Sartorius to Sell Its Industrial Technologies Division to Minebea Co., Ltd

Goettingen -- Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment provider, is selling its Industrial Technologies Division (Intec) to the Japanese Minebea Co., Ltd. (Minebea) and their partner, the Development Bank of Japan Inc. The respective contract was signed today. The sales price will be determined as a multiple of the Intec division’s 2014 operating [...]

Bina Technologies Acquired by Roche

Calif.-- Bina Technologies, Inc. (Bina, Redwood City, CA, USA) announced today that they have been acquired by Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY). Bina Technologies1,2 is a privately held company that provides a big data platform for centralized management and processing of next generation sequencing (NGS) data for the academic and translational research markets. Bina [...]

Pacific Biosciences Appoints Kathy Ordonez to Board of Directors

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, today announced that it has appointed industry veteran Kathy Ordoñez to its Board of Directors. Ordoñez has a 30 year history of leadership in the life sciences and diagnostics industries, including positions as Senior Vice President of [...]

Portable gas analyzer series wins the German Design Award 2015

The PG-300 series, a lineup of portable gas analyzers, won the German Design Award 2015, one of the most prestigious design awards in the world. Overview of the award-winning product series The PG-300 Series of portable analyzers are used to measure the concentrations of gas constituents in exhaust flue gas resulting from combustion processes and [...]

Exiqon launches two new Research Use Only kits for PCR analysis of colon cancer samples.

Copenhagen -- Exiqon A/S today launched the miRSIGN™ miR-21 Oncogene assay, a Research Use Only kit for measuring miR-21 levels in relation to two reference microRNAs in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples, and the miRSIGN™ Colon Cancer assay, a Research Use Only kit for determining the presence of cancer cells in FFPE colon tissue samples. [...]

Edinburgh Instruments is pleased to announce the appointment of James Murray-Brown as Financial Controller

Livingston, UK -- Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is pleased to announce the appointment of James Murray-Brown as Financial Controller. James joins Edinburgh Instruments from Cummins Diesel and GlaxoSmithKline. Mark Vosloo, CEO of Edinburgh Instruments comments “We are pleased to have James join our team. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will hold EI [...]

Morpho’s Itemiser® 4DX Receives ECAC Approval for Explosives Screening

PARIS, FRANCE -- Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced the Itemiser® 4DX explosives trace detector (ETD) has successfully completed European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Common Evaluation Process (CEP). As a result, Itemiser 4DX is now approved for airport screening of passengers and baggage throughout ECAC's 44 member nations. Built on the industry-leading [...]

International Stem Cell Corporation Wins EU Patent Ruling

CARLSBAD, CA -- International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCQB: ISCO), a California-based biotechnology company developing novel stem cell-based therapies and biomedical products, announced today that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the European Union's highest court, has ruled in favor of the Company and that the Company's core technology patent applications are not [...]

CARBOLITE and GERO become CARBOLITE-GERO

Neuhausen –- Carbolite GmbH, the German sales organization of the British company Carbolite Ltd., and Gero Hochtemperaturöfen GmbH & Co. KG will merge to form a new company - Carbolite-Gero GmbH & Co. KG - on 1 January 2015. This company will provide a portfolio of furnaces and ovens which covers a temperature range from [...]

Micromeritics Introduces the ASAP 2020 Plus

Micromeritics’ ASAP 2020 Plus integrates a variety of automated gas sorption techniques into a single, research-grade, table-top instrument. The system is designed to provide high-quality surface area, porosity, and chemisorption data to materials analysis laboratories. The ASAP 2020 Plus is configurable with many optional accessories and features in a platform that can be expanded with [...]

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