VWR Announces Closing of New Senior Secured Credit Facility
September 30, 2015
RADNOR, Pa. -- VWR Corporation (NASDAQ: VWR), a leading, global, independent provider of products, services and solutions to laboratory and production facilities, today announced that it has secured a new senior secured credit facility consisting of a $910 million U.S. dollar denominated term loan A facility due 2020, a €460 million Euro denominated term loan [...]
September 30, 2015
LONDON, U.K. — Brooks Automation, Inc., the global leader in automated cold-chain sample management for drug discovery and biostorage applications, will highlight its BioStore™ III Cryo automated cryogenic sample management system, CryoPodTM carrier, and new FluidXTM cryo storage consumables to the European market today at the 2015 annual conference of the European, Middle Eastern, and [...]
InDevR Announces Creation of Strategic Advisory Board
September 30, 2015
Boulder, CO – InDevR, Inc., an innovative biotechnology company dedicated to improving diagnostics and vaccine manufacturing, today announced the formation of the InDevR Strategic Advisory Board, an esteemed group of scientific and business leaders chosen to counsel the company on the opportunities for maximizing the impact of its technologies globally. Kathy Rowlen, Ph.D., Chief Executive [...]
September 30, 2015
WALTHAM, Mass.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Alfa Aesar, a leading global manufacturer of research chemicals, from Johnson Matthey Plc, for £256 million (or approximately $400 million) in cash. “With the close of the transaction, we now have the opportunity to [...]
Allotrope Foundation Releases Allotrope Framework 1.0
September 30, 2015
Washington, DC – Allotrope Foundation announces a major milestone: release of the first production version of its flagship Allotrope Framework to Allotrope Foundation and Allotrope Partner Network Members. The September internal release package includes version 1.0 of the Allotrope Data Format (ADF), the Application Programming Interfaces, (APIs), and the Allotrope Foundation Taxonomies (AFTs), marking the [...]
New technology boosts productivity and savings in mineral exploration
September 29, 2015
The Lab-at-Rig® technology that CSIRO has developed in partnership with Imdex and Olympus, under the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), enables chemistry and mineralogy of rocks found within a drill hole to be analysed within minutes of drilling. “Lab-at-Rig® is an important breakthrough for the industry because of the potentially massive cost [...]
September 29, 2015
Shimadzu has released the new Nexera MX ultra-fast multianalyte LCMS system, which offers up to double the sample processing capability of conventional liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer (LCMS) systems. The Nexera MX features two analytical flow lines in a single LCMS system. This setup maximizes operating efficiency by alternating between the two lines for injecting samples. [...]
InSphero Granted Hanging Drop Patent in United States
September 29, 2015
Schlieren, Switzerland -- The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has officially granted InSphero AG full protection of its GravityPLUS™ hanging drop technology. InSphero, the world’s leading developer of easy-to-use solutions for organotypic 3D cell culture models and body-on-a-chip systems, now holds hanging drop patents in the world’s major pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets, including [...]
Adam Equipment Now Offering OIML E2 Calibration Weights in North America and Latin America
September 29, 2015
Danbury, Conn. -- Adam Equipment, a worldwide manufacturer of scales and balances for professionals, is now offering OIML E2 class calibration weights to customers in both North and Latin America. The weight sets are certified to International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) standards. Adam has previously offered OIML class weights only to customers in Europe, [...]
September 29, 2015
GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business and NetBio announce the addition of the DNAscan 6C Rapid DNA Analysis System to their range of Rapid DNA analysis solutions. The 6-color system increases STR chemistry options with its High DNA Content Flexplex BioChipSet Cassette. The 6-dye Flexplex chemistry generates STR profiles containing 27 loci, and as a result [...]
