May 7, 2014
Sparks, Maryland -- BD Diagnostics, a segment of leading global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), announced today the availability of the FDA-cleared BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel for use on the BD MAX System. The BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel is a qualitative IVD test detecting DNA from Campylobacter spp. [...]
May 7, 2014
Wellington, New Zealand and Carrboro, NC: Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, appoints LEAP Technologies as the Distributor for Spinsolve Benchtop NMR Spectrometers for the US and Canadian markets and forms a Partnership to develop automated solutions for the NMR products. LEAP Technologies was formed in Carrboro, NC in order to [...]
May 7, 2014
RENO, Nev. – Hamilton Robotics launches the Decapping Microlab® STAR Workstation, the first fully automated tube tracking, decapping and recapping workstation to offer up to eight decapping modules for safe and secure sample preparation. The manual process of opening and closing capped tubes slows research with labor-intensive steps and leaves room for errors. By incorporating [...]
BIOMAX INFORMATICS Longtime Customer KWS SAAT Extends Software License Agreement
May 7, 2014
PLANEGG, Germany -- Biomax Informatics AG and client KWS SAAT AG announce an extension of their software license agreement. KWS has licensed Biomax’s Pedant-Pro™ Sequence Analysis Suite to support their high-throughput analysis and annotation of plant and fungal sequences for many years. “In addition to the Pedant-Pro system’s broad range of functionality and diverse integrated [...]
May 7, 2014
ALAMEDA, Calif.-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX) announced today that its subsidiary LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a technology leader in online biomedical information, has created LifeMap Solutions, Inc., a medical technology startup focused on creating innovative mobile health (mHealth) products and services powered by biomedical and other personal big data. The initial planned product is envisioned to [...]
Changes to the Supervisory Board
May 7, 2014
Changes are taking place to the Supervisory Board of the Endress+Hauser Group. The Annual General Meeting elected Hans-Peter Endress, Thomas Kraus and Antonietta Pedrazzetti as new members of the Group’s controlling body. In turn, Dr George A Endress, Dr Hans Fünfschilling and Willi Ruesch have duly retired from the board. Klaus Endress, President of the [...]
First deals for high-speed screening of ion channel drug targets Biolin Scientific Holding AB
May 7, 2014
Ballerup, Denmark –- Sophion Bioscience (sophion.com), part of Biolin Scientific, has received its first purchase orders for its new high throughput screening platform from leading pharma companies. The Sophion Qube™ measures the effect of potential new drug candidates directly on ion channels in living cells. By a unique combination of high quality recordings and high [...]
Advanced Photonix Finalizes a Volume Purchase Agreement
May 7, 2014
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-- Advanced Photonix® (NYSE MKT: API), announced that it has completed a three year (extendable) purchase agreement with a major process control customer. The agreement provides the customer with defined market exclusivity dependent on minimum volume targets. Following on the heels of a multi-unit purchase, Advanced Photonix (API) has announced that it has [...]
Salmonella Species PCR Assay Offers Validated Method for Fast, Simple Detection of Food Pathogens
May 7, 2014
BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom -- Food microbiology laboratories can now confidently test to a recognized standard for Salmonella species with the Thermo Scientific SureTect Salmonella Species Assay, which has been granted an NF validation certificate by AFNOR Certification for all foods and pet food. The SureTect Salmonella species PCR Assay has proven to be comparable to [...]
Polysciences, Inc. Introduces Line of Cell Culture Bags
May 6, 2014
Warrington, PA -- Polysciences, Inc., an award-winning company specializing in the development and manufacturer of high purity chemicals and reagents for laboratory research, histology, tissue embedding, healthcare diagnostics and medical devices, introduces a new line of Cell Culture Bags that are simple-to-use, single-use devices for the culture, harvest and storage of cells. Constructed using a [...]

