April 26, 2013
HIGHLIGHTS: Q1 2013 Results (all percentages are to comparable periods in 2012) Q1 2013 reported sales increased 2% to $675 million, a new quarterly high. Organic sales growth was 1% in the quarter. Organic sales growth by business unit was (1%) for Research, 3% for Applied and 3% for SAFC Commercial. Acquisitions completed in 2012 [...]
Verinata Health Publishes Clinical Laboratory Performance Data for verifi® Prenatal Test
April 26, 2013
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that Verinata Health, an Illumina company, has published the first peer-reviewed study of non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) performance in a clinical laboratory setting. Data collected from the first nine months of commercial availability confirmed that Verinata’s verifi® prenatal test was in line with its published clinical [...]
Applied BioCode Launches the BioCode 2000 System for 128-plex Assays
April 26, 2013
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.-- Applied BioCode today announced the launch of the new BioCode 2000 system for its 128-plex Magnetic Bead Technology (BMB). The system is already available as an open platform for customized assay development and development of LDT’s (Laboratory Developed Tests) using Applied BioCode’s proprietary BMB’s. The system will be commercially launched at [...]
Imperial College Employs Parallel Synthesis To Develop Better Catalysts
April 26, 2013
The SDG Group within the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College (London, UK) has selected the Asynt DrySyn MULTI and parallel synthesis kits to provide them with a safer, more convenient and productive way of synthesising novel organometallic compounds in their search for new better performing catalysts. As part of the Catalysis, Sustainability and Applied [...]
April 25, 2013
Indigo Biosystems (Indigo), a provider of scientific software for analytical laboratories, is pleased to announce that Andor Labs LLC (Andor), a Durham, NC-based independent clinical toxicology laboratory, has chosen to implement the ASCENT chromatographic quantitation and expert peak-picking software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution in its laboratory, beginning with a 47-analyte panel of opiates, opioids, amphetamines and illicit [...]
April 25, 2013
Shimadzu Corporation has introduced the novel imaging mass microscope, iMScope. The iMScope is equipped with an optical microscope, which allows the observation of high resolution morphological images; and a hybrid ion trap time of flight mass spectrometer which identifies and visualizes the distribution of specific molecules in a sectioned sample. Proprietary ultra focusing laser optics [...]
LEEZA + Durcon = Perfect Chemistry
April 25, 2013
Montréal, – Mark Hanna, partner of LEEZA, announced the company’s acquisition of B&F Enterprises, a major Canadian supplier of Durcon laboratory-grade work surfaces in education and research environments. Durcon work surfaces are revered worldwide for the quality, care, and innovation poured into each piece. The acquisition comes at a transitional time for B&F Enterprises. After [...]
Centrillion Biosciences Announces Next-Gen Sequencing Innovation Grant Program
April 25, 2013
Centrillion Biosciences, a leading genomic and bioinformatics solution provider, has announced a new grant program focused on innovation in the application of next-gen sequencing technology. The Sequencing Innovation Grant award is open to academic, clinical and industrial researchers. The Grant will be awarded to research proposals demonstrating innovative applications of next generation sequencing technology. Grants [...]
Calypso Succeeds in ABRF-MIRG Study
April 25, 2013
Wyatt Technology is pleased to report the success of the Calypso? composition-gradient multi-angle light scattering (CG-MALS) system in a study conducting by the Molecular Interactions Research Group (MIRG) of the Association of Biomolecular Research Facilities (ABRF). The conclusions of the 2012 MIRG study were announced at the ABRF 2013 annual meeting in Palm Springs earlier [...]
Agilent Technologies Introduces Software for Performing and Analyzing Dissolution via HPLC
April 25, 2013
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced LC Dissolution Software, an add-on module for use with the ChemStation Edition of the Agilent OpenLAB Chromatography Data System. This software module simplifies the quantification and reporting of dissolution samples analyzed by HPLC, maximizing the user's investment in dissolution apparatus, liquid chromatographs and informatics. Once dissolution samples have [...]
