Tornado Medical And Arjae Spectral Merge To Create Tornado Spectral Systems
October 1, 2012
TORONTO, Ontario and ITHACA, New York – The merger of Tornado Medical Systems (TMS) and Arjae Spectral Enterprises (ASE) has been approved by the shareholders of both companies. The new entity, Tornado Spectral Systems, unites a common business culture and complimentary intellectual property and will continue to lead the industry with innovative optical spectroscopy products for [...]
Richard Pollard promoted at Dunedin-based photonics manufacturer
October 1, 2012
Dunedin, FL – Ocean Optics, has appointed Richard Pollard to the position of company President. Pollard’s promotion follows the move of former President Kevin Chittim to positions on Ocean Optics’ board and as Divisional Acquisition Executive for Ocean Optics’ parent company, Halma plc. Pollard joined Ocean Optics in 2006 as Vice President, Operations, and was [...]
FDA grants CLIA-waived status to CoaguChek XS Plus system for PT/INR
October 1, 2012
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted CLIA-waived status to the CoaguChek® XS Plus system, a point-of-care anticoagulation monitor that offers connectivity and data management tools to help healthcare professionals manage PT/INR (blood clotting time) testing. The waiver means that the monitoring technology may [...]
October 1, 2012
SAN DIEGO, -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, today announced that it has appointed former Siemens executive Leif Pedersen as its senior vice president of marketing, product management and corporate development. Pedersen joins Accelrys as the company expands its breadth of scientific innovation lifecycle software into multiple [...]
Implant Sciences Ships Follow-On Order to Japan for Protection of Nuclear Power Plant
October 1, 2012
Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced it has shipped its Quantum Sniffer™ QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detector for the protection of a nuclear power facility in Japan. This customer has repeatedly purchased explosive trace detectors from Implant Sciences due to [...]
October 1, 2012
Chalfont St. Giles, UK and Waltham, MA USA –– GE Healthcare Life Sciences, a business unit of GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) and NetBio, a leading technology provider in the emerging field of rapid DNA analysis, announced today the launch of DNAscan™ Rapid DNA Analysis™ System, a fast, rugged and easy-to-use DNA analysis instrument for forensic [...]
SDIX Sells Food Safety and GMO Businesses to Romer Labs for $13.5 Million
October 1, 2012
NEWARK, Del.--SDIX™ (NASDAQ: SDIX), a leading provider of biotechnology-based products and services, today announced it has entered into an agreement to sell the assets of its Food Safety and GMO businesses to Romer Labs for $13.5 million. Following this transaction, the Company will concentrate on its Life Science business. Romer Labs is acquiring the intellectual [...]
Phenomenex Introduces 5-micron Kinetex® Core-Shell Media
October 1, 2012
Torrance, CA - Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces the addition of a 5-micron particle to its Kinetex core-shell product line. As the largest diameter particle in the family, Kinetex 5-micron core-shell columns deliver better performance than 3- or 5-micron fully porous offerings, [...]
Romer Labs Acquires SDIX Food Safety and GMO Business
October 1, 2012
Tulln, Austria –- Romer Labs, a leading global supplier of food safety diagnostics, announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the food safety and GMO businesses of Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:SDIX). The deal accelerates Romer Labs’ move into food pathogen detection and augments its product and service range, making [...]
October 1, 2012
Continuing its sales to the oil and gas industry for critical infrastructure protection, Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has sold seven units of its Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 desktop explosives and drugs trace detectors and Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 [...]

