MKS ACQUIRES PRECISIVE, LLC

ANDOVER, Mass. -- MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announces the acquisition of Precisive, LLC, for $13 million in an all-cash transaction that closed yesterday. Precisive is an innovative developer of optical analyzers based on Tunable Filter Spectroscopy (TFS) which provide real-time gas analysis [...]

INTEGRA Biosciences Opens German Subsidiary

Following on from the successful launch of subsidiaries in France, the UK and the USA - INTEGRA Biosciences has announced the opening in January 2015 of a new organisation based in Konstanz, Germany. Leveraging an existing knowledgeable local sales and service team – INTEGRA Biosciences Deutschland GmbH was set up to market and provide top [...]

SCIENION US, Inc. receives ISO 13485 certification

Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA -- ISO 13485:2003 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer requirements and regulatory requirements applicable to medical devices and related services. "SCIENION had already earned a global reputation for producing very high [...]

Agilent Technologies Announces New CEO Mike McMullen

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Mike McMullen, president and chief operating officer of the company, has been elected chief executive officer by its board of directors, effective immediately. His appointment is part of Agilent's previously announced CEO transition plan. McMullen succeeds William (Bill) Sullivan, who becomes a company [...]

NanoString Technologies’ Prosigna Breast Cancer Assay Included in German Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines

SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that its Prosigna® Breast Cancer Assay is now acknowledged within the treatment guidelines of the German Association of Gynecological Oncology (AGO). In addition, under a recent decision by the German Joint Federal Committee (G-BA), [...]

CEM Launches Specialty Chemicals for Peptide Synthesis

(Matthews, North Carolina) -– CEM Corporation, a leading supplier of peptide synthesis solutions, is pleased to announce the formation of a new business: the Specialty Chemicals Division. The Specialty Chemicals Division will focus on offering unique proprietary products that provide an advantage for peptide synthesis. Initial offerings will include a breakthrough technology exclusively licensed by [...]

Neuroscience comes out of the Dark Age

UK -- Cell culture is a core activity of neuroscience and other life science research. Cultured cells are usually grown in the dark and are only exposed to light for brief periods. However, cells sometimes need to be exposed to prolonged periods and/or high intensities of light. Such techniques include fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS), [...]

Biolin Scientific strengthens EMEA sales team

Biolin Scientific is pleased to announce the hiring of Duncan Jarman for the role of Sales Manager EMEA, supporting the Sophion brand of ion channel screening instrumentation. Duncan has 14 years of experience supporting ion channel analysis and screening in a variety of roles including Product Management at Millipore and Business Management at Cytomyx. More [...]

Spectrum Releases New Catalog of Chemical Solutions and Reagents

New Brunswick, NJ -- Spectrum Chemical Mfg. Corp. (Spectrum) announced the print release of the 2015-2017 Chemical Solutions and Reagents catalog containing over 1,000 chemical test solutions and reagents. Included within the 208 page catalog are indicators, volumetric solutions, USP test solutions, APHA I ASTM I TAPPI test solutions and the ACS reagents used to [...]

Genedata Partners with Bayer Pharma AG on Innovative Workflow Platform for High-Throughput Cell Line Development

Basel, Switzerland -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced a collaboration with Bayer Pharma AG to develop a new workflow management system to support the automation of the Cell Line Development (CLD) process for mammalian cells used to produce biopharmaceuticals. Genedata's new CLD Data [...]

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