Unchained Labs Lets the UNit Loose
May 4, 2015
Pleasanton, CA – Unchained Labs, a refreshingly new biologic tools company, extends its coming out to this year’s PEGS conference and launches the UNit — the first and only multiplex protein stability system for biologics. PEGS: The Essential Protein Engineering Summit takes place in Boston, May 4-8, 2015. The UNit lets drug discovery researchers look [...]
May 4, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif., and BOSTON -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Cartagenia today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Agilent will acquire Cartagenia, a leading provider of software and services for clinical genetics and molecular pathology labs. Cartagenia, which has offices in Leuven, Belgium, and Boston, Massachusetts, provides software solutions [...]
Waters Introduces eDATA 2.0 Proficiency Testing Portal for Environmental Laboratories
May 4, 2015
GOLDEN, Colo. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that ERA®, A Waters® Business, introduced the new eDATA® 2.0 Proficiency Testing (PT) portal enabling environmental laboratories to manage their proficiency testing data more efficiently and gain greater insight into their laboratory’s performance. The portal features new statistical analysis, data visualization and reporting tools that give environmental [...]
SYGNIS signs non-exclusive distribution agreement with Cambridge Bioscience Ltd. for UK and Ireland
May 4, 2015
Madrid, Spain and Heidelberg, Germany -– SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard) today announced a distribution agreement with Cambridge Bioscience for the commercialization of SYGNIS’ proprietary product portfolio in the UK and Ireland. Since the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, the UK life science industry is one of the world leaders with [...]
Unchained Labs Lets the UNit Loose
May 4, 2015
Pleasanton, CA – Unchained Labs, a refreshingly new biologic tools company, extends its coming out to this year’s PEGS conference and launches the UNit — the first and only multiplex protein stability system for biologics. PEGS: The Essential Protein Engineering Summit takes place in Boston, May 4-8, 2015. The UNit lets drug discovery researchers look [...]
BGI Adopts Single Molecule, Real-Time Sequencing from Pacific Biosciences
May 4, 2015
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, today announced that BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, has purchased its first PacBio RS II instrument and plans to purchase additional units in order to integrate Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing into its global service business. [...]
Cobalt Wins Grant for Online Pharmaceutical Analysis
May 1, 2015
Cobalt Light Systems has received a European Union grant to investigate revolutionary high-speed quantitative analysis in pharmaceutical manufacturing. The Horizon 2020 grant will allow Cobalt to develop the high-speed analysis market using its transmission Raman spectroscopy (TRS) technology for tablet and capsule manufacturing. TRS is already available in a desktop instrument, but its unique combination [...]
May 1, 2015
On April 3, 2015, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (President: Mr. Shigehiro Nakajima) (hereafter, “Fujifilm”) launched a tender offer bid (hereafter, “TOB”) offering USD 16.50 per share for the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., a leading company in the development and manufacture of iPS Cells (CEO: Robert Palay, Headquarters: Madison, [...]
New Products for Exosome Isolation to mRNA Purification
May 1, 2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Hitachi Chemical Diagnostics, Inc. is pleased to announce the United States launch of the ExoComplete™ 96-Well Plate Kit and ExoComplete™ Tube Kit, an integrated, fast and easy system for exosome collection to mRNA purification. The products were introduced during the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles ("ISEV") Annual Meeting, April 23 – [...]
Oxford Instruments plc Acquisition of Medical Imaging Resources, Inc.
May 1, 2015
Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology tools and systems for industry and research, today announces the acquisition of Medical Imaging Resources, Inc. (MIR). Founded in 1990 in Ann Arbor Michigan by CEO John Vartanian, MIR specialises in the build, lease and service of mobile medical imaging labs (“mobiles”). The mobile labs are [...]
