B&W Tek, Inc. Involved with Community Engagement Initiative in Kenya
July 1, 2015
Newark, Delaware – B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company that delivers lab quality Raman spectroscopy solutions through user-friendly mobile platforms, is pleased to announce its involvement in a community engagement initiative offered by the collaboration between the Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients (CPhI) and the Global Angels Foundation. Everett Samuel, Quality Control Technician, will visit [...]
IDEX Corporation Acquires CIDRA Precision Services
July 1, 2015
LAKE FOREST, Ill. - IDEX CORPORATION (NYSE:IEX) announced today the acquisition of CIDRA Precision Services, LLC a leader in the design, manufacture and sale of microfluidic components serving the life science, health and industrial markets. Located in Wallingford, CT, CIDRA has revenues of approximately $9 million and will operate in our Scientific Fluidics platform, and [...]
July 1, 2015
San Carlos, CA - Scientists at NuGEN Technologies, Inc. have simultaneously surveyed RNA of more than 400 targeted genes in a single assay, using next generation sequencing (NGS) to detect fusions known to be key drivers of tumor growth in several cancer types. The scientists, who employed an innovative method of targeted sequence library preparation, [...]
TRANSGENOMIC ANNOUNCES PRIVATE PLACEMENT FINANCING
July 1, 2015
OMAHA, Neb. - Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing precision medicine through advanced diagnostic tests and clinical and research services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to raise gross proceeds of approximately $3.0 million in a private placement financing. Crede Capital Group, LLC, a Los Angeles-based family [...]
July 1, 2015
OMAHA, Neb. -- Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing precision medicine through advanced diagnostic tests and clinical and research services, today announced that its ICEme™ Mutation Enrichment Kits for cancer research are now commercially available to researchers worldwide. The kits, which were launched on June 30, 2015, are based on Transgenomic’s Multiplexed [...]
ADDTECH ACQUIRES FENNO MEDICAL OY
July 1, 2015
Stockholm -- Addtech Life Science, a business area in the Addtech Group, has acquired all the shares in Fenno Medical Oy via Mediplast AB. Fenno Medical is a leading medtech actor in the Finnish market, marketing a broad range of medical equipment and consumables from world-leading suppliers. The company also sells a selected range of [...]
July 1, 2015
AURORA, Colo. and BANGALORE, India -- Strand Life Sciences, a global genomic profiling company that uses next generation sequencing technology to empower cancer care, today announced the appointment of Scott A. Storrer as chief executive officer. In his expanded role as now president and CEO, he will be responsible for all strategy, business expansion and [...]
Bruker Introduces Second-Generation Inspire Nanochemical Imaging Solution
June 30, 2015
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Bruker today announced the release of its second-generation Inspire™ infrared (IR) nanocharacterization system, which features 10-nanometer spatial resolution infrared chemical mapping in an easy-to-use, laser-safe package. With IR EasyAlign™, Inspire simplifies scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (sSNOM), a powerful technique for identifying chemical composition at the nanoscale. For the first time, [...]
10X Genomics Commences Shipments of the GemCode Platform
June 30, 2015
PLEASANTON, Calif.--10X Genomics announces the full commercial release and availability of the GemCode Platform with instrument shipments and installations actively underway. Announced at AGBT 2015 in February, the GemCode Platform is a unique molecular barcoding and analysis platform that consists of instrumentation, reagents and software, which delivers long-range information, including haplotype phasing, structural variation, and [...]
Yokogawa Acquires Label-free Image Analysis Technology from Finnish Company
June 30, 2015
Tokyo, Japan -- Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has obtained a label-free image analysis technology from Chip-Man Technologies Oy* of Finland. With this technology, detailed computer analyses can be conducted of live cell images that have been taken with a microscope using a label-free technique. Formerly, this was only possible using fluorescence labeling. In [...]
