TAP Biosystems Group plc shareholders approve Sartorius’ takeover offer

GOETTINGEN, Germany -- The shareholders of UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc approved Sartorius’ takeover offer at the shareholder meetings held yesterday. The cash offer made through Sartorius’ wholly-owned subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH valued TAP Biosystems Group plc at approximately €33 million. The transaction is expected to close at the end of 2013. The [...]

Horizon Discovery and AstraZeneca win “Licensing Deal of the Year” at Scrip Awards 2013

Cambridge, UK -- Horizon Discovery (Horizon) has won “Licensing Deal of the Year” at the Scrip Awards 2013, for their agreement with AstraZeneca to explore Horizon’s first-in-class kinase target program HD-001 as a means of developing novel therapies for multiple cancer types. The Scrip Awards are highly prestigious, recognizing excellence in both pharma and biotech [...]

Instem Acquires Perceptive Instruments; Leader in Image Analysis and Data Management Solutions

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA - Instem, a leading provider of IT solutions to the global early development healthcare market, announced today that it has acquired Perceptive Instruments (“Perceptive”) as it continues to consolidate the life sciences IT marketplace. Located in Suffolk, United Kingdom, Perceptive develops, manufactures and supplies image analysis and data processing solutions that are primarily [...]

Cedar Crest College Awarded Significant Grant from the National Science Foundation

Allentown, PA -- The National Science Foundation awarded a $186,032 grant to Cedar Crest College that will give biology students the opportunity to work with top-of-the-line instrumentation, providing a competitive edge in the marketplace post-graduation. Associate Professor and Director of the Genetic Engineering Program, K. Joy Karnas, Ph.D., and Associate Professor and Director of the [...]

Ocean Optics Launches STS-UV Microspectrometer

Dunedin, Florida, USA – Designed for integration into spectroscopy instrumentation, medical devices, process monitoring and other applications where a small footprint is desired, the STS-UV Microspectrometer from Ocean Optics is a compact yet high-performance spectrometer. Measuring just 40 mm x 42 mm and 24 mm high, this product is optimized for applications in the ultraviolet [...]

Kaiser Optical Systems: Endress+Hauser completes acquisition

Endress+Hauser will acquire US company Kaiser Optical Systems. Regulatory authorities in the United States have approved the former parent company, Rockwell Collins, to complete the transaction already announced in August. The acquisition is effective from 22 November 2013. Kaiser Optical Systems is a world leader in spectrographic instrumentation and applied holographic technology. Principal products include [...]

METTLER TOLEDO launches new microgram weights Combined with unique calibration service from the UK’s NMO

Columbus, OH -- METTLER TOLEDO is proud to announce the launch of a brand new range of microgram weights with nominal values from 0.05 mg to 0.5 mg. The microgram weights will allow National Measurement Institutes and customers with specialized nanotechnology applications to use the direct comparison method to verify weight values below 1 mg. [...]

Agilent Technologies Authorizes New Share Repurchase Program and Increases Quarterly Dividend by 10 Percent

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a new share repurchase program, effective upon the conclusion of the company's existing $1 billion repurchase program. The new repurchase program is designed to reduce or eliminate dilution resulting from issuances of stock under the company's employee [...]

Arrayit Corporation Announces Microarray Platform Sale to Leading Laboratory in Israel

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB:ARYC), a life sciences and molecular diagnostics leader, announces today that the Company has sold a $129,548 NanoPrint™ LM60 Enterprise Level Microarray Printer to a leading research laboratory in Tel Aviv, Israel. Arrayit NanoPrint™ instruments enable microarray manufacturing in a high-throughput and highly automated manner using advanced linear drive motion [...]

OraSure Technologies Announces New Agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific for Development and Distribution of Fully Automated Oral Fluid Drugs of Abuse Assays

BETHLEHEM, Pa. –– OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher), to develop and supply up to 12 homogenous fully automated oral fluid drugs of abuse assays to be used with a new Intercept® oral fluid specimen collection device. OraSure will have the right to [...]

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