VIROCYT AND I&L BIOSYSTEMS LAUNCH VIRUS COUNTER® 3100 AT THE WORLD VACCINE CONGRESS IN BRUSSELS

BOULDER, CO –- ViroCyt, LLC, the leader in rapid virus quantification, announced today that, in partnership with I&L Biosystems GmbH, it is formally launching the Virus Counter® 3100 in Europe at the World Vaccine Congress to be held October 13-15 in Brussels, Belgium. “The Virus Counter 3100 is the marquee analytical tool for quickly quantifying [...]

Brooks Automation Acquires FluidX, a Leading Provider of Consumables and Instruments Used for Biological Sample Storage

CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it has acquired FluidX Ltd. FluidX, headquartered near Manchester, England, is a provider of biological sample storage tubes and complementary bench-top instruments. The company was acquired for a cash payment equal to approximately $16 million. "FluidX is an important building block for Brooks Life Science [...]

AMETEK Completes Agreement on Private Placement of $700 Million in Senior Notes

BERWYN, Pa. -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell $700 million in Senior Notes in a private placement with institutional investors at a weighted average interest rate of 3.88%. There are three funding dates for the Senior Notes. The first funding occurred on September 30, 2014 for [...]

New Automated Sample Preparation System

Uppsala, Sweden -– Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, announces the launch of the new Biotage® Extrahera™, an automated system for the processing of Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) and Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) methods in both plate and column formats – making the system [...]

Cepheid Extends Reach Of Direct US Commercial Operations

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced that, effective today, it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the customer relationships from its former distribution partner, the Laboratory Supply Company (LABSCO). LABSCO has partnered with Cepheid since early 2012 to drive adoption of the GeneXpert® System in US hospitals with fewer than 150 beds, [...]

Itemiser®DX explosives trace detector (ETD) has been qualified by Transport Canada for air cargo screening

WILMINGTON, MA -- Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced the desktop Itemiser®DX explosives trace detector (ETD) has been qualified by Transport Canada for air cargo screening. As a result of this approval, the seventh by a global regulatory agency, Itemiser DX is now available for the quick, accurate detection of explosives at [...]

Stemgent Sells the Stem Cell Reagent and Services Business Unit

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Stemgent Inc. announced today that it has completed the sale of its stem cell reagents and services business to ReproCELL in a cash transaction for approximately $8.5 million. Stemgent is selling the stem cell reagent and services business in order to focus on expanding its human tissue-based brand, Asterand Biosciences. Asterand has [...]

Bitplane brings Voloom to the wider Life Sciences market

Belfast, Northern Ireland -- Bitplane, an Oxford Instruments company and microDimensions today announce a partnership to bring Voloom®, from microDimensions, to the wider life sciences market via the Bitplane sales channels. Voloom is an intuitive and automated software solution for the alignment and reconstruction of whole slide scanner images (and other series of 2D images) [...]

Neogen acquires BioLumix

LANSING, Mich. -- Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that, effective Sept. 30, it has acquired all the outstanding stock of BioLumix, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based manufacturer and marketer of automated systems for the detection of microbial contaminants. The BioLumix business will be consolidated with Neogen's closely related Soleris® technology, which is widely used [...]

Bio-Rad Appoints John Goetz as Chief Operating Officer and Announces Other Executive Appointments

HERCULES, CA -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) and (NYSE: BIO.B), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced the recent appointment of Mr. John Goetz as Chief Operating Officer. In his new role Mr. Goetz is responsible for all operating functions of the company on a global basis, including [...]

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