WuXi PharmaTech Acquires NextCODE Health to Create Global Leader in Genomic Medicine
January 9, 2015
SHANGHAI -- WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries with operations in China and the United States, announces that it has acquired NextCODE Health, a leading genomic analysis and bioinformatics company with operations in the United States and Iceland, [...]
Meridian Opens a New Office in Beijing, China
January 9, 2015
CINCINNATI -- Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Meridian Life Science, Inc. (MLS) has opened a new office in Beijing, China. The office is located on Chang-An Avenue (close to Tiananmen Square and government offices) on the 15th floor in the New China Life Insurance (NCI) Tower Center, in [...]
Meridian Opens a New Office in Beijing, China
January 9, 2015
CINCINNATI -- Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Meridian Life Science, Inc. (MLS) has opened a new office in Beijing, China. The office is located on Chang-An Avenue (close to Tiananmen Square and government offices) on the 15th floor in the New China Life Insurance (NCI) Tower Center, in [...]
January 8, 2015
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that the African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) is the 2015 recipient of the Agricultural Greater Good Initiative grant. African Orphan Crops Consortium plans to use the grant of Illumina reagents and consumables to further its work studying the genetic diversity of 100 different species of African [...]
NanoString Technologies Provides Update on 2014 Operational and Preliminary Financial Results
January 8, 2015
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today provided an update on operational and preliminary financial results for the year ended December 31, 2014. Financial Highlights include: Total revenue for 2014 is expected to be in the range of $47.0 to $48.0 million, [...]
University of Michigan Appoints DNASTAR Exclusive Commercial I-TASSER Software Provider
January 8, 2015
MADISON, Wisconsin –– DNASTAR® announced today that it has been appointed by the University of Michigan as the exclusive provider of the award-winning I-TASSER structure prediction software to commercial entities worldwide. DNASTAR, which has had broad rights to distribute the I-TASSER software since 2012, will now be the sole authorized commercial distributor. The I-TASSER algorithms [...]
January 8, 2015
HILDEN, Germany, and GERMANTOWN, Maryland -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it had exceeded its goal for 250 new placements of the QIAsymphony modular automation solution in 2014, bringing the total number of cumulative placements to more than 1,250 at year-end. QIAGEN also announced its fifth U.S. regulatory decision [...]
MAAZ Standardizes on Industry Leading Informatics Solution
January 8, 2015
PHILADELPHIA -- Mohammad Abdullah Al Azzaz Company Limited (MAAZ) has implemented Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS, the leading Informatics solution for process industries worldwide, to enhance the services offered through the company’s contract testing laboratories. MAAZ, an ISO 17025:2005-approved laboratory by IAS U.S.A., is a strategic partner to key contractors in the Middle East focused on [...]
Horizon Discovery Group plc Acquires Haplogen Genomics GmbH
January 8, 2015
Cambridge, UK and Vienna, Austria -- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon" or the "Company"), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has agreed to acquire Haplogen Genomics GmbH, a biotechnology company based in Vienna, Austria [...]
Harvard Bioscience Acquires All Operations of HEKA Electronik
January 8, 2015
HOLLISTON, Mass. -- Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of equipment, instruments and solutions to advance life science, has acquired all of the operations of HEKA Elektronik, or HEKA, a privately held biomedical instrumentation and software business with headquarters in Germany, for a total of approximately $6 [...]

