GnuBIO Promotes Susie Truong Harborth to Key Role as Chief Financial Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass -- GnuBIO, Inc., a pioneer in desktop DNA sequencing, today announced that Susie Truong Harborth has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Harborth has been with GnuBIO, www.gnubio.com since the company’s inception and will continue to lead finance, human resources and operations of the company while taking on new responsibilities for company [...]

Complete Genomics Announces Court’s Favorable Ruling in Patent Litigation Against Illumina, Inc.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., -- Complete Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNOM) today announced that Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an Order granting Complete's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment of invalidity in the patent infringement lawsuit filed against Complete by Illumina, Inc. In that lawsuit, filed in [...]

Caprotec bioanalytics GmbH Appoints Dr. Jonathan Turner as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

BERLIN, --caprotec bioanalytics GmbH announced today a restructuring of its senior management and the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Turner as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Turner joins caprotec as a highly regarded pharmaceutical executive and has held a number of senior management positions at global pharmaceutical companies, including Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca PLC and [...]

llumina Comments on a Ruling in its Patent Litigation Against Complete Genomics, Inc.

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

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

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. [...]

California Technology Assessment Forum Recommends Use Of Cell-Free DNA Technology As Advanced Prenatal Testing For Pregnant Women At High Risk For Fetal Chromosomal Anomalies

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

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

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

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 [...]

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