Simulations Plus Reports Preliminary Revenues for First Fiscal Quarter FY2013

LANCASTER, CA , – Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of consulting services and software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today released preliminary revenues for its first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2013, ended November 30, 2012 (1QFY13). Ms. Momoko Beran, chief financial officer of Simulations Plus, stated, “In accordance with our policy [...]

Changes in Roche Board of Directors

At its December meeting, the Board of Directors (BoD) of Roche Holding recommended proposals for approval by the AGM, scheduled for 5 March 2013. Prof. Dr. Bruno Gehrig (born 1946, Member of the Board since 2004) and Lodewijk J.R. de Vink (born 1946, Member of the Board since 2004) have announced that they will not [...]

Advion Continues Global Expansion with New Distributor Named for Russian Federation

Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, announces a new distributor agreement has been executed with Valtex International Corporation. With over 25 years of experience focused on scientific instrumentation sales, service and support, Valtex is an established leader within the region. Valtex also has a unique expertise in research [...]

Pearson adds ChemAxon’s suite of chemistry tools to MasteringChemistry products

ChemAxon and Pearson announce the addition of ChemAxon’s JChem, MarvinSketch, and MarvinView as the chemistry tools in many of Pearson MasteringChemistry courses. These tools evaluate chemical logic of submissions, allow students to draw using state-of-the-art industry tools, and view and manipulate chemical structures. Within MasteringChemistry, MarvinSketch allows a student to draw and submit many types [...]

Biomatrica Secures Financing of $5 Million

SAN DIEGO, CA, – Biomatrica, Inc., a leader in ambient temperature biostability technology, today announced the completion of $5 million in private financing. Biomatrica has developed SampleMatrix® technology which has pioneered recent innovations in ambient storage of biological samples, from purified DNA, RNA, and proteins to complex systems such as tissue, cell lines, biopsies and [...]

Roche and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) partner to strengthen laboratories medicine training and knowledge on the African continent

Today Roche Diagnostics and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) announced a public-private partnership to improve the capacity of laboratorians and strengthen laboratory systems in African nations highly impacted by HIV/AIDS. Valued at $12 million over five years, the goal of the partnership is to build institutional capacity of regional and national [...]

Sigma Test & Research Centre Launching Its Laboratory Equipments Division

Delhi, India, -- Sigma Test & Research Centre, the leading Testing Laboratory since 2009 has decided to launch laboratory equipment trading business also. Till now they were dealing in testing services only and they are at their best phrase now and it’s time to work on laboratory equipments also. They are well known for providing [...]

2013 Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program Award Winners Showcase Diversity of Reflectance Spectroscopy Applications

BOULDER, Colo. –– ASD Inc., a global leader in high-performance analytical instrumentation and materials analysis solutions, announced today the Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program award recipients for 2013. This year’s 16 winning research projects contain the most diverse applications in the program’s seven-year history. Accepted application submissions ranged from measuring spectral reflectance to verify water [...]

Sequenom, Inc. Announces Issuance Of Patent For Methods Of Detecting Fetal Aneuploidy

SAN DIEGO, -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will issue U.S. Patent No. 8,340,916 on December 25, 2012 with claims to novel methods for detecting fetal aneuploidy using massively parallel sequencing. The patent is entitled Diagnosing Fetal Chromosomal [...]

NanoString Technologies Announces Positive Results From Second Validation Study of PAM50-based Breast Cancer Assay

SEATTLE & SAN ANTONIO -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostic products, today announced positive results from the second clinical validation study of its in vitro diagnostic breast cancer assay based on the PAM50 gene expression signature. The study, which evaluated samples [...]

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