Twin Head Blowdown Evaporator Doubles Productivity
November 23, 2015
Porvair Sciences has announced the MiniVap™ Gemini - an all new entry-level product designed to remove the solvent from two microplates simultaneously. Using a highly efficient evaporator head technology and an innovative manifold design, which directly injects heated nitrogen into each well of two 96-well microplate simultaneously, the MiniVap Gemini enables researchers to remove the [...]
BioPlast Manufacturing to Acquire Kord-Valmark Petri Dish Manufacturing Line
November 23, 2015
Bristol, PA. – BioPlast Manufacturing, a manufacturer of plastic components used primarily for the medical research, clinical diagnostic and biotech environments, announced today that it has acquired Kord-Valmark, a leading manufacturer of quality petri dishes. This acquisition is aligned with BioPlast Manufacturing’s strategy to offer clients a platform of products that are designed and tested [...]
The CCDC Launches the Cambridge Structural Database 2016 and Three Exciting New Software Suites
November 23, 2015
Cambridge, UK and Piscataway, NJ, USA -- The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) announces the launch of the 2016 versions of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) and the CSD-System, now complemented by three powerful new software suites for researchers worldwide: CSD-Discovery to support the discovery of new molecules, CSD-Materials for the study of crystalline materials, [...]
AstraZeneca expands technological investment in new Cambridge lead discovery centre
November 20, 2015
AstraZeneca today announced three new partnerships that will deliver industry-leading technologies to drive the AstraZeneca MRC UK Centre for Lead Discovery in the search for novel small molecule medicines. The partnerships will ensure state-of-the-art screening and compound management at the facility, which will be located within the company’s new global R&D centre at the Cambridge [...]
November 20, 2015
Woburn- HighRes Biosolutions has entered into a three year agreement with AstraZeneca for the development and deployment of several new modular automated screening systems. These ground breaking systems leverage next generation robotics technology originally developed for the European Space Agency, and bring it to screening and compound management operations. Light weight, yet powerful, the core [...]
November 20, 2015
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Labcyte Inc. today announced a partnership with AstraZeneca to develop a state-of-the-art automated pharmaceutical compound management system based on its revolutionary Echo® acoustic liquid handling technology. The new system, which will employ storage tubes compatible with acoustic liquid handling, will be deployed at the AstraZeneca MRC UK Centre for Lead Discovery in [...]
Atlas Copco to acquire Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum
November 20, 2015
Stockholm, Sweden: Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, has agreed to acquire the vacuum business of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, for a total enterprise value of MEUR 486 (MSEK 4 520). Atlas Copco Corporate - News Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Oerlikon, founded in 1850,is based in Switzerland and listed on the SIX Swiss [...]
Genedata Announces AstraZeneca Standardizes on Genedata Screener as its Global Screening Platform
November 20, 2015
Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced it has signed a five-year license agreement with AstraZeneca (LON:AZN). The agreement will make Genedata Screener® the cornerstone for all screening activities in search of novel small-molecule drugs at the new AstraZeneca MRC UK Centre [...]
November 20, 2015
In order to expand its share of the mass spectrometer market and to promote cutting-edge joint research and development in China, Shimadzu has established the Shimadzu China Mass Spectrometry Center (hereinafter the China MS Center) at the Beijing Branch of Shimadzu (China) Co., Ltd., a Shimadzu Group company in China. The opening ceremony for the [...]
Gerresheimer CEO Uwe Röhrhoff will not extend his contract after expiry in 2018
November 20, 2015
Duesseldorf -- Uwe Röhrhoff, Chief Executive Officer of Gerresheimer AG, informed Dr. Axel Herberg, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Gerresheimer AG, that after expiry of his contract in February 2018 he will not be available for an extension of his contract for personal reasons. About Gerresheimer Gerresheimer is a leading global partner to the [...]

