BioTime, Inc. Closes on $9 Million Financing
June 7, 2013
ALAMEDA, Calif.-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced that it has closed the equity financing it announced on June 3, 2013 and received gross proceeds of $9,057,966. BioTime intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of its common shares and warrants for working capital and other general corporate purposes, and may invest [...]
BioTek Instruments Announces Establishment of Japanese Office
June 7, 2013
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, Inc., continues their global expansion in the microplate-based technology market with the establishment of BioTek Japan. Managed by Mr. Satoshi Sagara, the new direct sales and service organization in Tokyo will focus on growing BioTek's brand and expanding the sales network in Japan. BioTek Japan will be fully functional [...]
June 7, 2013
GERMANTOWN, Maryland, and HILDEN, Germany, - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced plans to significantly expand its existing portfolio of molecular assays used in next-generation sequencing (NGS) during 2013 as part of its expansion into this fast-growing market and ambitions to provide an ecosystem of products and services designed to drive [...]
BioFire Obtains CE IVD Mark for FilmArray® Blood Culture Identification Panel
June 7, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY -- BioFire Diagnostics, Inc. announced today that it obtained the CE IVD Mark under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices for its FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) Panel. The BCID Panel tests positive blood cultures and can identify more than 100 blood pathogens known to cause sepsis. Sepsis, a [...]
June 7, 2013
Peabody, Mass. -- JEOL USA, Inc. (Peabody, MA) has concluded an OEM agreement with Zoex Corporation (Houston, TX) to offer the Zoex comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) technology with the new JEOL AccuTOF GCV 4G high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer system. “We are very excited about the partnership with Zoex. The combination of comprehensive [...]
Sartorius Stedim Biotech to be included in the SBF 120 index
June 7, 2013
Aubagne | Goettingen, – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, is to be included in the SBF 120 index of Euronext Paris, the French stock exchange. Following yesterday’s quarterly review of the Euronext Paris indices, the meeting of the Scientific NYSE Euronext Committee for Indices decided to [...]
June 7, 2013
Denver, Colo. - Hach Company (www.hach.com) will be exhibiting at American Water Works’ (AWWA) Annual Conference and Exhibition ACE13. The focus of their program is to help water professionals optimize their process to save them time and money as well as feature a lineup of new and innovative products. Featured Hach products at ACE13 will [...]
June 7, 2013
BILLERICA, Mass.-- EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, was named a finalist in the New Product of the Year category of the 2013 American Business Awards for two products introduced this past year: the Muse™ Cell Analyzer and the Direct Detect® Protein Quantitation System. The awards are given as [...]
June 7, 2013
Tokyo, - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and NEC New Zealand carried out a field trial with the Institute of Environmental Science & Research Limited (ESR) to evaluate NEC's Portable DNA Analyzer that is currently under development. This Analyzer extracts and analyzes human DNA for personal identification purposes. This evaluation of the Portable DNA Analyzer, [...]
Tecan successfully completes OEM development of Dako Omnis
June 7, 2013
Männedorf, Switzerland, - The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that it has successfully completed the OEM development of the Dako Omnis. In May 2011, Tecan signed a major OEM agreement with Dako, an Agilent Technologies Company (NYSE: A) and worldwide provider of cancer diagnostics, for the development and supply of an advanced [...]
