SOUTH EASTON, Mass., -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced that scientists from two separate research groups presented data at the recent HUPO 11th Annual World Congress (Boston, MA) indicating that the incorporation of the Company's Pressure Cycling Technology ("PCT") Platform into their sample preparation processes resulted in a marked [...]

NEW YORK, NY, – Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) reported yesterday that the jury in the Enzo action entitled Enzo Biochem, Inc. et al. vs. Applera Corp. and Tropix Inc. in New Haven, CT Civil Action No. 3:04cv929 (JBA), has rendered its verdict that Applera Corp., now Life Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIFE), infringed Enzo’s patents covering pioneering [...]

Helsinki,.-- MediSapiens Ltd, a Finnish company developing web-based data applications for the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has purchased a new software solution developed by MediSapiens. The software, called OncoGenomics Explorer will provide Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals with a centralized access to unified global genomics data for utilization across the entire research organization [...]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.,– Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today introduced four new integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) designed to meet the challenges associated with production genomics. These new offerings are expected to make substantial contributions to laboratories performing high sample throughput digital PCR, genotyping, and targeted panel testing. “Today, we unveil four innovative devices, each responding to [...]

Morpho Detection, Inc., the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group’s security unit, today announced it has received a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for its medium-speed CTX 9800 DSi™ explosives detection system (EDS) with a maximum value of $528 million. Under terms of the contract, [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. –- As the first utility to use an innovative, super-sensitive, vehicle-mounted technology for detecting potential gas leaks, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) today announced two recent successes while using Picarro Surveyor™ systems in Northern California to detect potential gas leaks that would have previously been difficult to locate. In Santa Clara, [...]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced a new initiative with Sistemic Ltd., a leading provider of microRNA-based problem-solving services and kit-based products. The two companies are jointly developing a proprietary monitoring methodology utilizing Sistemic’s microRNA marker detection capability to enable consistent growth of stem cells [...]

Ithaca, NY – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, in response to heavy inbound interest from government research and homeland security organizations, has named Government Scientific Source (GSS) as a United States government distributor for the new expression CMS, compact mass spectrometer. GSS has approved GSA pricing for the CMS, and [...]

Hyderabad, India,: Ocimed GmbH signed a distribution agreement for Ocimum Biosolutions’ research product Spoligotyping Kit. Preferred by customers in tuberculosis research, pharma companies, and in many other sectors, Spoligotyping Kit (spacer oligonucleotide typing kits) can detect and type Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria in clinical samples. Ocimed GmbH, based in Friedberg/Hessen, Germany will distribute the kits [...]

SALT LAKE CITY, - BioFire Diagnostics, Inc. today announced the appointment of Robert Lollini as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lollini most recently served as Chief Executive Officer and formerly Chief Financial Officer of Myrexis, Inc., a Utah-based biotechnology company. Carl Wittwer, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Board of BioFire Diagnostics, commented, “We welcome Bob [...]