MPEG LA Continues to Expand Librassay with Addition of WARF
February 21, 2013
(DENVER, CO, US – 21 February 2013) – MPEG LA today announced that the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has become a participating patent holder in Librassay® , MPEG LA’s licensing supermarket of diagnostic and research tool patent rights for tests and assays, kits, tools and instruments for biomarker detection and analysis, diagnostics and research. [...]
US FDA Extends License of the GVK BIO Biomarker database
February 21, 2013
Hyderabad, India: GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO) today announced that it is extending its Clinical Biomarker Database (GOBIOM) license to the Biomarker Qualification Group of the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). The GOBIOM database, which has the latest and recently updated information on all the biomarkers reported in various clinical and preclinical studies, will be [...]
February 20, 2013
SAN CARLOS, Calif., – Natera, a leading innovator in reproductive and prenatal genetic testing, today announced that the company’s non-invasive prenatal screening test, Panorama™, will launch on March 1 for the detection of trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome), trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) and select sex chromosome abnormalities, such as monosomy X (Turner’s [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces SureTect PCR System for Food Pathogen Detection
February 20, 2013
Thermo Scientific™ SureTect™ PCR System combines fast time to result with simplicity for testing of key pathogens in food safety BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE [3])--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of SureTect PCR System that delivers test efficiencies for food safety laboratories that are testing for the [...]
IDEX Corporation Announces Appointment of Cynthia ‘CJ’ Warner to Board of Directors
February 20, 2013
LAKE FOREST, Ill.-- IDEX CORPORATION (NYSE:IEX) today announced the appointment of Cynthia ‘CJ’ Warner to the company’s Board of Directors. Commenting on Ms. Warner’s appointment, IDEX Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Silvernail said, “We’re excited to have CJ join our Board. With over 30 years of experience in the energy, refining and transportation industries, [...]
Real Time Genomics® Announces Platform Launch, Expanding Commercial Operations
February 20, 2013
Real Time Genomics, Inc., today announced the introduction of its genome analytics platform to enable the rapid, accurate interpretation of genomes in the study of early childhood disease. The platform will provide biomedical and clinical researchers for the first time the ability to accurately and robustly detect a type of variant prevalent in childhood disease [...]
Agilent Technologies Launches Genomic DNA ScreenTape
February 20, 2013
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today launched the Genomic DNA ScreenTape, a prepackaged consumables device that works with the company's 2200 TapeStation instrument to determine the quantity, size and quality of genomic DNA in less than two minutes per sample, using only one microliter of material. "The automated 2200 TapeStation and new Agilent Genomic DNA [...]
Spanish researchers develop a new system to liquefy and recover liquid Helium
February 20, 2013
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the University of Zaragoza and the U.S. company GWR Instruments announced today that they have entered into a global collaboration agreement with Quantum Design International to license, commercialize and further develop a system to liquefy and recover liquid Helium used in research, industry and medical laboratories worldwide. This technology, [...]
Simcyp adds a Pregnancy Model and Custom PD Scripting Facility to the Simulator
February 20, 2013
Simcyp is pleased to announce the release of it's latest version of the Simulator, it has extended its repertoire to include a pregnancy model. The additional inclusion of a unique scripting facility, for customising pharmacodynamic response models, allows users more flexibility to code their own models or to use models scripted by others. The new [...]
February 20, 2013
3M Food Safety’s molecular detection technology meets international test criteria for spotting Salmonella in all food categories and environmental products ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M Food Safety today announced its 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay Salmonella has received an extension of the current NF VALIDATION certificate from AFNOR CERTIFICATION. The Paris-based AFNOR CERTIFICATION expert committee found 3M’s [...]
