Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Life Technologies Corporation

WALTHAM, Mass. & CARLSBAD, Calif -- Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a leading life sciences company, have signed a definitive agreement under which Thermo Fisher will acquire Life Technologies for $76.00 in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $13.6 billion, plus [...]

Seegene signs new license agreement for DPO™ and TOCE™ technologies

Gaithersburg, Maryland and SEOUL, Korea: Seegene Inc. (096530.KQ), a leading developer of multiplexed molecular technologies and diagnostic tests, today announced that bioMérieux S.A. has licensed the company's DPO™ and TOCE™ technologies for the development of multiplexed tests for food safety testing. bioMérieux is the world leader in food testing. Financial terms of the agreement were [...]

New Launch Element Identification (EID) Software v3.0

Phenom proX desktop SEM has been enhanced with integrated Elemental Mapping and Line Scan, increasing functionality and saving time. The leading supplier of desktop scanning electron microscopes extends its integrated Element Identification software package with a comprehensive Elemental Mapping and Line Scan option. All-in-one system All Phenom-World scanning electron microscopes are intuitive to use, compact, [...]

Lake Shore Receives Air Force STTR Phase 1 Award to Advance Terahertz Materials Characterization System

Lake Shore announced today that the company has been selected by the US Air Force to receive a Phase 1 STTR grant for a project called “Terahertz Frequency Materials Testing at Cryogenic Temperatures and in High Magnetic Fields.” This project furthers Lake Shore’s efforts to commercialize a THz-based system for materials research. The development and [...]

Singapore Single-Cell Research Centre Opens Door For Asian Biological Discoveries

SINGAPORE; SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. –– Government officials, academic, and industry leaders gathered to celebrate the official opening of the Single-Cell Omics Centre (SCOC) in Singapore today. It is the first research centre in Asia exclusively dedicated to accelerating the understanding of how individual cells work, and how diagnosis and treatment might be enhanced through [...]

Mobidiag, Genewave, and Amplidiag announce merger to create a leading innovator in molecular diagnostics

Mobidiag Oy/Ltd, Genewave SAS, and Amplidiag Oy today announced a definitive agreement to combine the three companies to create a technology leader in molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases. The new Mobidiag combines Mobidiag’s and Amplidiag’s high-multiplex proprietary diagnostic test portfolios with Genewave’s automated and integrated test platform. The merger was accompanied by a financing round [...]

Life Technologies Acquires KDR Biotech Co., LTD., Leading Reagents Distributor

CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the acquisition of KDR Biotech Co., Ltd., (KDR Biotech) a leading reagents distributor based in Seoul, Korea. KDR Biotech has been Life's primary reagent distributor in Korea since 1982. The Korean biotechnology market has high potential—showing solid growth over the past five years and with [...]

Establishment of Local Subsidiary in India

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) established Hitachi High-Technologies India Private Limited (Hitachi High-Tech India) in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. With a population of some 1.2 billion people, India is an enormous market that is expected to continue experiencing fast-paced growth going forward, driven by a growing number of middle-income workers in particular. In its [...]

Knome and Silicon Mechanics Form Partnership to Bring the knoSYS™ 100 to Market

Knome Inc. and Silicon Mechanics, Inc. today announced their partnership to bring the knoSYS™100, an end-to-end human genome interpretation system, to market in Q2, 2013. As per the terms of the partnership, Knome will supply the core genomics software for the system, including its knoSOFT™ genome interpretation application and kGAP™ NGS informatics engine. Silicon Mechanics [...]

Smiths Detection Supplies Explosives Detectors to Canadian Airports

Toronto, Canada, - Smiths Detection has started delivery of more than 100 advanced explosives trace detection systems to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA). Deployment of the IONSCAN 500DTs at a number of Canadian airports is due to be completed later this month. The desktop systems will complement Smiths Detection’s advanced X-ray scanners, already [...]

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