Ultra completes acquisition of Forensic Technology
May 14, 2014
On 28 April 2014 Ultra announced that it had agreed to acquire Forensic Technology WAI Inc (“Forensic Technology”) for an initial cash consideration of CAD $94m, with additional payments of up to $6m being made subject to earnings growth over the next two years. The transaction was subject to US regulatory approval process. Ultra now [...]
Aushon Expands Technology Portfolio for Biomarker Analysis
May 14, 2014
Billerica, Mass. — — Aushon BioSystems, a leading provider of products and services for multiplex quantitative detection of protein biomarkers, today announced that it has continued to build its patent portfolio with the issuance of three new patents. Two of the patents relate to technology innovations utilized in the fabrication of multiplex protein panels commercialized [...]
Joint Effort to Expand Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry Applications Formed
May 14, 2014
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific and Evans Analytical Group team up to apply pulsed GDMS to analysis of non-conductive materials, depth profiling. Scientists analyzing non-conductive, high-purity materials will soon be able to apply powerful high-resolution glow discharge mass spectrometry (GDMS) to this task. This will open the technique, for example, to analysis of [...]
Anton Paar Viscosity Method Accepted Into ASTM Diesel Fuel Specifications
May 14, 2014
Ashland, Virginia -- In December 2013, ASTM welcomed a new form of viscosity testing into the Diesel Fuel Specifications- D7042. This viscosity method for testing diesel fuel according to the ASTM specifications D975 can only be performed using a Stabinger Viscometer. As a result of this new specification, Anton Paar’s SVM 3000 Stabinger Viscometer is [...]
Bespoke instrumentation and custom manufacturing from Bibby Scientific
May 14, 2014
Staffordshire, UK: When facing the unique requirements of the scientific, industrial and healthcare sectors, sometimes something more than an off-the-shelf solution is required. Bibby Scientific designs and manufacturers a diverse selection of bespoke equipment, with each instrument specifically tailored to meet the needs of individual customers. By using its own proven designs as a basis [...]
May 14, 2014
Xuri™ IL-2 is a dedicated cell therapy ancillary product for the ex vivo cultivation of T-lymphocytes. Xuri IL-2’s defined level of biological activity removes the need for revalidation of each lot and strongly improves reproducibility, thereby minimizing process development time and improving scale out capacity. Xuri IL-2 features low endotoxin levels (
Genevac Consolidate Evaporator & Freeze Dryer Sales Channels in the UK
May 14, 2014
Biopharma Process Systems (www.biopharma.co.uk ) have successfully distributed SP Scientific's Virtis and FTS freeze drying products for over 20 years. Ian Bailey, who has been Genevac Senior Sales Executive in the UK for over 10 years, will be transferring to BPS, taking his many years’ experience with him to his new role. Alison Wake, Marketing [...]
May 13, 2014
CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- GE Healthcare Life Sciences(NYSE: GE) and German oligonucleotide manufacturer BioSpring GmbH announced today that BioSpring has selected and installed GE Healthcare Life Sciences' OligoProcess, a fully automated oligonucleotide synthesizer, as a core element of its state-of-the-art production facility in Frankfurt. Oligonucleotides are short sequences of DNA or [...]
May 13, 2014
CARLSBAD, Calif.-- Researchers can now simultaneously analyze samples for multiple genetic markers of interest in a single qPCR reaction with a set of new Life Technologies TaqMan multiplex reagents. The solutions are designed to reduce the cost of analysis and preserve starting material for applications such as plant genotyping or pathogen detection. “[In a clinical [...]
May 13, 2014
HAMPSTEAD, LONDON and MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Anthony Nolan, the UK blood cancer charity, and Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) announced today that Anthony Nolan is the world's first stem cell registry to invest in an innovative new technology for advanced tissue typing.1 The charity, which led the way 40 years ago when it [...]
