March 17, 2015
Boston, MA -– Cartagenia, leader in providing clinical genetics and pathology labs with variant assessment & reporting support software, today announced a partnership with Lexington, MA-based N-of-One, an industry-leading provider of patient-specific Clinical Interpretation for molecular profiles at the disease, gene and variant level. With the availability of N-of-One’s services from within the Bench Lab [...]
Merck Places U.S. Bond Amounting to US$ 4.0 Billion
March 17, 2015
Darmstadt, Germany -- Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, successfully placed a U.S. bond via its U.S. subsidiary EMD Finance LLC. The oversubscribed placement is an important element of the financing of the proposed acquisition of the life science company Sigma-Aldrich, which Merck announced [...]
M2 BLIZZARD – A New Member of Bruker’s M-Series of Micro-XRF Spectrometers Launched Today
March 17, 2015
SHANGHAI, CHINA –– At the 24th China International PCB and Assembly Show (CPCA), Bruker today introduces the M2 BLIZZARD, a small-spot X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer specifically designed for the nondestructive analysis of printed circuit boards (PCB) in accordance with ASTM B568 and DIN/ISO 3497 standards. Utilizing Bruker’s XSpect Pro and XData software packages, the M2 [...]
March 17, 2015
PROVO, Utah and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- DNAnexus, a pioneer in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, and Tute Genomics, a leading genome annotation and interpretation platform, today announced an integrated solution for genomic data management. Customers will be able to access the Tute platform and DNAnexus pipelines from either company's cloud environment. DNAnexus provides [...]
Smiths Detection’s next-generation trace explosives detector wins ECAC approval
March 17, 2015
Watford, UK -– Smiths Detection’s newly launched IONSCAN 600, a non-radioactive, portable explosives detector, has gained a key approval from the ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) Management Group. ECAC ruled that the IONSCAN 600 meets the ETD (Explosives Trace Detection) EU standard for passenger and cargo checkpoint screening and is the first UK-built detector to [...]
March 16, 2015
BALTIMORE –– InstantLabs announced today the expansion of its SpeciesID product line by offering DNA-based tests for Atlantic and Coho salmon. InstantLabs SpeciesID™ tests provide accurate DNA verification in under two hours. The launch of the salmon test kits highlights InstantLabs’ efforts to meet market demand by expanding the affordable, simple-to-use InstantID™ product line. The [...]
FEI Joins University of Ulm and CEOS on SALVE Project Research Collaboration
March 16, 2015
HILLSBORO, Ore. -- FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Germany's University of Ulm and Heidelberg-based CEOS GmbH to develop a sub-?ngström low-voltage electron microscope, in the frame of Uni-Ulm's SALVE project. The multi-year collaboration will involve the planned development of a dedicated aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope (TEM) that is [...]
March 16, 2015
GERMANTOWN, Maryland, and HILDEN, Germany -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today an important expansion of its industry-leading portfolio of liquid biopsies through the acquisition of an innovative technology that enables enrichment and molecular analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood samples. QIAGEN also announced a new partnership with Tokai [...]
ImmunoReagents and ProteoVec Announce Corporate Partnership and New Product Launch
March 16, 2015
RALEIGH, NC, USA –– Leading Life Science Reagent Manufacturer ImmunoReagents joins forces with Bioseparations Technology Innovator ProteoVec to transform antibody purification. As part of a strategic corporate alliance, the two companies plan to market PV-Pure Ig™ microscale antibody purification kits for use by researchers in the diagnostics, academic, pharmaceutical and life-science fields. “Our goal is [...]
Quanterix Appoints SCRUM Inc. for Simoa Distribution in Japan
March 16, 2015
LEXINGTON, MA –- Quanterix Corporation, a leader in high definition diagnostics, delivering ultrasensitive single molecule measurement for the benefit of human health, today announced it had appointed SCRUM, Inc., of Tokyo, Japan, as an exclusive distributor for sales and support of its Simoa technology for the research market in Japan. “We have experienced strong demand [...]
