November 17, 2015
Madrid, Spain and Heidelberg, Germany – SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard) today resolved, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, to increase the Company’s share capital by up to EUR 3.9 million by issuing up to 3,855,694 new shares in order to finance the expansion of its commercialization activities, especially to the [...]
LDS’s Hand-Held Explosive Detectors Debut at Milipol 2015 in Paris
November 16, 2015
Paris, France - Laser Detect Systems (LDS), a world leader in tactical explosive detection, is unveiling new models of explosive and drug detection systems at MILIPOL 2015, expanding the line of sensors supporting tactical law enforcement, homeland security and military applications. Used by first responders, security personnel and warfighters for law enforcement and military applications, [...]
November 16, 2015
LGC, the international life sciences and measurement company, today announces that it has acquired Maine Standards Company, the leading provider of calibration verification materials for clinical laboratories in the US. The acquisition bolsters LGC’s growing portfolio of reference materials and proficiency testing (PT) schemes for the clinical market. Euan O’Sullivan, Managing Director of LGC’s Standards [...]
A Joint Development with the National Cancer Center
November 16, 2015
Information Regarding the Sale of “ReproHP Medium,” a Culture Fluid for Human Primary Liver Cells with High Levels of Functionality “ReproHP Medium,” a highly functional culture fluid for human primary liver cells developed in conjunction with the National Cancer Center, is set to go on sale in December this year. Our company, in conjunction with [...]
Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. appoints Koehler Instrument Company, Inc. as a distributor
November 16, 2015
Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. (ART), a leading manufacturer of benchtop and process elemental analysis instrumentation, is proud to announce their association with Koehler Instrument Company Inc., a US-based manufacturer of testing instrumentation for the petroleum industry. ART and Koehler Instrument Co. recently signed a global distribution agreement whereby Koehler will distribute the Rigaku Benchtop Energy [...]
Ovizio raises €8m ($9.1m) with US and Belgian investors
November 16, 2015
Brussels, Belgium – Ovizio Imaging Systems, an innovative Belgian company developing cell counting solutions based on quantitative microscopy for life sciences applications, today announces it has secured a funding round of €8m ($9.1m) co-led by New Science Ventures, a US-based venture capital firm, and a private investor. This funding round also includes Qbic, Nausicaa Ventures, [...]
GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Emerson team up to drive biopharma manufacturing efficiency
November 16, 2015
CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and AUSTIN, TX, USA – GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business and Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), today announced a collaboration aimed at increasing productivity and improving efficiency in the production of biopharmaceuticals such as monoclonal antibodies and vaccines. The two companies will collaborate to integrate Emerson’s [...]
Takara Bio Europe AB to launch Cellartis® iPS Cell to Hepatocyte Differentiation System
November 16, 2015
Göteborg, Sweden, Takara Bio Europe AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., announced today that it is launching the Cellartis iPS Cell to Hepatocyte Differentiation System and related ancillary products. This system provides a complete solution for directed differentiation of disease-specific or patient-specific human inducible pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells to hepatocytes by combining a [...]
FEI Extends Capabilities for In Situ Electron Microscopy
November 16, 2015
Hillsboro, Ore. — FEI has extended its capabilities for in situ electron microscopy, allowing materials scientists and engineers to observe changes in morphology and dynamic properties – in real time – as the sample interacts with in situ stimuli and environments at the micro-, nano-, and even atomic-scale. “We have expanded our NanoEx™ family as [...]
ViaCyte Licenses Cell Differentiation Technology to Takara Bio Inc.
November 16, 2015
SAN DIEGO — ViaCyte, Inc., a privately-held regenerative medicine company with the first pluripotent stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for the treatment of diabetes in clinical-stage development, today announced that the Company has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Takara Bio, Inc. Takara will utilize certain portions of ViaCyte’s cell differentiation technology to expand [...]

