August 5, 2014
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostic products, today announced that it has received market approval from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), clearing the company to market its Prosigna™ Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay for assessing a woman's risk of [...]
GenoLogics Announces Availability of Clarity LIMS 3.1
August 5, 2014
Victoria, B.C. — GenoLogics Life Sciences Software, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) specifically designed for omics labs, announced the availability of Clarity LIMS 3.1. In addition to providing support for HIPAA-covered entities, Clarity LIMS extends its toolset for labs working with patient populations with features that support clinical compliance. Version 3.1 [...]
SeraCare Expands Women’s Health Portfolio with New ACCURUN® Controls
August 5, 2014
MILFORD, Mass. -- SeraCare Life Sciences, a provider of high-quality biological materials that help optimize diagnostic performance, reliability and repeatability across the IVD lifecycle, today announced the launch of two new ACCURUN® products – the first HPV mRNA positive and Ct/Ng negative controls for the company. "Today women's health assays present unique sample challenges which [...]
August 5, 2014
Boston, MA –– Andrew Alliance announced today that the Company will be opening up a Boston office in Copley Square. The Company also announced the closing of a series B financing round from Omega Funds, a leading global healthcare fund specializing in late stage life science investments. The Omega investment will enable Andrew Alliance to [...]
Spring Mountain Capital, LP Leads Investment in IsoPlexis Corporation
August 5, 2014
New York, NY -- Spring Mountain Capital, LP, a New York-based investment management firm, announced today that its private equity group structured and led a growth equity investment in IsoPlexis Corporation. IsoPlexis has developed a break-through single cell immunoassay and related software that provides in-depth understanding of immune and cancer cells. The Company’s advanced cell [...]
Simulations Plus Releases ADMET Predictor Version 7.1
August 5, 2014
LANCASTER, Calif. -- Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of consulting services and software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that it has released version 7.1 of its best-in-class ADMET Predictor™ molecular property prediction software. “Industry scientists increasingly prefer automating analyzing and reporting scientific data. KNIME is an open automation platform whose [...]
AMETEK announces two acquisitions
August 5, 2014
BERWYN, PA -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has completed two acquisitions: AMPTEK, Inc., a privately held provider of x-ray detectors used to identify the composition of materials using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) within the metal, environmental monitoring, petrochemical, semiconductor and research markets. Headquartered in Bedford, MA, Amptek provides instrumentation and detectors used [...]
Rigaku launches the XtaLAB PRO series of single crystal X-ray diffraction HPAD-based systems
August 5, 2014
Tokyo, Japan -- Rigaku Corporation today announces the release of a new product line for single crystal diffraction. The XtaLAB PRO series is designed around hybrid pixel array detector (HPAD) technology, a technology that produces the best possible single crystal diffraction data available today. At the core of the system is the Dectris PILATUS 200K [...]
August 5, 2014
Tokyo, Japan -- Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its confocal image single-cell drug discovery support system has been selected for the Japan Science and Technology Agency's (JST) next-generation technology transfer program (NexTEP). NexTEP was created to promote efforts by companies to find practical applications for the technologies (including those covered by patents) and research findings [...]
August 4, 2014
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has released the OneSight high-speed detector for use with its XRD-6100/7000 X-ray diffractometers. The OneSight achieves high-sensitivity analysis, more than 100 times higher than scintillation detectors. The silicon detector features 1,280 channels, which enables a wide range of diffraction angles to be measured at once for higher throughput. By using specified diffraction [...]

