VWR Announces Leadership Changes, As CEO John Ballbach Departs
July 26, 2012
RADNOR, PA, - VWR International, LLC, a global leader in distributing laboratory supplies and services, announced today that John Ballbach, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and its Board agreed on his departure from VWR. Mr. Ballbach's responsibilities will be retained by several of VWR's most senior leaders, effective immediately. Manuel Brocke-Benz, Senior Vice [...]
BREVAGen™ – Cleared for Sale in California
July 26, 2012
Melbourne, Australia; - Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG; NASDAQ: GENE) is pleased to announce that the Laboratory Field Services Unit of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has granted a license to the Company’s Australian-based laboratory. BREVAGen™ may now be offered for sale into the State of California. Based solely on incidence rates, California [...]
Whole Genome Sequencing Study Provides Key Insight Into Human Evolution and Origin of Short Stature
July 26, 2012
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. –– Complete Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNOM) today announced that its high-accuracy, whole-genome sequencing service has been used to study human evolution in three African populations. The findings, to be published online today, will be highlighted on the cover of the Aug. 3 issue of the journal Cell. The research team, led by [...]
New Pall GeneDisc® System For Rapid Microbiological Monitoring Solution In Beer Production
July 26, 2012
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., - Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced today that it has launched a quick, easy and affordable test for beer-spoilage microorganisms based on its GeneDisc® Rapid Microbiology System. Utilizing real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology, Pall’s GeneDisc test provides a fast, reliable and user-friendly detection method to identify typical bacteria that are known [...]
BD and PEPFAR Launch Labs for Life to Strengthen Laboratories in Regions Heavily Burdened by Disease
July 26, 2012
Washington, D.C., and Franklin Lakes, NJ – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), today announced Labs for Life, a new collaboration to [...]
July 26, 2012
IMGM Laboratories GmbH (IMGM) launches full range of professional next generation sequencing (NGS) services harnessing the power of Ion Torrent’s new semiconductor sequencing technology. By passing all requirements to become a certified service provider, IMGM, clearly demonstrated its capability to provide customers with high quality sequencing data using the PGM platform. IMGM's service portfolio covers [...]
Companies to commercialize plant-based technologies for biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacture
July 26, 2012
Newark, DE, USA and Chalfont St Giles, UK – iBio, Inc. (NYSE MKT: IBIO), and GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE), announced today a new global alliance to commercialize plant-based technologies for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. The alliance builds on the existing development and marketing agreement between the two companies [...]
July 26, 2012
Drug development processes in the pharmaceutical industry are highly time- and cost intensive. The translation from in vitro to in vivo is affected by high failure rates of candidate compounds in pre-clinical and clinical phases. To mitigate this, there is an urgent need for more predictive in vitro models, capable of mimicking biological processes of [...]
Anton Paar GmbH and Polimate Ltda. form new sales organization in Brazil
July 26, 2012
The Austrian based company Anton Paar GmbH and its distributor in Brazil, Polimate Ltda., have decided to reorganize the distribution for Anton Paar products in Brazil as per January 1, 2013. The new company Anton Paar Brazil Ltda., with headquarters in Sao Paulo and offices in the most important regions of Brazil, will take over [...]
Life Technologies Acquires Pinpoint Genomics and CLIA-Approved Lung Cancer Test
July 25, 2012
CARLSBAD, Calif., -- Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced the acquisition of Pinpoint Genomics, Inc., and its early-stage non-small cell lung cancer test that can help doctors identify those early-stage patients at high risk for progression to late-stage disease. Lung cancer is currently the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, claiming close to 1.5 [...]

