BioTek Expands in the United Kingdom
June 4, 2015
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, Inc. expands their ongoing investment in the European microplate-based technology market with the opening of their new UK Office in Swindon. Mr. Dominic Herring, previously BioTek’s Business and Development Manager with BioTek Singapore, was named General Manager. The new office will focus on bringing enhanced applications and technical support [...]
PerkinElmer to Display New Laboratory Technologies at ACHEMA 2015
June 4, 2015
WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it will highlight several new detection and analytical instruments at ACHEMA 2015, the world forum for the chemical engineering and process industry. "We are pleased to introduce our new solutions to this international audience [...]
FEI Company Announces 20% Increase in Cash Dividend, New Share Repurchase Authorization
June 4, 2015
HILLSBORO, Ore. -- FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend from $0.25 to $0.30 per share of common stock. The $0.30 per share dividend will be paid on July 28, 2015 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business [...]
ArcherDX Launches FusionPlex™ Lung Thyroid and FusionPlex™ Solid Tumor Panels
June 4, 2015
BOULDER, Colo. -- Today ArcherDX expanded its Archer™ FusionPlex™ assay menu to include the FusionPlex Lung Thyroid Panel and FusionPlex Solid Tumor Panel. The two panels are targeted next generation sequencing (NGS)-based assays that can be used to detect gene translocations in clinical samples types. The Lung Thyroid Panel simultaneously detects and characterizes fusions of [...]
FLUIDIGM’S JUNO™ SYSTEM WINS GOLD AT THE IDA
June 3, 2015
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (NSADAQ:FLDM) announced that its Juno™ system, an advanced platform for genotyping and sample prep, was a Gold Award winner in the Industrial and Life Science Design - Medical/Scientific Machinery category at the 8th Annual International Design Awards competition. The International Design Awards (IDA) was created in 2007 to [...]
The VWR Foundation Awards Over $140,000 in Grants Since February 2015
June 3, 2015
RADNOR, Pa.-- The VWR Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to giving back to the science community, approved 16 grants totaling over $140,000 since February of this year. The Foundation supports organizations and programs that are in alignment with its three strategic priorities - research, health and well-being, and science education. "The VWR Foundation is off [...]
June 3, 2015
Brisbane, CA, USA and Cambridge, UK -- CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value, diagnostic surveillance solutions for transplant recipients and Horizon Discovery Group plc (Horizon), an international life science company supplyingreagent tools and services that power genomics research and the development of [...]
LAUDA presents the future of temperature control at ACHEMA 2015
June 3, 2015
Lauda-Königshofen -- Actively shaping the future - a principle that has driven LAUDA since the first laboratory thermostats were presented in 1956. The host of innovations developed by LAUDA have had a major impact on the temperature control industry. LAUDA's many past achievements have become benchmarks for the future and reflect the motto of this [...]
VWR Corporation Prices Public Offering by Selling Stockholder
June 3, 2015
Radnor, PA -- VWR Corporation (NASDAQ: VWR) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 16,000,000 shares of its common stock by selling stockholder Varietal Distribution Holdings, LLC at a price to the public of $26.25 per share. In connection with the offering, the selling stockholder has granted the underwriters a 30-day option [...]
Scientists Release Ebola Sequencing Data to Global Research Community Online
June 3, 2015
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- A team of scientists that is part of an international, multi-organizational effort to curb further spread of deadly Ebola in Sierra Leone has released their first dataset of the virus’ genetic structure online. The genetic analysis is now on virological.org and available for the global scientific community to monitor the pathogen’s evolution [...]
