6 [...]
New Thermal-Damaged Plastics Library for FTIR Supports Qualitative Analysis of Oxidized Plastics
January 26, 2016
Shimadzu Corporation announces the release of its Thermal-damaged plastics library, a collection of specialized data for qualitative analysis of plastics that have deteriorated due to heat. It is designed for use with Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometers, which are widely used to qualitatively analyze unknown samples. The library was compiled by Shimadzu Corporation from spectra [...]
Agilent Technologies Showcases New Solutions at Biopharmaceutical Symposium
January 26, 2016
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is showcasing innovative new technology this week designed to help scientists achieve the reproducible results they need to develop effective biopharmaceuticals. The company is demonstrating its new line of AdvanceBio SEC columns at the 20th Symposium on the Interface of Regulatory and Analytical Sciences for Biotechnology [...]
January 26, 2016
SAN RAFAEL, California – BioCision, LLC, announced that it is expanding its award-winning ThawSTAR® automated cell thawing technology platform to accommodate rapidly developing industries such as cell therapy which are bringing products to the clinic in a variety of formats. The company is commercially releasing two thawing systems for 1.5 mL cryogenic vials and 6 [...]
January 26, 2016
CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., - Brooks Automation, a global provider of automated sample storage systems and consumables for compound management and biorepositories, has introduced the first commercial sample storage tube incorporating p-Chip® tracking technology. The p-Chip, a unique electronic microtransponder ID tagging technology, is 100 times smaller, far less expensive, and more reliable than RFID technology. [...]
ENZO Biochem Collects $7 Million From Court Approved Escrow Fund Closings
January 26, 2016
NEW YORK, NY -- Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) and wholly-owned Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. (together Enzo) announced that Enzo has received $7.0 million previously held in escrow relating to the PerkinElmer and Molecular Probes settlements. This amount will be recognized by Enzo as a Legal Settlement gain in its Consolidated Statement of Operations for the [...]

