September 30, 2013
LENEXA, Kan. -- Analytical sensitivity data shows Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Remel Xpect Flu A&B assay is able to detect cultured avian influenza A (H7N9), A/Anhui/1/2013 virus. Analytical reactivity testing for this novel strain is in line with the FDA reclassification proposal for assessing detection of emerging viruses that could potentially cause a public health emergency. [...]
T2 Biosystems to Exhibit Rapid and Sensitive Assay for Sepsis Pathogens at IDWeek
September 30, 2013
LEXINGTON, Mass. -- T2 Biosystems, a company developing direct detection products enabling superior diagnostics, today announced that it will provide demonstrations of its flagship test, T2Candida®, for the rapid and sensitive identification of species-specific Candida directly from whole blood, on its T2Dx® instrument at Booth #922 at IDWeek 2013, October 2-6, 2013, in San Francisco, [...]
NanoSight acquired by Malvern Instruments
September 30, 2013
Amesbury, UK -- NanoSight Ltd, an innovative nanoparticle characterization company has been acquired by a leading global provider of instrumentation and expertise for materials and biophysical characterization, Malvern Instruments Ltd (Malvern, UK). The acquisition was completed on Friday 27th September. NanoSight has developed and commercialized a unique and patented technology, Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA). The [...]
Spectris PLC Acquisition of NanoSight Limited
September 30, 2013
Spectris plc (“Spectris” or the “Company”) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire NanoSight Limited (“NanoSight”), a leader in the design and development of particle size measurement instrumentation, for a debt and cash-free net consideration of £15 million. The consideration will be met from [...]
September 30, 2013
Middletown, Connecticut -- The new germanium detector (HPGe) technology based portable gamma spectrometer introduced by radiation detection instruments company NATS Incorporated fills a void in the market. Till now commercially available high resolution field Gamma Spectrometers were either too heavy for field use or are priced beyond the budgets of most users interested in such [...]
LabCentral Adds Eppendorf as a Major Sponsor of the Cambridge Launchpad for Life Science Startups
September 30, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, Mass ? LabCentral, an innovative, shared laboratory space designed to be a catalyst for high-potential entrepreneurs and life-sciences startups, reached another milestone last week with the addition of Eppendorf North America as a major sponsor. Eppendorf North America is the U.S. subsidiary of the Hamburg/Germany-based maker of quality laboratory equipment. Slated for opening November [...]
September 30, 2013
Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of molecular detection and imaging solutions in the mid-infrared, announced today that the company has been awarded supplemental funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Building on the success of their current Phase II SBIR program, the additional funding will help to accelerate the transition of Daylight Solution’s mid-infrared [...]
September 30, 2013
Ann Arbor, MI – Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a leader in the development and commercialization of innovative sample-specific nucleic acid library preparation products used in research and clinical testing, today reported that its ThruPLEXTM-FD Prep Kits contributed to the success of a breakthrough study recently published in Nature1 that showed that genomic data extracted from the [...]
September 27, 2013
ST. LOUIS -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology company (the "Company" or "Sigma-Aldrich"), announces a quarterly cash dividend of $0.215 per common share. The dividend was approved by the Company's Board of Directors on September 15, 2013 and is payable on December 13, 2013 to shareholders of record at [...]
September 27, 2013
Chalfont St Giles, UK –– GE Healthcare (GEHC), a unit of GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it has won a tender to exclusively provide next generation sequencing services to a research group at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The sequencing services will be provided by a subsidiary of GE Healthcare, SeqWright Genomic Services, a Houston, [...]
