Sartorius Raises Guidance Following Strong First Half
July 25, 2012
Goettingen, - Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment provider, successfully closed the first six months of 2012, with substantial gains in order intake, sales revenue and earnings. The Bioprocess Solutions Division that primarily specializes in single-use products for pharmaceutical drug manufacture performed especially well. Furthermore, initial consolidation of the Biohit Liquid Handling business [...]
July 25, 2012
ST. LOUIS, -- Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL) announced today its Supelco® brand launched the Ascentis® Express C18, 5 micron particle size column to improve speed and increase efficiencies in high purity liquid chomatography (HPLC) procedures. The new columns are based on innovative Fused-Core® particle technology, which enables the production of columns capable of achieving greater speed [...]
July 25, 2012
Providence, Rhode Island, and Hilden, Germany, - QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that its mericon® Salmonella spp. kit in combination with the QIAsymphony RGQ automation platform has received validation from the AOAC Research Institute, an independent third party organization that evaluates analytical methods for use in food safety and other testing. [...]
Horizon Discovery and NIH Center for Regenerative Medicine Collaborate to Apply rAAV Genome Editing
July 25, 2012
Cambridge, UK,: Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalized medicines, today announced that it has signed a technology access agreement with the U.S. National Institutes of Health Center for Regenerative Medicine (NIH CRM), through Horizon’s Centers of Excellence (CoE) program. The agreement will enable the NIH CRM [...]
Cepheid Announces Release of Updated Xpert BCR-ABL Monitor Test
July 25, 2012
SUNNYVALE,Calif., --Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) today announced the release of an updated Xpert BCR-ABL Monitor test, now incorporating lot-specific standardization using the WHO (World Health Organization) BCR-ABL standards. The test is being released as a European CE-IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The test, which runs on Cepheid's GeneXpert [...]
3M Molecular Detection Assay for E. coli O157 (including H7) Receives AOAC-PTM Approval
July 24, 2012
ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Today, 3M Food Safety announced that it received AOAC-PTM Certification (#071202) for its new 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay for E. coli O157 (including H7) from the AOAC Research Institute’s Performance Tested MethodsSM Program. The certification gives food processors greater assurance in safeguarding against pathogenic E. coli, a causative agent of foodborne illness [...]
Cutting-edge Autofil™ Filtration System Eliminates Spills and Contamination
July 24, 2012
The Autofil™ Laboratory Filtration System is the latest addition to the growing line of Microbiology and Life Science products from Sterlitech Corporation. Vacuum-operated and designed to eliminate spills and contamination, the Autofil™ System features an ergonomically designed bottle and a stable pedestal that enables hands-free operation. This makes the system ideal for the preparation of [...]
July 24, 2012
BILLERICA, Mass.-- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced today that based upon preliminary financial data the Company expects total second quarter 2012 revenue of approximately $420 million, compared to second quarter 2011 revenue of $401.2 million. For the second quarter of 2012, Bruker expects to report GAAP EPS in the range of $0.05 - $0.07, and [...]
OGT awarded €3 million from prestigious EU clinical research grants
July 24, 2012
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, announced today that its next generation sequencing service team has been awarded two EU- funded clinical research grants worth €3 million. OGT will be providing genomic analysis and commercialisation services for two key international studies, EUCLIDS and PATHSEEK. EUCLIDS [...]
July 24, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS: Q2 2012 Results (all percentages are to comparable periods in 2011) • Q2 2012 reported sales increased 4% to $664 million. Q2 2012 overall sales grew organically by 3% with Research and Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals ("SAFC") organic sales growth of 1% and 8%, respectively. Acquisitions contributed 6% to sales growth. Changes in foreign currency [...]
