Accelrys Acquires Environmental Health and Safety Leader ChemSW

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, today announced that it has acquired ChemSW, Inc., an Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) compliance solutions provider. This acquisition furthers Accelrys' scientific innovation lifecycle management strategy by providing solutions for managing and tracking the source, use and disposal [...]

PAC Releases Next Generation AC Analytical Controls® Reformulyzer M4

HOUSTON, TX - PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, today released the AC Analytical Controls® Reformulyzer M4 (M4), which provides fast group type analysis of gasoline and gasoline blend streams using multi-dimensional gas chromatography. "We are proud to announce the release of our next generation product, [...]

With the acquisition of BioFire, bioMérieux consolidates its position as a major player in infectious disease diagnostics

Marcy l'Etoile, France - bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire BioFire Diagnostics Inc., a privately held U.S.-based company specialized in molecular biology. BioFire invented, manufactures and commercializes its multiplex PCR FilmArray® system, a simple and rapid molecular biology solution dedicated [...]

Exiqon launches advanced on-line tool for design of LNA™ gapmers for inhibition of mRNA and lncRNA

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced an extension to the LNA™ longRNA GapmeR product line with the launch of a novel on-line bioinformatics tool for the design of custom LNA™-gapmer antisense oligonucleotides for specific and efficient inhibition of mRNA and lncRNA. The new on-line LNA™ [...]

Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program Announces Decision to Acquire COPAN’s WASPLab

MURRIETA, Calif. -- The Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, one of the largest lab networks in Canada, serving more than 1.4 million residents across the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (HNHB LHIN), announced today the decision to purchase COPAN's WASPLab, the latest generation of full laboratory automation and digital microbiology system. Installation [...]

Harmony™ Prenatal Test Now Being Offered in Mexico for Safe and Timely Risk Assessment of Chromosome Conditions During Pregnancy

MEXICO CITY -- Ariosa Diagnostics announced the offering of its Harmony™ Prenatal Test in Mexico through a partnership with Advance Medical on August 22, making the Latin American nation with over 2 million live births one of 46 countries around the world where the Harmony Prenatal Test can be ordered by healthcare providers. The Harmony [...]

Roche’s new timesaving formulation of Herceptin approved in Europe for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer

Basel - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that a new injectable (subcutaneous) formulation of Herceptin (trastuzumab) has been approved by the European Commission for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer, an aggressive sub-type of the disease. The approval is for both early and later stages of treatment. “More than 90,000 women in [...]

Novel Molecular Assay for Pre-Surgical Screening Detects Newly Discovered MRSA Strains

Baltimore, MD – BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the availability of the CE-marked BD MAX™ StaphSR assay with eXTended Detection Technology in Europe for use on the fully-automated BD MAX™ System. The assay with eXTended detection accurately identifiesStaphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from nasal swabs in [...]

Eagle Genomics secures £590,000 to expand its current bioinformatics offerings

Cambridge, UK - Eagle Genomics (Eagle), an expert provider of bioinformatics software and services across a wide range of the life science and other sectors, has today announced the first closing of £590,000, as part of a planned £1million investment round in line with plans to expand its offerings. This first closing of the investment [...]

New «work horse» for routine analysis – Metrohm introduces 930 Compact IC Flex ion chromatograph

Metrohm launches the 930 Compact IC Flex, a compact ion chromatograph developed for the requirements of contract laboratories and QC laboratories in all kinds of industries as well as laboratories in the public sector. Superior flexibility, perfect ease of use, and outstanding reliability are key features of Metrohm’s new ion chromatograph for routine analysis. The [...]

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