Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches LC-MS-Based Class I Medical Devices

CHICAGO -- Clinical laboratories now have access to a new high-performance liquid chromatograph, mass spectrometer and LC-MS software designed and manufactured as FDA Class I devices to be components of laboratory-developed tests for analyzing patient samples. The Thermo Scientific Prelude MD HPLC utilizes TurboFlow technology to reduce manual sample clean-up steps and variability. The instrument [...]

ZEISS Launches Mineral Analysis Solution for Mining Industry

JENA/Germany -- Today, ZEISS launches Mineralogic Mining to provide fully quantitative evaluation during ore exploration, recovery and tailings-control processes. The new solution will enable the mining industry to maximize the recovery of natural resources. ZEISS Mineralogic Mining combines a mineral analysis engine with a scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive spectrometers to provide automated analysis, [...]

Bio-Rad Introduces SureBeads™ Magnetic Bead Immunoprecipitation System

Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced that it has launched its SureBeads Magnetic Bead System, which provides researchers with a faster and easier alternative to agarose beads for immunoprecipitation for as low as half the price of other available magnetic bead systems. Benefits include reduced antibody consumption and [...]

New Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Assays on the BD Viper™ LT System Receive FDA 510k Clearance

BALTIMORE -- BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), (NYSE: BDX) announced today it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the BD ProbeTec™ Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) Qx Amplified DNA Assay and the BD ProbeTec™ Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) Qx Amplified DNA Assay on the BD Viper™ LT [...]

QIAGEN and AstraZeneca collaborate to develop liquid biopsy-based companion diagnostic to advance EGFR mutation profiling in lung cancer patients

Hilden, Germany, and London, U.K. -– QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a collaboration agreement with AstraZeneca PLC (LSE, NYSE and OMX: AZN) for the co-development and commercialization of a liquid biopsy-based companion diagnostic to be paired with IRESSA, AstraZeneca’s targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The project builds on [...]

ProteinSimple Says “Never Run a Gel Again!”

Santa Clara, California -- ProteinSimple announced today that it has launched a total protein assay for the Simple Western. This new assay allows users to detect all proteins separated in the assay simultaneously. For the first time, Simple Western users can analyze proteins without the need for an antibody. The Simple Western has changed protein [...]

Leica Microsystems’ App on Confocal Microscopy Available for iPad

Mannheim, Germany. Leica Microsystems launched the “Confocal” iPad app, which introduces researchers and students of the life sciences to confocal methods and technologies, and provides a bandwidth of articles that ranges from basic knowledge to advanced applications. It also serves as a compact source for product information. The app is interactively linked to Leica Science [...]

New Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Assays on the BD Viper™ LT System Receive CE/IVD Marking

Baltimore, MD -- BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today that it has achieved CE/IVD marking for the BD ProbeTec™ Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) Qx Amplified DNA Assay and the BD ProbeTec™ Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) Qx Amplified DNA Assay on the BD Viper™ LT System. The BD Viper LT System is [...]

Viewpoint Laboratories to bundle Dark Reader transilluminators with new Polaroid Gel Camera systems

PUTNAM, Conn. -- Viewpoint Laboratories, LLC, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Clare Chemical Research, Inc., that enables Viewpoint Laboratories to sell Clare Chemical's Dark Reader blue LED transilluminator (model DR22A) in combination packages with Viewpoint's new Polaroid Z2300 Instant Print Digital Gel Camera Enclosure throughout the United States. Viewpoint Laboratories' [...]

Malvern Instruments completes acquisition of MicroCal and announces purchase of Archimedes product from Affinity Biosensors

Malvern Instruments Ltd (Malvern, UK) has today announced that it has completed the acquisition of MicroCal from GE Healthcare Life Sciences and has also purchased the Archimedes particle characterization system from Affinity Biosensors LLC (Santa Barbara, CA). Both of these developments extend Malvern’s portfolio of analytical solutions for the rapidly advancing biopharmaceutical industry. The agreement [...]

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