Microplate Instruments Simplify Performance, Maximize Results for ELISA Applications

WALTHAM, Mass.-- Microplate photometer and microplate strip washer provide a simple, modular solution to maximize results for routine enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) applications in diagnostic, as well as quality control laboratories. The Thermo Scientific Multiskan FC (IVD model) and Wellwash (IVD model) microplate instruments now conform to the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive 98/79/EC and [...]

Agilent Technologies Expands Catalog of SureFISH Break-Apart Probes

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced SureFISH ALK, ROS1 and RET break-apart translocation probes, expanding its offering of oligonucleotide-based fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) products. Agilent now offers more than 450 FISH probes The majority of FISH probes available on the market use BAC technology. BAC probes target repeat regions, [...]

Terumo BCT Releases Software 2 for Quantum Cell Expansion System

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Terumo BCT has released updated software for the Quantum system as part of its ongoing goal to aid cell therapy companies and research organizations in current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and compliance with Part 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). KEY FACTS ABOUT QUANTUM SOFTWARE 2.0 •Automates traditional manual reporting [...]

BD Joins National Patient Safety Foundation Corporate Council, Furthers Commitment to Safety

Franklin Lakes, NJ and Boston, MA –– BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced it has joined the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Corporate Council. The membership will enable BD to work alongside the Foundation and its constituent groups, including healthcare providers, other service and product providers, [...]

Utrecht University Appoints Makarov Professor of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

UTRECHT, The Netherlands –The Executive Board of Utrecht University, by special appointment, named Alexander Makarov, Ph.D, professor of high resolution mass spectrometry at the Bijvoet Center of the Department of Chemistry. Makarov is Director of Global Research, Life Science Mass Spectrometry (LSMS) for Thermo Fisher Scientific. “I hope this appointment will become a bridge that [...]

Chiral Technologies Announces i-CHIRAL 4

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Chiral Technologies announced today the availability of i-CHIRAL 4, a set of four Daicel 3-µm immobilized CSPs – CHIRALPAK® IA, IB, IC and ID – packed in columns of 4.6 mm internal diameter and 150 mm long. This combination of columns will raise method development success rates to greater than 89 [...]

Kem-En-Tec Diagnostics A/S, to Participate in MEDICA 2013, Featuring Environmentally-Friendly Immunoassay Reagent Product Line, ECO-TEK™

NEW YORK -- Kem-En-Tec Diagnostics, a world leader in developing environmentally safe, technologically advanced, and ready-to-use components for immunoassays, announced today that the company will be presenting at MEDICA 2013, in Düsseldorf, Germany November 20-23, 2013. Kem-En-Tec Diagnostics is also celebrating the company’s 25th Anniversary during its participation at the largest medical exhibition in the [...]

RainDance RainDrop System Proven to be Industry’s Most Precise Digital PCR Platform for Measuring Chromosomal Copy Number Variation

BILLERICA, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has added a High-Precision Chromosomal Copy Number Variation (CNV) Measurement application to its industry-leading RainDrop™ Digital PCR System. The latest application provides researchers with a simple and highly accurate method of detecting low frequency chromosomal CNVs and trisomy events from circulating tumor cells or cell-free [...]

QIAGEN offers clinical labs early access to new Ingenuity solution for streamlined interpretation of patient sequencing data

PHOENIX, Arizona; REDWOOD CITY, California; and HILDEN, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced it has begun enrolling molecular diagnostics laboratories in an Early Access Program to complete the development of a new web-based solution to deliver faster, easier-to-use and high-confidence clinical interpretation and reporting of observed gene variants in [...]

Maverix Biomics Forms Strategic Co-Marketing Alliance with QIAGEN

PHOENIX -- Maverix Biomics Inc., today announced at the Association of Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2013 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona that the company has signed a non-exclusive strategic co-marketing agreement with QIAGEN to streamline the interpretation of raw next-generation sequencing (NGS) data into meaningful and actionable insights. The Maverix Analytic Platform will complement QIAGEN's sample-to-insight [...]

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