Certara Launches Version 15 of its Simcyp Population-based Simulator

PRINCETON, NJ –– Certara®, the global biosimulation technology-enabled drug development company, today announced the release of version 15 of its Simcyp® Population-based Simulator. The Simcyp Simulator is the pharmaceutical industry’s most sophisticated physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling and simulation platform for determining first-in-human dose selection, predicting drug-drug interactions (DDIs), understanding drug disposition in special populations, including [...]

The Pistoia Alliance HELM project announces free MarvinBeans 5.0 licenses and integration of HELM with the RDKit cheminformatics suite

Wilmington, DE – The Pistoia Alliance HELM project has made two major announcements that help cement the reputation of HELM as the de-facto standard for describing and working with complex macromolecular structures. Firstly, HELM users can now take advantage of free MarvinBeans 5.0 licenses for the HELM toolkit. Secondly, RDKit is now HELM-enabled, making it [...]

Roche finalizes acquisition of Kapa Biosystems to strengthen next-generation sequencing product offerings

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced regulatory clearance to finalize acquisition of Kapa Biosystems, Inc. (Kapa), a privately-held company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, US. Kapa Biosystems is a provider of genomic tools in the life sciences sector that employs proprietary technologies to optimize enzymes for next-generation sequencing (NGS), as well as [...]

IDT Delivers a Complete Solution for Probe-based qPCR Assays

CORALVILLE, IA – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has introduced its latest addition to an expanding genomic applications portfolio: PrimeTime® Gene Expression Master Mix, an optimized enzyme mix for probe-based qPCR. IDT continues to providehigher value qPCR products by delivering superior assay performance at a lower price per reaction, while empowering customers with access to assay [...]

Revolutionary Didymium Filter Made From Didymium Glass Released by FireflySci

Brooklyn NY - FireflySci, Inc. is proving to be an extremely valuable company in the spectrophotometer calibration field. They have greatly helped laboratories save thousands of dollars with their calibration standards that never require recalibration. Now they have come up with another killer innovation that helps labs be safer and more efficient. This new product [...]

UM Baltimore Grants Pataigin, LLC, Rights to Technology Developed for Rapid, Point-of-Care Identification of Dangerous Pathogens

BALTIMORE, MD – University of Maryland (UM) Ventures and Pataigin, LLC, announced today that the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has granted Pataigin worldwide, exclusive licensing rights to UMB patents and technology to develop a method to quickly and accurately identify dangerous pathogens. Robert Ernst, Ph.D., associate professor of microbial pathogenesis at University of Maryland [...]

KKR partners with LGC to facilitate future expansion and growth

KKR announced that it has agreed to acquire LGC, the international life sciences measurement and testing company, from its current owners Bridgepoint, for an undisclosed amount. KKR will partner with LGC to provide capital and operational support to facilitate future growth. LGC provides a range of measurement products and services which underpin the safety, health [...]

Implant Sciences Announces First Shipment of ETD Systems for U.S. Airport Deployment

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB:IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) solutions for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) applications, reported that the Company has delivered its first shipment of QS-B220 desktop Explosives Trace Detectors (ETDs) to airports across the United States. These units are a part of the 1,170 unit order [...]

Arcadia Biosciences and BGI to Create Global Non-GM Genetic Resource for Rice

DAVIS, Calif. and SHENZHEN, China – Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:RKDA), an agricultural technology company, and BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, announced a collaboration to create an extensive rice genetic resource library to advance food crop research and development. Under the agreement, BGI and Arcadia will combine their resources and capabilities to create, sequence and [...]

Simplified Synthesis Scale-up

Asynt has announced the ReactoMate "Datum" - a new compact benchtop Controlled Lab Reactor (CLR) system that offers the flexibility to accommodate reaction vessels from 100ml to 5 litres. Reaction vessels from Asynt, and its partner AG!, can be easily exchanged on the ReactoMate "Datum" allowing chemists to quickly change between reactor vessel sizes thereby [...]

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