QIAGEN’s QuantiFERON-TB test chosen for use in England tender
December 1, 2015
Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that its QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus test – the modern gold standard for latent tuberculosis (TB) detection – has been chosen for use in tenders initiated by the National Health System (NHS) in England as part of its national TB control initiatives. Compared [...]
December 1, 2015
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine —— LabNetwork, WuXi AppTec’s new global eCommerce platform for sourcing research compounds, has surpassed growth projections, reaching 2.2 million products and more than 200 suppliers since its launch in May. “On top of the growth we’ve experienced to date, we expect another 100 suppliers and nearly a million more products will be [...]
Chiral Technologies, Inc., Now Offers its Diffinity Genomics Products through Fisher Scientific
December 1, 2015
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Chiral Technologies, Inc., part of DAICEL CORPORATION, the global market leader in enantioselective chromatography, announced that its new business unit, Diffinity Genomics, will begin selling Diffinity RapidTip® products through Fisher Scientific’s online catalogue as an Encompass Preferred Supplier in the United States. Diffinity Genomics has developed innovative technology for the purification [...]
TRANSGENOMIC FINALIZES DIVESTMENT OF ITS GENETIC ASSAYS & PLATFORMS BUSINESS UNIT
December 1, 2015
OMAHA, Neb. -- Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO) today announced that it has completed the divestment of its Genetic Assays & Platforms (GAP) Business Unit to ADSTEC Corporation, and one of its affiliates (ADSTEC). ADSTEC is a privately-held Japanese company that manufactures and sells specialized instruments and reagents for the biotechnology industry. Transgenomic transferred all rights [...]
Edinburgh Instruments Announce Office Expansion
December 1, 2015
Edinburgh Instruments recently celebrated the official opening of their new office in Bain Square, Livingston. The company expansion takes the office and manufacturing capacity to over 30,000 sq ft in Livingston and will lead to the creation of up to 20 new jobs in the town. The new building will also house one of Edinburgh [...]
Certara Acquires Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Consultancy, XenologiQ
December 1, 2015
PRINCETON, NJ –– Certara®, the global biosimulation technology-enabled drug development company, today announced that it has acquired XenologiQ, a UK-based quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) consultancy. “This transaction strengthens Certara’s modeling and simulation capabilities, increases its leadership in mechanistic pharmacology, and supports the company’s precision medicine vision,” said Certara Chief Executive Officer Edmundo Muniz, M.D, Ph.D. [...]
InstantLabs launches two additional Salmon ID tests; Chinook, Sockeye test kits are now available
December 1, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD – InstantLabs is adding two additional salmon identification tests to continue the expansion of the company’s growing product line of food safety and seafood fraud prevention tools. The new salmon tests – for Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) – allow InstantLabs to offer fast, reliable species identification for the four most [...]
December 1, 2015
LONDON, UK: Titian Software (www.titian.co.uk), has announced the appointments of James Craven, head of global marketing, and Angela Gray, Western US sales manager, to further consolidate its position as the world leader in sample management software. The successful launch earlier this year of Titian’s Mosaic Freezer Management, a cost-effective software package optimised for small to [...]
Integrated DNA Technologies Expands Oligonucleotide Manufacturing in Singapore
December 1, 2015
SKOKIE, IL – Integrated DNA Technologies (“IDT”), the global leader in custom nucleic acid synthesis, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the oligonucleotide synthesis business of AITbiotech Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (“AITbiotech”). With this acquisition, IDT expands its customer base across Southeast Asia making it possible for these additional customers to now have [...]
Renishaw’s inVia confocal Raman microscope connects to Bruker’s Dimension Icon AFM
December 1, 2015
Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy technologies, announces that their inVia confocal Raman microscope connects to Bruker’s Dimension Icon AFM. Renishaw is an experienced supplier of integrated Raman-AFM solutions, having offered them for over 16 years. The latest addition to the range of instruments it supports is Bruker’s Dimension Icon AFM. This additional [...]

