QIAGEN expands leadership in liquid biopsies with new circulating tumor cell technology for development of companion diagnostics

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

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

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 [...]

InstantLabs launches DNA-based Atlantic and Coho salmon SpeciesID test kits to combat seafood mislabeling

Baltimore, MD -- 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. [...]

Decision Sciences Awarded $2.1 Million U.S. Defense Department Contract for Portable Electronics Scanner

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Decision Sciences International Corporation (DSIC), an advanced technology provider of security and detection systems, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) to build a new type of portable-electronics scanner for threat detection. The contract has an estimated value [...]

Illumina Files Patent Infringement Suit in the United Kingdom Against Premaitha Health plc for Infringement of NIPT Patents

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Verinata Health Inc., (together "Illumina") have filed a patent infringement suit against Premaitha Health plc in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in the United Kingdom. Illumina is seeking all available remedies, including damages and injunctive relief. The [...]

ACEA Biosciences, Inc. Welcomes Lincoln C. Muir

San Diego, CA -- ACEA Biosciences, Inc., a pioneer in the development and commercialization of high performance, cutting edge cell analysis platforms for life science research, is pleased to announce Lincoln C. Muir as National Sales Director for the United States. Lincoln Muir is a 25 year veteran of the Life Sciences Industry where he [...]

SCIEX Announces OneOmics™ Collaborators

Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced collaborators in the OneOmics™ project, an exclusive partnership between Illumina and SCIEX that integrates SWATH™ Acquisition based next-generation proteomics (NGP) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) data on the BaseSpace® cloud computing environment. Advaita Bioinformatics, The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and researchers [...]

Horizon Discovery Group plc and Desktop Genetics Launch gUIDEbook Bioinformatics Software for CRISPR Gene Editing

Cambridge, UK -- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced the launch of gUIDEbook™, developed in collaboration with Desktop Genetics. gUIDEbook bioinformatics software has been designed to support researchers working with CRISPR genome editing. The software is free [...]

ENZO Biochem to Request Rehearing of Court of Appeals Decision

NEW YORK, NY -- Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) said today, acting upon advice of counsel, that it disagrees with the March 16, 2015 split 2-to-1 decision of the Court of Appeals sitting in panel for the Federal Circuit that reverses-in-part and vacates-in-part the judgment in Enzo’s favor that Applera Corp., now Life Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIFE), [...]

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