llumina Comments on a Ruling in its Patent Litigation Against Complete Genomics, Inc.
October 18, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. LaPorte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a motion for summary judgment of invalidity filed by Complete Genomics, Inc. against certain claims of Illumina's U.S. Patent No. 6,306,597. Over Illumina's objections, the Court found that [...]
Grace Announces Additional Patent Notices of Allowance for Flash Chromatography Technology
October 18, 2012
Columbia, MD –- W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted three additional Notices of Allowance related to the company’s Reveleris® flash chromatography system. The benefits derived from these allowed claims enable streamlined purification of new chemical/biological entities for drug discovery. These notices describe actively [...]
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Introduces the EDGE System at AMP Conference
October 18, 2012
TUCSON, Ariz. – HTG Molecular Diagnostics will unveil the EDGE system at the AMP conference in Long Beach, October 25 – 27, 2012. The EDGE system is the first fully-automated instrumentation designed for clinical and research laboratories that offers nucleic acid extraction-free gene expression results from FFPE tissue and a variety of other sample types. [...]
October 18, 2012
SAN DIEGO, -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative diagnostic testing and genetic analysis solutions, today announced that the California Technology Assessment Forum completed an independent evaluation of the cell-free fetal DNA technology used in the Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine's (Sequenom CMM) MaterniT21 PLUS™ laboratory-developed test (LDT). CTAF recommended that [...]
iCyt Mission Technology Renamed Sony Biotechnology
October 18, 2012
New York -- iCyt Mission Technology, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America (SCA) and an active and long-time innovator in the flow cytometry industry, has changed its name to Sony Biotechnology Inc. (Sony Biotechnology). Under its new name, Sony Biotechnology will continue to develop, manufacture, sell, market, service and distribute high-quality cell [...]
Biomek 4000 Workstation from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Offers Adaptable, Intelligent Automation
October 18, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. –– Featuring intelligent liquid handling that adapts as processes require, the Biomek 4000 Laboratory Automation Workstation from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences incorporates easy-to-use, icon-driven software and an enhanced work surface with interchangeable tools. Modular deck configuration allows the work surface to be set up with eight standard positions, expandable to 12 positions. New [...]
Edwards Group Limited Announces Departure of COO
October 17, 2012
CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, United Kingdom, -- Edwards Group Limited (Nasdaq:EVAC) ("Edwards") announces that Ron Krisanda, Chief Operating Officer will leave Edwards at the end of November. Ron Krisanda joined Edwards in 2009 and is a member of the executive management team. Ron was integral to the restructuring programme which saw the build-out of substantial facilities [...]
Horizon, Washington Uni & the BRIGHT Institute form core facility for rAAV-mediated genome editing
October 17, 2012
Cambridge and London, UK, : Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has established a Center of Excellence (CoE) for gene editing with Washington University in St Louis and the BRIGHT Institute. One of the leading genome sequencing facilities in the world, Washington [...]
NSG Precision Cells Calibration Standards Have Become an Industry Standard for Labs Worldwide
October 17, 2012
Beginning in early 2011, NSG Precision Cells released the most innovative advancement in the UV-VIS spectrophotometer calibration field with their revolutionary calibration standards. The sales numbers of these one-of-a-kind spectrophotometer standards has tripled from 2011 and NSG has acquired large customers such Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, National Institute of Health (NIH), and GE just to name a [...]
Danaher Corporation Extends Tender Offer for IRIS International, Inc. Until October 29, 2012
October 17, 2012
Washington, D.C., - Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) ("Danaher") announced today that it has extended the tender offer, through its wholly owned subsidiary Daphne Acquisition Corporation, for all outstanding shares of common stock of IRIS International, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRIS) ("IRIS") to 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on October 29, 2012, unless further extended. The tender [...]
