January 15, 2013
FOSTER CITY, CA --– Silicon Valley Biosystems (SV Bio), a diagnostics company founded to provide rapid, accurate, and turnkey clinical interpretation of comprehensive genomics data at the point of care to improve the health and outcomes of patients, was launched today. Backed by Sequoia Capital, a premier venture capital firm that helped to build Apple, [...]
BD PhaSeal™ System Receives Clearance from FDA Under Newly Created ONB Product Code
January 15, 2013
Franklin Lakes, NJ – BD Medical, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the BD PhaSeal™ Closed System Transfer Device (CSTD) under the newly created ONB code. The BD PhaSeal System is the first and [...]
January 15, 2013
CHANTILLY, Va., – Decision Sciences International, an advanced technology provider of security and detection systems, today announced it has been awarded a contract by National Security Technologies (NSTec) for a muon tomography scanner system. NSTec will use the system to conduct research on new scanning and imaging applications incorporating muon tomography. Muon tomography uses naturally [...]
Cepheid Announces Chlamydia and N. gonorrhoeae Test Categorized ‘Moderate Complexity’ by FDA
January 15, 2013
SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has categorized Cepheid's Xpert® CT/NG test as 'Moderate Complexity' under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Xpert CT/NG is a qualitative in vitro molecular diagnostic test for the detection and differentiation of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG). The [...]
January 15, 2013
Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced submission of its therascreen® EGFR RGQ PCR Kit (therascreen EGFR test) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a proposed companion diagnostic to guide treatment with afatinib, a new investigational oncology compound developed by Boehringer Ingelheim. Afatinib [...]
Training camp for laboratory teams
January 14, 2013
Shimadzu, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of analytical instrumentation, expands its facilities tremendously for further education and training at the European headquarters in Duisburg, Germany. For its customers, new stations for chromatography, spectroscopy, TOC and testing machines will be available on more than 1,500 m2 . And for the first time, mass spectrometry will [...]
Accelrys Strengthens Leadership Position in Laboratory Informatics Market
January 14, 2013
SAN DIEGO, – Accelrys Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientii c innovation lifecycle management software, is solidifying its market leadership in the laboratory informatics space with the acquisition of its long-time partner Vialis AG, a leading systems integrator based in Liestal, Switzerland serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemicals, and agro-science industries. Vialis’ deep experience [...]
January 14, 2013
FREMONT, Calif -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Thermo Scientific QMS Everolimus Assay Kit has been CE marked for sale in the European Union for a third application, namely liver transplants. This new indication allows laboratories to monitor blood levels of everolimus, the active ingredient in [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Releases Next Generation Scheduling Software at SLAS 2013
January 14, 2013
ORLANDO, FL - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has announced the release of Thermo Scientific Momentum 3.2, the latest enhancement of the established Momentum™ scheduling software, for optimum automation control. Momentum 3.2 extends upon Momentum’s well-recognized efficiency to enable the seamless integration of workflows with maximum operator simplicity. The upgraded [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces advanced incubation solution for cell-based research
January 14, 2013
ORLANDO, FL – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the introduction of the new Thermo Scientific Cytomat® 10, a fully automated incubator and storage module for high-capacity cell growth and assay incubation. Designed to fit into the busiest of cell biology or screening laboratories, the Cytomat 10 offers superior [...]
