Biocartis and VIB join forces to develop unique diagnostic cancer test

Mechelen (Belgium)/Lausanne (Switzerland) -- Biocartis and VIB announced their exclusive license agreement on a novel panel of microsatellite instability (MSI) biomarkers for several cancers, in particular colorectal cancer (CRC). This agreement will enable Biocartis to develop a unique and user-friendly assay, whereby MSI biomarkers can simply and rapidly be detected by Biocartis’ molecular diagnostics platform [...]

Manufacturing Site in Suzhou City, China Relocated to New Building, and Operations Started — Boosting Production Capacity and Production Efficiency to Expand Business Scale

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) has built a new factory in Suzhou City, the People’s Republic of China (China) and has completed the relocation of Hitachi Instrument (Suzhou), Ltd. (CEO: Osamu Ohno; Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China; HIS), a 100%-owned manufacturing subsidiary of Hitachi High-Tech, to the new building. The construction of the [...]

Field Forensics Introduces Small, Portable and Fast Thin Layer Chromatography Unit for Analysis of Drugs and Explosives Mixtures

St. Petersburg, FL – Field Forensics announces the availability of microTLCTM, a portable, fast and easy to use solution for the separation and identification of drugs and explosive mixtures. In addition to achieving package miniaturization using only one thin layer chromatography (TLC) plate, the microTLC has other innovations including an integrated ultra-violet light source, digital [...]

Shimadzu Announces Completion of New Quality Center – A quality assurance base for the Shimadzu Group to promote the provision of high-quality, reliable products and services

Shimadzu announces the completion of the new Quality Center building, which has been under construction at its head office (Sanjo Works) premises (1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan) since February 2013. The Quality Center has been constructed to improve the quality of products developed and manufactured by Shimadzu. It consolidates under one roof the analysis and [...]

Aspira Scientific Introduces Xeno-free rHSA Product at World Stem Cell Summit

SAN FRANCISCO,CA. -- Aspira Scientific, Inc., a research and development solutions provider for the chemical and biological sectors, today announces the official launch of its recombinant Human Serum Albumin (rHSA) product. Aspira Scientific's highly pure, cost-effective rHSA is produced from a proprietary expression technology platform, originating from rice grains (Oryza sativa) and is more than [...]

PAC Releases New Lab Instrument Data Integration Software, IRIS

Houston, TX., USA –– After the successful release of its IRIS software in the United States in March 2012, PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, has recently launched this advanced instrument data integration software designed specifically for PAC laboratory instruments globally. IRIS Software provides customers the [...]

Analytik Jena: offer deadline expired

With its mandatory offer for Analytik Jena AG, Endress+Hauser has secured a three-quarter majority share in the company. The cash offer for 73,641 shares was accepted before the 28 November 2014 deadline and corresponds to 0.96 percent of the ordinary shares and voting rights. Thus a total of 76.25 percent of Analytik Jena's voting rights [...]

bioMérieux is Moving Forward to a New Molecular Biology Workflow Solution for Reference or Centralized Laboratories

bioMérieux (Paris:BIM), a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has announced that it is moving a new step forward to its comprehensive automation solution dedicated for reference or centralized molecular biology laboratories. As a key component of this modular automation solution, bioMérieux has selected Life Technologies’ 7500 instrument range as its preferred [...]

Media Cybernetics® Releases the All New Image-Pro® Premier 9.1 Image Analysis Software

Rockville, MD -- New life science features include colocalization of multiple fluorescent images or channels; learning classification of tissues or cells using multiple parameters for Pathologists; automated wound healing analysis; and advanced ring analysis for otoliths, scales and trees. New industrial inspection and material analysis features include layer thickness measurements; wire bonding corrosion analysis; bubble, [...]

Cellectis announces an acceleration of its strategic refocusing on therapeutics and agrobusiness

Paris, France – Cellectis SA (Alternext: ALCLS) is looking to accelerate its strategic refocusing on therapeutics and agrobusiness through a large scale reorganization. Since 2010, a sudden and spectacular paradigm shift has been radically changing business models across the entire biotech industry. Since the beginning of the year, sales of genome engineering tools for research, [...]

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