March 20, 2014
CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and WALTHAM, MA, USA –– GE Healthcare Life Sciences, (NYSE: GE), and NetBio announced today that an extensive developmental validation of DNAscan™ Rapid DNA Analysis™ System has commenced. The studies will evaluate the overall system from swab-in to profile-out, including the instrument, NetBio BioChipSet™ Cassette, STR chemistry, and data interpretation by [...]
March 20, 2014
Beijing, China, and Hilden, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the commercial launch in China of its QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube (QuantiFERON-TB), the pioneering blood test that accurately identifies people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). QuantiFERON-TB has become the test of choice around the world [...]
Nanounity and HybriScan Technologies Complete Agreement to Distribute SEM Raman Products
March 20, 2014
Santa Clara, CA -- Nanounity announces that it has entered into an agreement with HybriScan Technologies to distribute their Raman spectrometer designed for scanning electron microscopes (SEM). SEM Raman is a powerful combination of technologies providing high-resolution imaging and identification of chemical composition. The HybriScan Molecular Microscope (HSCMM) is a Raman microscope specifically developed to [...]
BioFire Defense NGDS Contract Award
March 20, 2014
Salt Lake City, UT -- BioFire Defense, LLC of Salt Lake City, UT announced today that it was awarded the Next Generation Diagnostic System (NGDS) Technology Development contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) after 12 months of competitive prototyping. The 8 year $240M biodefense program is managed by the Joint Program Executive Office’s [...]
SQI Diagnostics Signs Commercial Agreement with Global Pharma Customer
March 19, 2014
Toronto, Ontario -- SQI Diagnostics Inc. (TSX-V: SQD), a life sciences and diagnostics company that develops and commercializes proprietary technologies and products for advanced microarray diagnostics, today announced that it has expanded its previously announced product development relationship with a global pharmaceutical company (“Global Pharma 1”) to develop a custom multiplex test to support the [...]
Chiral Technologies Extends Its Line of High-Performance Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Columns
March 19, 2014
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -— Chiral Technologies announced the extension of its line of Daicel high-performance supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) chiral columns. These new optimized 3-mm internal diameter columns are packed with 3-micron immobilized or coated chiral stationary phases (CSPs). The availability of these new SFC columns will help researchers to fully utilize the latest SFC [...]
Erlab Partners With Labconco to Deliver a State-of-the-art Filtered Fume Hood
March 19, 2014
Rowley, MA and Kansas City, MO -- Erlab, the experts in air filtration for the protection of laboratory personnel, and Labconco, expert in fume hood technology and manufacturer of laboratory equipment since 1925, announce an OEM partnership in which Labconco integrates GreenFumeHood Technology - the patented, superior filtration system that brings the filtered fume hood [...]
March 19, 2014
Tokyo, Japan -- Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Smart Sample Loading System for use on its ZSX Primus wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometers. The Smart Sample Loading System has been developed in response to market needs for higher unattended throughput and improved accuracy of data transmission to reduce [...]
Dr. Michael A. Luther Joins Transgenomic’s Board of Directors
March 19, 2014
OMAHA, Neb.-- Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO), a global biotechnology company advancing personalized medicine in cardiology, oncology, and inherited diseases through diagnostic tests as well as clinical and research services, today announced the appointment of Michael A. Luther, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Luther will also become a member of the Board’s audit committee. [...]
LabAnswer and Kona DataSearch Announce Partnership
March 19, 2014
HOUSTON, TEXAS — LabAnswer, Inc. and Kona DataSearch Corporation (Nashua, NH) jointly announced today that they have entered into a working relationship that will allow R&D clients with enterprise scientific and non-scientific search challenges to have a partner that understands their knowledge management and data access requirements. "We’ve identified Kona DataSearch as Subject Matter Experts [...]
