Applied Spectra, Inc. Celebrates 1 year Anniversary of Direct Office Opening in South Korea

Fremont, CA -- Applied Spectra, Inc. (Fremont, CA, USA), a leading manufacturer of laser ablation-based analytical instruments, celebrates the 1st year of business for their direct office in South Korea. Applied Spectra (ASI) opened the local office in South Korea, ASI Korea in 2014 to better support the growing LA (Laser Ablation) and LIBS (Laser-Induced [...]

High Throughput ChIP Sequencing

Chromatrap®, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, has announced a major product launch at the European Human Genetics Conference (Glasgow, UK) and the Festival of Genomics (Boston, USA) on the 6th June 2015 and 22nd-24th June 2015 respectively. Visitors to ESHG Stand 268 and Festival of Genomics Booth 18 will be able to see a [...]

LGC acquires Biosearch Technologies and extends its expertise in the qPCR market

London -– Today, LGC is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire Biosearch, a global leader in the genomics and life sciences industries for the design, development and manufacture of custom oligonucleotides (oligos) and associated reagents for the medical diagnostics, research and applied markets. Biosearch’s products enable the amplification, detection and quantification of [...]

Genevac Consolidate Evaporator & Freeze Dryer Operations In Germany

Genevac has announced, as of 1st April 2015, that LMS Consult GmbH (LMS) has been appointed as the exclusive German distributor for its market leading evaporator systems plus the freeze dryer range of its parent company - SP Scientific. For over 30 years - LMS Consult (https://de.lmsconsult.de/ ) have successfully sold and supported a range [...]

Main Line Equity Partners Acquires Cianflone Scientific Instruments Corporation

Pittsburgh, PA -- Main Line Equity Partners today announced the acquisition of Cianflone Scientific Instruments Corp., a global manufacturer of laboratory and portable x-ray spectrographic instrumentation. The acquisition, which includes all business assets and real estate property, serves as the first initiative in Main Line Equity Partners’ plans to invest in and significantly grow Cianflone. [...]

Optibrium and ChemAxon Announce Technology Collaboration

Cambridge, UK, and Budapest, Hungary -- Optibrium™ and ChemAxon™, developers of software and cheminformatics solutions for drug discovery, today announced the results of a collaboration to integrate ChemAxon’s Plexus™ with Optibrium’s StarDrop™ software suite. The integration of these platforms further enables researchers to develop strategies for efficient, high quality compound library design. The StarDrop software [...]

Cepheid Announces European Approval of Xpert HCV Viral Load

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that Xpert® HCV Viral Load, a quantitative test that provides on-demand molecular testing for confirmation of infection and monitoring of Hepatitis C virus (HCV), has achieved CE-IVD status under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The test runs on the Cepheid GeneXpert® System, the world's [...]

Implant Sciences Announces Restructuring

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) and drugs trace detection solutions for homeland security applications, today announced restructuring actions to better align costs with current and future geographic revenue sources and to improve efficiencies. The actions, which include increasing outreach and sales and marketing efforts, [...]

Eric Green Appointed Chief Executive Officer of West Pharmaceutical Services

EXTON, PA -- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE: WST), a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, today announced that Eric M. Green has been appointed the company's Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D., current Chairman and CEO. Eric Green will join West and take on his new responsibilities on [...]

PerkinElmer Launches First Fully Automated Genetic Disorder Screening System in China

WALTHAM, Mass. (USA) and Shanghai, China – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has received market authorization from the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) to offer its Genetic Screening Processor® (GSP) instrument and GSP Neonatal hTSH reagent kit. The [...]

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