August 16, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced today it has secured unconditional approval from Brazil's Council for Economic Defense (CADE), the final outstanding approval required for the planned acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (the "Transaction"). This clearance, which will be effective after a waiting period of 15 days, follows recently received [...]
Renishaw’s Spectroscopy Products Division relocates to the company’s headquarters site
August 14, 2015
After 23 years, and many months of planning, Renishaw’s Spectroscopy Products Division (SPD) said farewell to its Old Town site, in Wotton-under Edge, and moved to the new Renishaw Innovation Centre located at the company’s New Mills headquarters. Situated in the stunning Gloucestershire countryside, the Renishaw Innovation Centre is a brand new building providing an [...]
Eurogentec (EGT), Belgium, Appoints MoBiTec GmbH as Distributor for Germany
August 14, 2015
Goettingen, Germany -- Eurogentec (EGT) is a leading provider of innovative products and services to the life science, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical community. MoBiTec is selling the products of AnaSpec, which now is part of EGT, for more than 10 years already. The agreement allows MoBiTec to also offer EGT's state-of-the-art qPCR kits, oligonucleotides, and further [...]
XYZ Microscope Scanning Stages are More Stable with Capacitive Feedback, from PI
August 14, 2015
Auburn, MA -- As a nanopositioning and motion control systems leader, PI's (Physik Instrumente) PInano™ super resolution (SR) microscope stage series is now available in two variations - High Precision with piezoresistive position feedback sensors and High Precision with High Stability based on capacitive feedback sensors. Higher Stability and Linearity with Capacitive Sensors, and Lower [...]
Renishaw’s Spectroscopy Products Division relocates to the company’s headquarters site
August 14, 2015
After 23 years, and many months of planning, Renishaw’s Spectroscopy Products Division (SPD) said farewell to its Old Town site, in Wotton-under Edge, and moved to the new Renishaw Innovation Centre located at the company’s New Mills headquarters. Situated in the stunning Gloucestershire countryside, the Renishaw Innovation Centre is a brand new building providing an [...]
August 13, 2015
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) that assesses molecular diagnostic technologies through its MolDx program, has issued a favorable final local coverage determination (LCD) for the Prosigna® Breast Cancer Assay. "We are [...]
Bitplane makes the IMS file format Open Source
August 13, 2015
Belfast -- Bitplane, an Oxford Instruments Company and world leader in 2 to 4D image visualization, analysis and interpretation, today announced that its proprietary IMS file format would become Open Source. The IMS file format is based on Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5), which is designed to work with huge multidimensional data and is optimized to [...]
August 13, 2015
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced the departure of Ilan Daskal who held the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Daskal's departure is not related to financial disclosure, accounting or legal matters. The company also announced the appointment of Dan Madden to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial [...]
Lee Biosolutions Announces Appointment of New President and Chief Operating Officer
August 13, 2015
Maryland Heights, MO -- Lee Biosolutions is a healthcare biotech company that manufactures finished proteins for research and clinical diagnostic and life science market. Today we are proud to announce the promotion of Matthew Lee as President and Chief Operating Officer. Burton Lee, Chief Executive Officer of Lee Biosolutions stated, "Matt’s leadership skills and business [...]
Nicholas Valeriani Appointed to Roka Bioscience’s Board of Directors
August 13, 2015
WARREN, N.J. -- Roka Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKA), a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing advanced testing solutions for the detection of foodborne pathogens, today announced that Nicholas J. Valeriani has been appointed to its board of directors. Since 2012, Mr. Valeriani, 58, has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Gary and Mary West [...]
