Roche Enters Strategic Alliance with Technoclone to Expand Reagent Portfolio for Coagulation Diagnostics Line Targeted for US and Canada in 2014

INDIANAPOLIS -- Roche announced today that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Technoclone, a reagent specialist in thrombosis and cardiovascular diagnostics based in Vienna, Austria, to co-develop a complete range of coagulation assays. The alliance supports plans Roche announced in October 2011 to develop a new line of analyzers for the central coagulation [...]

Tecan injects new life into environmental science

Männedorf, Switzerland - Picarro, a laboratory instrument manufacturer specializing in isotope analysis for the environmental sector, is using Tecan’s Cavro® Centris Pumps as part of an innovative atmospheric water vapor isotope analyzer. Based on Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS), the Picarro analyzer provides environmental scientists with important information on the movement and cycling of water around [...]

New Listeria Monoclonal Antibodies

Listeriosis is a serious infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. This infection is contracted by eating contaminated food. The infection can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth and meningitis. An outbreak in 2011 involving contaminated cantaloupes lead to 30 deaths. ViroStat has recently released a new set of monoclonal antibodies to Listeria. Several of these are [...]

Illumina Adopts Stockholder Rights Agreement

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. ILMN -0.19%, a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function (the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors (the "Board") adopted a Rights Agreement, pursuant to which one preferred stock purchase right will be distributed as [...]

Bruker Acquires Hecus MICROcaliX® Product Line to Expand Product Portfolio for Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)

KARLSRUHE, Germany--Bruker AXS GmbH announced today that it has acquired the assets of Hecus X-ray Systems GmbH, a company focused on analytical instrumentation for Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) based on advanced Kratky technology. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition will enable Bruker to expand its product offering for SAXS with the former Hecus [...]

Addtech acquires BioNordika Group

NEW YORK – Swedish firm Addtech Life Science today announced it has acquired BioNordika Holding. Addtech Life Science is a business area in the Addtech Group. BioNordika Holding is the parent company of the BioNordika Group, which markets reagents and instruments for biomedical research, primarily to the pharmaceutical industry and public institutions. BioNordika Group has [...]

CDEX Appoints Dr. Jason B. Terrell as Medical Director

TUCSON, AZ-- CDEX Inc. (OTCBB: CEXI), a leading developer of chemical detection products using patented technologies for use in healthcare, safety and security markets, today announced the appointment of Jason Bradley Terrell, M.D. as medical director of the company. Dr. Terrell will be responsible for CDEX's research and development, as well as regulatory and medical [...]

Productivity gains using Mastersizer 3000 add value in raw material testing

Malvern, UK: Particle size analysis of raw materials is often a necessary but routine task where speed and efficiency are critical to decision-making and the smooth operation of a manufacturing process. The Mastersizer 3000 from Malvern Instruments supports improved productivity through fast, fully automated measurement and cleaning, combined with instrument and data analysis software that [...]

Lonza Continues its Transformation Towards a Global Life Science Leader

Basel, Switzerland - Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of Lonza, commenting on today’s announcement, said:“With the acquisition of Arch in 2011 Lonza achieved another step in its transformation towards a global Life Science company. This continuous change characterized the past years and Stefan Borgas has led this process as Lonza’s CEO. The Board of [...]

PETROLAB OFFERS PMA-5 PENSKY-MARTENS FLASH POINT TESTER

BROKEN ARROW, OK— AMETEK Petrolab now offers the Petrotest PMA-5 Pensky-Martens (ASTM D93) flash point tester that performs flash point testing of petroleum products using Pensky-Martens closed-cup ASTM D93 A, B and C methods and is certified for both biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuels along with such distillate fuels as diesel, heating oil and kerosene [...]

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