Licensing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Acquisition of Thomas Cain Inc
September 26, 2013
Porvair plc ("Porvair"), the specialist filtration and environmental technology group today, today announces two agreements to advance its interests in the life science and environmental laboratory markets. A technology licensing agreement has been struck with Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd, a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific ("Thermo"), a global leader in scientific and laboratory supplies. Under [...]
Sandia Biotech, Inc. and Sigma-Aldrich Enter into Global Distribution and Marketing Agreement
September 26, 2013
Albuquerque, NM -- Sandia Biotech, Inc., an Albuquerque, NM based, privately held biotech development and manufacturing company has signed a co-exclusive, global distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich for its Split Fluorescent Protein (sFP) product line, which is based on technology licensed from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Sandia Biotech will continue to manufacture its novel Split [...]
Endress+Hauser prepares offer for Analytik Jena
September 26, 2013
Following last Thursday’s clearance from the German Federal Cartel Office, Endress+Hauser (Deutschland) AG+Co. KG is able to acquire the shares originally held by the Netherlands-based Verder Group, along with unsubscribed shares from the recent increase of capital stock. “Accordingly, we yesterday published the fact of having gained control over Analytik Jena, together with our decision [...]
Commercial Launch of Herceptin SC in EU Triggers Milestone Payment to Halozyme from Roche
September 26, 2013
SAN DIEGO -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(NASDAQ: HALO) today announced that the commercial launch of Herceptin® SC inEurope has triggered a $10 million milestone payment to Halozyme under the License and Collaboration Agreement between Halozyme and Roche. This time-saving subcutaneous formulation of Herceptin (trastuzumab) using Halozyme's recombinant human hyaluronidase (rHuPH20) received marketing authorization from the European [...]
September 26, 2013
BREA, CALIF. –– Delivering the precision, clinical sensitivity and clinical specificity necessary to assist physicians with the diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI), Beckman Coulter, Inc. announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its new Access AccuTnI+3 troponin I assay for use on the UniCel DxI series of immunoassay systems. Following the [...]
PTFE Components for Lab Reactor Systems
September 26, 2013
Asynt has announced a new range of PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) components, including lids, stirrers, stirrer guides, temperature probe holders and clamps for its own and other brands of controlled lab reactors. PTFE offers many unique properties that make it the ultimate high performance material for the construction of laboratory apparatus and equipment. Asynt PTFE reactor components [...]
Berthold Technologies Launches Mithras2 Multi-Technology Microplate Reader with Monochromators
September 26, 2013
Bad Wildbad, Germany - Berthold Technologies introduces the second generation of its Multimode Microplate Reader Mithras, the Mithras2 LB943 with monochromator and filter technology for these reading technologies •UV/VIS Absorbance •Fluorescence and FRET •Fluorescence Polarisation •Time-Resolved Fluorescence (TRF and TR-FRET) •Luminescence •BRET and BRET² •AlphaScreen® and AlphaLISA® Already implemented in the TriStar² the patent-pending optical [...]
CLC BIO AND UK SCIENTISTS ASSEMBLE ASH TREE GENOME
September 26, 2013
AARHUS, Denmark--This week, collaborating researchers at CLC bio and Queen Mary University of London have released a genome assembly of the European ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior, as part of the British Ash Tree Genome project. The release comes as populations of ash trees across Europe have been devastated by the ash dieback fungus, which spread [...]
Malvern Viscosizer 200 used to study effects of excipients on protein formulation viscosities
September 26, 2013
Malvern, UK: The effects of excipients on the viscosities of protein formulations are examined in a new application note published by Malvern Instruments in which low volume viscometry was performed with the recently launched Viscosizer 200. This benchtop system performs automated viscosity measurements on very low sample volumes over a wide range of concentrations, which [...]
JULABO USA Celebrates 20 Years in the U.S.A.
September 26, 2013
Allentown, PA -- JULABO USA celebrates 20 years of sales and service in the United States. The Juchheim family-owned business is dedicated to providing highly precise temperature control instrumentation for science, research and industry. Over 80 years ago, the origins of the Juchheim family business began in 1926 when Ernst Juchheim invented the world’s first [...]
