Hercules, CA — - Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announced today that Joel McComb has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. McComb has 25 years of life science and diagnostics business experience. Since mid-2010 he founded three technology companies in [...]

BERWYN, Pa.-- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the appointment of Kurtis L. Goos as Vice President and General Manager, Engineered Medical Components, within AMETEK's Engineered Materials, Interconnects and Packaging (EMIP) Division. "I am pleased that Kurt has joined AMETEK. He has extensive general management and business development experience, especially in the medical device industry, [...]

Cambridge, UK -- Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced its Horizon CombinatoRx division has been contracted by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC) to perform in vitro cell line screening of certain OPDC development candidate(s). Pursuant [...]

BERWYN, Pa.-- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that the Board of Directors has elected Robert J. Amodei as Vice President, Audit Services. He most recently has served as Director, Operational Accounting in AMETEK's Corporate Office. "I am pleased to announce Rob's promotion to Vice President, Audit Services. Rob has done an outstanding job for [...]

Goettingen, Germany -- ELISA-VIDITEST and IF-VIDITEST anti-HHV-6 kits are intended for serological diagnosis of diseases associated with HHV–6 infection, such as exanthema subitum, acute respiratory illnesses, diarrhoea with fever and febrile seizures in infants, heterophile antibody-negative infectious mononucleosis in children, also interstitial pneumonia, encephalitis, meningitis, hepatitis, and aplastic anemia in immunodeficient patients. The presence of [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has extended a co-marketing agreement with MRM Proteomics Inc., a leading provider of advanced protein quantitation, biomarker and proteomic services. The agreement expands on an existing collaboration established in 2012 and will allow both organizations to bolster their combined proteomics solutions, comprising reagent [...]

Torrance, CA -- Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces Zebron™ ZB-CLPesticides-1 and 2 for dual-column pesticide testing by GC/ECD (electron capture detection). This column set saves time and money for chlorinated pesticide testing commonly performed by environmental and drinking water testing labs, which [...]

Security professionals who are responsible for ensuring public safety by detecting, locating and identifying radiological threats can now simplify and accelerate their work using a new handheld radiation detector with nuclide identification capabilities. The instrument, the Thermo Scientific RadEye SPRD (Spectroscopic Personal Radiation Detector), builds on the success of previous generations of Thermo Scientific radiation [...]

Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Allerød, Denmark – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Unisensor, an innovator in the field of optical analysis of fluids for diagnostic applications in health care, as well as other industries. The Unisensor technology and team will strengthen Philips’ innovation capabilities [...]

Manchester, United Kingdom – Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, announces the launch of an industry-unique high resolution pharmaceutical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) capability. The facility is Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) compliant and available through Intertek’s existing centre of excellence for NMR spectroscopy and analytical services, located in Manchester, UK. The installation [...]