Life Technologies’ Ion Proton™ to Power Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre
April 23, 2013
GLASGOW, Scotland, -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announces that it is a lead commercial partner along with Aridhia, a bio-medical informatics company, in the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC). The Ion Proton ™ sequencing platform will be the primary tool to drive discovery and genetic analysis as SMS-IC aspires to be a [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Debuts Advancements for Drug Discovery and Biopharma Production
April 23, 2013
NEW YORK -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today debuted several innovations in bioprocessing technologies and systems that address the evolving requirements of drug discovery and production for global biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Our scale and depth of capabilities are unmatched as a global bioprocessing partner for biopharma customers,” said [...]
Covaris Introduces the AFA-based, FS220-M Processing System
April 23, 2013
The FS220-M system extends the company's groundbreaking Adaptive Focused Acoustics (AFA) technology platform and has the ability to process sample volumes ranging from microliters to liters with a true continuous flow process. Application areas such as nanosuspensions, liposomes, and emulsions can be scaled from the early Discovery phase work all the way to First-In-Human studies. [...]
April 23, 2013
Since most incubators only heat, incubating at ambient temperatures of 20 to 25 C has always been challenging. Researchers have been known to use costly methods to maintain precise ambient conditions. There is another option, however. Peltier-controlled incubating refrigerators will not only heat and cool, but they will maintain precise ambient conditions. These table-top devices [...]
Waters Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
April 23, 2013
MILFORD, Mass. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE/WAT) reported today first quarter 2013 sales of $430 million, an increase of 2% from sales of $420 million in the first quarter of 2012. In the quarter, the effect of foreign currency translation reduced sales growth by 3%. On a GAAP basis, earnings per diluted share (E.P.S.) for the [...]
April 23, 2013
NEW YORK--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific Aegis5-14 Film, the company’s new advanced single-use film that is ideal for the most demanding cell culture and bioprocessing applications in drug development and biomanufacturing. The company’s first new single-use bioprocessing film since launching its industry-leading Thermo Scientific CX5-14 [...]
April 23, 2013
MaxCyte, Inc., the pioneer in scalable, high performance cell transfection systems, is hosting an educational webinar entitled "Streamlining HTS: Ion Channel, GPCR, and Transporter Assays in Biologically Relevant Cells using Large Scale Transfection" on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, from 11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM EDT. Dr. Jinliang Sui, Senior Director of HTS & Bioinformatics at [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Innovative Bioprocessing Mixing System
April 23, 2013
NEW YORK -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific HyPerforma Single-Use Mixer (SUM) DS 300 system, an innovative, cost-effective single-use mixer ideal for pilot-scale liquid preparations for vaccine and biologic manufacturing. Combining high performance and process efficiency, the HyPerforma SUM DS 300 system is ideal for [...]
RAE Systems, a Vector Capital Portfolio Company, Enters Into Agreement to Be Acquired by Honeywell
April 23, 2013
San Jose, CA – RAE Systems, Inc. (“RAE Systems” or “RAE”), a Vector Capital portfolio company, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Honeywell, for $340 million in cash. RAE Systems, Inc. is a global provider of rapidly-deployable connected, intelligent gas and radiation detection systems that enable real-time safety and security threat [...]
Leica Microsystems and Leica Biosystems strengthen market position in Brazil
April 23, 2013
Wetzlar, Germany / Sao Paulo, Brazil. Leica Microsystems and Leica Biosystems have cemented ties with their Brazilian Leica distributor: All shares of Aotec Instrumentos Cientificos Ltda of São Paulo, Brazil, have been acquired. Aotec is a provider of microscopy and histopathology solutions and has been a Leica distributor for more than 25 years. All Aotec [...]
