Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Animal Diagnostics Business Through Acquisition of Prionics AG

PAISLEY, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Prionics AG, a privately held animal health diagnostics company. Founded in 1997, Prionics is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and has a major production facility in Lelystad, the Netherlands. Prionics’ product line of more than [...]

PerkinElmer Announces Collaboration with Good Start Genetics to Provide Carrier Screening Tests to Broader Women’s Health Market

PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced a strategic agreement with Good Start Genetics®, Inc. to expand access to GoodStart Select™ genetic carrier screening tests beyond the in vitro fertilization (IVF) setting the broader women’s health community -- including obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) and [...]

Finesse Solutions Introduces SmartParts for Intelligent Universal Controllers

Santa Clara, California – Finesse Solutions, Inc, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life sciences process applications, announced the launch of its new SmartParts™ family of standalone pumps and control valves. SmartParts are the building blocks for Finesse’s next generation of bioreactor controllers and purification applications. These SmartParts™ are intelligent and universal, namely [...]

Alvotech and Finesse announce exciting Bio-Manufacturing collaboration

Reykjavik, Iceland – Alvotech, a powerful new player in the field of biopharmaceuticals and Finesse Solutions, Inc. („Finesse“), today announce that they have entered into a partnership that will provide Alvotech with world-class, scalable, flexible and cost-efficient manufacturing and laboratory technology through the Finesse turnkey SmartFactory® GMP manufacturing platform suite. SmartFactory® is a single-use cGMP [...]

Claremont BioSolutions, LLC Announces Issue of Key Patent

Upland, CA -- Claremont BioSolutions, LLC today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a foundational patent covering its SimplePrep™ micromotor?based rapid sample preparation technology. The patent, US 8,663,974, describes devices that are used to prepare samples for DNA analysis using low-cost vibration motors that are repurposed from the cell phone industry. [...]

Micromem Technologies Inc. and Entanglement Technologies, Inc.

TORONTO and NEW YORK -- Micromem Technologies Inc. ("Micromem") (CSE:MRM) (OTCBB:MMTIF) through its wholly owned subsidiary Micromem Applied Sensor Technologies Inc. (MAST), is pleased to announce they have executed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Entanglement Technologies Inc. www.entanglementtech.com, a California based research and development company, to Develop an Interwell Tracer In-line Field Hardened Sensor [...]

Empirical Bioscience to Increase Annual Production of MeanGreen Reagents to Meet Customer PCR Demand

Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Empirical Bioscience LLC intends to more than double the production of its MeanGreen reagents this year over last year to respond to strong demand from research institutions and universities. Company officials said labs that perform numerous polymerase chain reactions (PCR) are buying more of the master mixes because the products are [...]

Sysmex Enters into Clinical Research, Joint Development and Licensing Agreement with Merck Millipore

Sysmex Corporation (HQ: Kobe, Japan; Chairman and CEO: Hisashi Ietsugu) has entered into a clinical research, joint development and licensing agreement with Merck Millipore (HQ: Massachusetts, United States) involving Merck Millipore imaging flow cytometry technology. The aim of this collaboration is to use Merck Millipore’s flow cytometry technology as a platform to accelerate the creation [...]

Davis Instruments Introduces Intrinsically Safe pH and Conductivity Meters

Vernon Hills, IL -- The only explosion-proof portable pH and conductivity meters are now available from Davis Instruments. The intrinsically safe pH/mV meter and conductivity meter are Zone 0/1 ATEX approved for classified areas. These meters are ideal for monitoring petroleum and chemical manufacturing and also for taking measurements in hazardous settings. Both the pH [...]

Another First from TeraView!

Cambridge, UK – TeraView has secured the sale of its first machine into Africa with an order from the National Research Centre in Egypt. Selected for its quality, flexibility and ease of use, it is the first turn key terahertz unit in Africa and is an increasing sign of the globalization of the companies technology [...]

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