BD Signs Agreement to Sell Majority of Discovery Labware Unit

Franklin Lakes, NJ– BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its BD Biosciences - Discovery Labware unit, excluding its Advanced Bioprocessing platform, to Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. The transaction will be a [...]

HORIBA concluded a basic contract with the Beijing Center for Physical and Chemical Analysis

HORIBA concluded a basic contract with the Beijing Center for Physical and Chemical Analysis (BCPCA), a state-owned research institute in Beijing, China, to establish a joint R&D center, aiming to facilitate collaborative research on new analysis and measurement methods and equipment. Since establishing the HORIBA Application Laboratory in BCPCA in 2001, we have built a [...]

SeraCare Expands the AccuCell® Line with Human Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells

Milford, Mass., April 10, 2012 – SeraCare Life Sciences (Nasdaq: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, announced it has expanded its line of AccuCell® mononuclear cells with the launch of off-the-shelf Human Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells (CBMNCs). With [...]

X-Rite Announces Agreement for Danaher to Acquire Company for $5.55 per Share

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,– X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ:XRIT) today announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Danaher (NYSE: DHR) under which Danaher will acquire the company for $5.55 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $625 million including the assumption of debt, net of cash. The transaction was unanimously approved by the [...]

Picarro Releases Highly Anticipated Isotope Analyzer for Nitrous Oxide

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Picarro Inc., known as the world’s leading provider of instruments for carbon and water cycle measurements, has expanded its product line with a new, high precision analyzer, model G5101-i, for measuring nitrous oxide (N2O) in the air. N2O is a principal component in the global nitrogen cycle, which is of growing interest [...]

Danaher Corporation to Acquire X-Rite, Incorporated

Washington, D.C., - Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT) pursuant to which Danaher will acquire X-Rite by making a cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of X-Rite at a purchase price of $5.55 per share, [...]

Enzo Biochem Launch of Test for Measuring Risk of Colorectal Cancer Underscores Growing Role of Molecular Diagnostics

NEW YORK-- Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE: ENZ) today announced the launch of the ColonSentry™ test for assessing a patient’s risk of having colorectal cancer, the first in a pipeline of new molecular diagnostic products the Company plans for the medical community. “As a pioneer in the use of genomic and genetic information as a catalyst [...]

Agilent Technologies Announces New Express Test Option for Nanomechanical Testing

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the immediate availability of Express Test, an ultrafast way to conduct high-precision nanomechanical tests on a broad range of materials. Designed for exclusive use with the popular Agilent Nano Indenter G200, this revolutionary new system option allows 100 indents to be performed at 100 different surface sites in [...]

Certara Releases Major Advance to Phoenix Software Platform

ST. LOUIS, MO – Certara, a leading provider of drug discovery and development software and scientific consulting services, announced that it has released a new version of Phoenix, the industry leading PK/PD modeling software platform that is used by more than 4,000 researchers at 2,000 institutions, including the FDA. All Phoenix tools are accessed within [...]

RAE Systems Appoints Senior Agilent Executive Chris Toney As Chief Operating Officer

SAN JOSE, Calif.– RAE Systems Inc., a leading developer of gas and radiation detectors for oil and gas, emergency responders, industrial safety, homeland security, and environmental remediation, today announced that Chris Toney, a well-recognized veteran of the gas and chemical analysis industry will join the company as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Toney brings more than [...]

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