EMD Millipore Announces Agreement with Precision Biologics, Inc. to Provide Upstream Process Development Services

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced an agreement for providing upstream process development services for Precision Biologics, Inc., a Texas-based clinical-stage biotechnology company, to advance a preclinical monoclonal antibody. The antibody, NEO-201, binds to a tumor-specific antigen found in several forms of cancer, offering therapeutic [...]

Rubicon Genomics Reports Robust 2014 Sales Growth

Ann Arbor, MI –– Rubicon Genomics, Inc., today reported that sales increased 28% in 2014, fueled by new product introductions and new agreements with distributors in Europe, North Africa, North America and Asia. Rubicon’s DNA library preparation products for arrays and Illumina® next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms include ThruPLEX®DNA-seq, PicoPLEXTM DNA-seq, PicoPLEX WGA kits and TransPLEX® [...]

ACEA Biosciences, Inc. Adds to its Leadership

SAN DIEGO, California -- 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 Michael Honeysett as Vice President of Global Commercialization. Mike Honeysett is a seasoned executive in the life science cellular analysis industry. He has created significant [...]

Horizon Discovery Group Selected as Core Facility by Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute

Cambridge, UK -- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced that it has been selected to act as a core facility by the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute (TDI). As a core facility, [...]

API and Luna Innovations Agree to Merge

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Advanced Photonix® (NYSE MKT: API), a leading supplier of optoelectronic sensors, devices, and test and measurement instrumentation for the telecommunications, defense, industrial, and medical markets and Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA), which develops and manufactures fiber optic sensing and test & measurement products for the telecommunications, aerospace, automotive, energy, and defense [...]

Merck Announces Personnel Changes in Finance Function

Darmstadt, Germany -- Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, today announced that Andreas Stickler (43) has been appointed as new Head of Controlling of the Healthcare Business Sector. Roman Morten Werth (38) will succeed Andreas Stickler in his current position as Head of Mergers [...]

Eppendorf wins its first patent infringement case in China

Hamburg -- Eppendorf AG (“Eppendorf”) has successfully enforced its Chinese patent ZL200710079795.X, covering its vortexing technology for mixers used in the Eppendorf MixMate®. Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court issued judgment Yi Zhong Min Chu Zi No. 871 on December 10, 2014, finding that the manufacturer Hangzhou Allsheng Instruments Co., Ltd. (“Allsheng”) and its distributor Beijing [...]

HiLyte™ Your Antibodies Using One Universal Reagent

Fremont, CA -- AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of a product line of recombinant Protein A, conjugated with HiLyte™ Fluor dyes or Biotin. This universal reagent can be used to detect antibodies from different species, such as human, rabbit, mouse, rat and others. Protein A is available as labeled with HiLyte™ Fluor 488 [...]

New England Biolabs® Introduces Novel Cloning and DNA Assembly Method: NEBuilder® HiFi

Ipswich, MA -- New England Biolabs (NEB®) announces the introduction of the NEBuilder HiFi DNA Assembly Cloning Kit and Master Mix for one-step cloning and multiple DNA fragment assembly in as little as 15 minutes. The novel, proprietary DNA polymerase in the NEBuilder HiFi enzyme mix results in extremely accurate fragment assemblies and cloning junctions, [...]

Affymetrix Chairman and Founder to Retire from Board of Directors

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that Founder and Chairman, Stephen Fodor, Ph.D., will retire from the company’s Board of Directors effective January 30, 2015. He has served on the Board since the Company’s inception, and has been Chairman since 1999. The Board of Directors elected Jami Nachtsheimas Chairwoman of the Company’s Board [...]

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