Leica EM Cryo CLEM Features the World’s First Cryo CLEM Objective
March 19, 2015
Vienna, Austria -- Leica Microsystems launches Leica EM Cryo CLEM, a system that facilitates correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM). In CLEM, the sample is studied under the fluorescence light microscope and the electron microscope. The system allows rapid screening of large areas and fast determination of regions of interest which can then be quickly [...]
March 19, 2015
HILDEN, Germany, and REDWOOD CITY, California -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a commercial agreement with GATC Biotech to provide GATC clients full access to QIAGEN’s Ingenuity® Variant AnalysisTM solution for analysis and interpretation of genetic data. GATC is one of Europe’s leading providers of DNA and RNA sequencing services [...]
VWR Corporation Prices Its 4.625% Senior Notes Due 2022
March 19, 2015
Radnor, PA -- VWR Corporation (the "Company") (NASDAQ: VWR) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, VWR Funding, Inc. (the "Issuer"), priced its private offering of €503.8 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.625% senior notes due 2022 (the "Notes"). The Company anticipates that the closing of the offering will take place on or [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Roche
March 19, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and Technology company, announced today it signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY). The agreement pairs Roche'shigh-quality Biochemical Reagents product portfolio with the industry-leading eCommerce and supply chain capabilities of Sigma-Aldrich. Under the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich will employ its [...]
IonField Systems Launches New Products at SLAS 2015
March 19, 2015
Moorestown, NJ -- IonField Systems launched a series of new, innovative products at SLAS 2015 in Washington DC, February 7-11, that allow the reuse and recycling of life science consumables. The PlasmaKnife plasma cleaning system, a breakout, first-in-class product for renewal of standard and specialty microplates, was introduced as an early adopter program. The entirely [...]
March 19, 2015
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today a global distribution agreement for its Biochemical Reagents product portfolio with Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL). These products include kits and enzymes for cellular analysis, proteomics and conventional PCR applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Aldrich will acquire exclusive rights for worldwide distribution of these products. Roche [...]
March 19, 2015
CLEVELAND -- GenomOncology LLC announced today that Children's National Health System has launched a clinical sequencing program that is utilizing GenomOncology's GO Clinical Workbench™. The workflow of the GO Clinical Workbench has been extended to address the needs of the constitutional pediatrics market. Seeing the need to internalize testing, Dr. Sean Hofherr, Director of Molecular [...]
Promega PowerQuant™ System Enables More Informed Casework Decisions
March 19, 2015
MADISON, WISCONSIN -- Promega PowerQuant™ System Enables More Informed Casework Decisions Promega Corporation announces the release of the PowerQuant™ System, a probe-based 4-target, 5-dye real-time PCR method. The system allows laboratories to determine human and male DNA concentrations in a sample, assess the integrity of the DNA sample and detect possible PCR inhibitors in approximately [...]
March 18, 2015
Madrid, Spain and Heidelberg, Germany -– SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard) today announced a distribution agreement with SOPACHEM for the commercialization of the TruePrime™ product family developed by SYGNIS and designed for whole genome amplification (WGA) in Belgium. Under the terms of the agreement, SOPACHEM will promote, market, sell and support TruePrime™ [...]
March 18, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D., president of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective in July. Dr. Podolsky's appointment increases Agilent's board to 10 members. "We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Podolsky to [...]

