Inframatic 9500 approved in Germany
July 12, 2013
The IM 9500 NIR Grain Analyzer has been officially approved by the PTB, the German authority for type approvals. The PTB has evaluated the IM 9500 during two harvests, and has concluded that it meets the requirements for official determination of moisture. With this approval, the IM 9500 can be used for moisture testing in [...]
VICAM’s New Global Mycotoxin Regulations Tool Provides Instant Access to Worldwide Regulatory Data
July 11, 2013
MILFORD, Mass. – Waters Corporation (WAT: NYSE) today announced VICAM®, a Waters® Business, introduced a single-source on-line, tool that provides access to a comprehensive, simple-to-use database of global mycotoxin regulations at commodityregs.com. Food exporters around the world face the growing challenge of ensuring that their products meet evermore demanding standards in their target markets. Varying [...]
July 11, 2013
Shimadzu Corporation released the Aggregates Sizer Aggregation Analysis System for Biopharmaceuticals on July 10. The Aggregates Sizer Aggregation Analysis System for Biopharmaceuticals offers quantitative, high-speed evaluation of 100 nm to 10 ?m SVP (sub-visible particle) aggregates that may be present in biopharmaceuticals. Capable of evaluating the concentration (?g/mL) of aggregates that can cause shock symptom [...]
LI-COR VRDye Secondary Antibodies for Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Now Available
July 11, 2013
Lincoln, Nebraska: LI-COR offers VRDye™ secondary antibodies and protein labeling kits for immunofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry applications. The VRDye products broaden LI-COR’s dye product portfolio, which now spans from the visible to the near-infrared fluorescence spectrum. The new VRDye 490, VRDye 549, and IRDye® 650 secondary antibodies are highly cross-adsorbed and are suitable for [...]
Cepheid Announces Preliminary 2013 Second Quarter Results
July 11, 2013
SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced preliminary results for the 2013 Second Quarter, ended June 30, 2013. Based on current projections, second quarter revenue is expected to be approximately $96 million, including approximately $70 million in Commercial Clinical revenue, a record $17 million from HBDC, and $9 million in Non-Clinical revenue. Within Commercial [...]
July 11, 2013
bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, is pleased to announce it has joined with Ultimate Labs, a leader in the safe production and quality control of food, drugs, and medical devices, to provide the industry with VITEK® MS - the most rapid mass spectrometry method available to detect microbial pathogens [...]
July 11, 2013
Pathogenica, Inc. announced that teams from the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and Amphia Hospital in the Netherlands are pioneering the use of the company’s HAI BioDetection Kit to prevent and control nosocomial infections in their facilities. With approx. 1,400 beds each, both Amphia and UMCG are among the largest hospitals in the world. Pathogenica’s [...]
July 11, 2013
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – AirClean® Systems PowderSafe™ Type B Enclosures usher in a new era of powder weighing and containment technology. PowderSafe™ Type B enclosures provide a controlled negative pressure HEPA-filtered environment for professionals to work with and weigh powders. PowderSafe™ Type B is fabricated with polypropylene, which is a chemically resistant, high mass polymer. [...]
Artificial skin instead of animal testing
July 11, 2013
Frickenhausen, – ThinCert cell culture inserts from Greiner Bio-One, a technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, offer a real alternative to animal testing. From 11 July 2013, trade in cosmetics tested on animals will be prohibited in EU member states under the EU Cosmetics Regulation. This applies to both end products and individual [...]
MO BIO introduces a new kit for extraction of pure protein from soil samples
July 10, 2013
Carlsbad, CA - MO BIO Laboratories, Inc., the leader in soil, plant, stool and other challenging microbial nucleic acid purification, recently launched the NoviPure™ Soil Protein Extraction Kit, for extraction of pure protein from all soil types. It is the first commercially available kit designed for extraction of extracellular and intracellular microbial protein from a [...]
