Bio-Rad’s New Workflow Enables Highly Sensitive Evaluation of Antibodies Used to Measure HCP Impurities in Biotherapeutics

Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. today announced the launch of a new simplified and robust workflow to more effectively evaluate antibodies used for measuring residual host cell protein (HCP) impurities in biotherapeutics. The two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE)- and western blotting (WB)-based workflow will be unveiled during the Well Characterized Biotechnology Pharmaceutical (WCBP) Symposium in Washington, [...]

MOCON Announces New European Healthcare Initiative to Assist Pharma, Sterile Device Companies in Commercializing Products

Minneapolis, Minn. – MOCON, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOCO), the world’s leading manufacturer of package integrity instrumentation, is announcing its new European healthcare market initiative. The company will be placing increased effort on helping pharmaceutical, medical device, life science and related companies improve package material selection and testing process. Capitalizing on the success of its healthcare market [...]

DataApex announces a new control driver for the SEDERE ELSD 90LT

DataApex is pleased to announce the release of a new control driver for the Evaporative Light-Scattering Detector 90LT, manufactured by SEDERE Company. This is already the 3rd Sedere detector its control and digital data acquisition has been incorporated into Clarity Chromatography SW. The driver for ELSD 90LT has been officially released with Clarity Chromatography Software [...]

Gyros AB Appoints Dr. Claus Braestrup to the Board of Directors

Uppsala, Sweden: Gyros AB, a leader in utilization of microfluidic technologies to miniaturize and automate immunoassays, announced Dr. Claus Braestrup has joined its Board of Directors. Dr. Braestrup is a member of the Board of Directors of Bavarian Nordic A/S, Chairman of the Board of Probiodrug AG and a member of the Boards of Santaris [...]

Illumina Reports Record Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2012. Fourth quarter 2012 results: Revenue of $309 million, a 24% increase compared to $250 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 GAAP net income for the quarter of $72 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, [...]

Improving the Efficiency of Viscous Polymer Reactions

Parogle Technologies (Liverpool, UK) have reported how Vortex Overhead Stirring Systems from Asynt Ltd. have helped them improve the efficiency with which they synthesise novel dendritic vinyl polymers using solution or emulsion free radical polymerisation reactions. Parogle Technologies, formerly Hydra Polymers Ltd., was formed in 2007 as a spin-off from Unilever plc. to provide products [...]

Avantes BV and Tornado Spectral Systems partner to design, manufacture and distribute high-performance spectroscopy solutions

Apeldoorn, Netherlands and Toronto, Canada. Avantes BV (“Avantes”) and Tornado Spectral Systems (“Tornado”) are pleased to announce a partnership for the design, manufacture and distribution of a new line of high performance spectrometers. Under the terms of this cooperation, Tornado will utilize its signature proprietary technology, the High Throughput Virtual Slit (“HTVS”), to design a [...]

MOgene Announces Partnership with Intuitive Genomics to Expand Bioinformatics Capabilities

Saint Louis, MO, -- MOgene LC, a full service genomics service provider based in Saint Louis, MO announces a partnership with Intuitive Genomics, Inc. to further expand its bioinformatics capabilities. This decision follows several years of successfully working with Intuitive Genomics to deliver some very promising projects in Agriculture and Pharmaceutical areas involving SNP discovery, [...]

Curie-Cancer and GenoSplice Technology sign bioinformatics partnership agreement for application in cancer genomics

Paris, - Curie-Cancer, the body responsible for developing Institut Curie’s industry partnership activities, and GenoSplice Technology, developers of bioinformatics solutions for analysis of genomic data, today announce they have formed a partnership to combine their expertise. This collaboration will provide GenoSplice with access to several Curie-Cancer technology platforms to allow it to continue to improve [...]

Sartorius Stedim Biotech’s new manufacturing facility in Yauco, Puerto Rico, receives LEED Platinum certification

Goettingen, Germany | Yauco, Puerto Rico, – Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading international equipment provider for the pharmaceutical industry, has now been awarded the highest certification for ecological and sustainable building by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its new facility in Yauco, Puerto Rico. According to the LEED certification system, an internationally recognized [...]

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