Simulations Plus Awarded New Cooperative Agreement with FDA
September 3, 2015
LANCASTER, Calif. -- Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), the leading provider of consulting services and software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that it had been notified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the company has been awarded a second cooperative agreement for $200,000 per year for up to three years. [...]
Trajan unlocks portable potential of Dried Blood Spot sampling with hemaPEN™
September 3, 2015
Melbourne, Australia: In a world where health care costs are escalating and demands on health care systems are becoming overwhelming, Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) today announces the innovation of hemaPEN™, a prototype blood collection and storage device. Harnessing the benefits of Dried Blood Spot (DBS) sampling in an intuitive and safe portable format, hemaPEN [...]
Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award 2015 Granted to Professor Petra Dittrich
September 3, 2015
Darmstadt, Germany – Merck announced today that the 2015 Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Analytical Science will be given to Professor Petra Dittrich from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich (Switzerland) for her pioneering work on immunological assays combined with microfluidic platforms for single-cell analysis. The award, which is worth € 15,000, [...]
September 3, 2015
MELBOURNE, Australia & SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- A partnership among Monash University, the University of Melbourne, the University of Newcastle and the Hudson Institute of Medical Research, working with single-cell biology leader Fluidigm Corporation(NASDAQ:FLDM), today established Australia's first Single-Cell Genomics Centre of Excellence. The Centre will be housed at Monash Health Translation Precinct's (MHTP) [...]
Ginolis announces agreement to acquire business of Wegera Oy
September 3, 2015
Ginolis, the manufacturing solutions provider for diagnostic disposables, and Wegera, an Oulu-based machine and assembly service provider, today announced an agreement under which Ginolis Ltd.’s subsidiary, Ginolis Tools, will acquire the business of Wegera Oy. "We have worked together with Wegera for a number of years and are very excited about this acquisition.” states Ginolis [...]
3M’s Next Generation Molecular Detection Assay for Listeria monocytogenes Earns AOAC-PTM Validation
September 3, 2015
ST. PAUL, Minn. –– 3M Food Safety announced today that its 3MTM Molecular Detection Assay 2 – Listeria monocytogenes has been approved by the AOAC® Performance Tested MethodsSM program (Certification 081501). The approval certifies that the next generation test kit is now equivalent or better than standard reference methods. Achieving AOAC PTM status required a [...]
2015 Norman R. Alpert Research Prize Winners Announced
September 3, 2015
WINOOSKI VT, USA — Dr. Nicholas H. Heintz, CMB Program Director at the University of Vermont, recently announced the winners of the 2015 Norman R. Alpert Research Award. Brian Cunnif and Kheng Newick won as co-first authors for their publication, "Disabling Mitochondrial Peroxide Metabolism via Combinatorial Targeting of Peroxiredoxin 3 as an Effective Therapeutic Approach [...]
Cancer research collaboration with Horizon Discovery Group plc
September 3, 2015
Redx is pleased to announce a cancer research collaboration with Horizon Discovery Group plc, ("Horizon"), the international life science group. The collaboration will focus on Redx's existing pan-RAF inhibitor program, which is focused on colorectal cancer, the fourth most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK. Redx's pan-RAF [...]
Morpho Wins Contract for 44 Itemiser 4DX Trace Detectors to UK Airports
September 3, 2015
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced a contract with UK Airport Operator Manchester Airports Group Plc (M.A.G.) for 44 Itemiser® 4DXexplosives trace detectors (ETD). Using a non-radioactive ionization source and simultaneous, dual-mode detection, Itemiser® 4DX can detect a broad range of current market threat explosives and narcotics without the [...]
LINK strengthens presence in Switzerland with Chemie Brunschwig distribution agreement
September 3, 2015
BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND - LINK (www.linktech.co.uk), the innovative developer and manufacturer of nucleic acid reagents, has announced the appointment of a new distributor in Switzerland - Chemie Brunschwig AG. This is LINK’s first formal partnership in Europe, and an important part of its strategy to strengthen Company representation in important market segments, thus increasing access to [...]
