Agilent Technologies Completes Acquisition of Dako, Danish Cancer Diagnostics Company
June 21, 2012
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its acquisition of cancer diagnostics company Dako has been completed. Agilent, which paid $2.2 billion in cash for Dako (on a debt-free basis), expects the acquisition to help strengthen Agilent's position in life sciences, with a focus on product development to help in the fight against cancer. [...]
Aushon Launches Cira™ Multiplex Protein Biomarker Platform
June 21, 2012
BILLERICA, MA – Aushon announced the launch of Cira, a new multiplex immunoassay platform that achieves the sensitivity and reproducibility of singleplex ELISA, while substantially improving ease of use and leveraging the benefits of parallel analysis. The system’s revolutionary design produces faster results at a lower cost per sample and higher throughput without compromising the [...]
Marvin Green Joins NeTLIMS as Chief Operating Officer
June 21, 2012
Jersey City, NJ -- NeTLIMS™ NJ, LLC, a provider of advanced Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), has named Marvin Green as Chief Operating Officer of the company. In this role, Green will focus on client, personnel and operations management for NeTLIMS. Before joining NeTLIMS, he was president and co-founder of Hunter Green Associates, an IT consulting [...]
Bruker Announces Contract Award for JPEO-CBD IPDS-LR Program
June 21, 2012
BILLERICA, Mass -- Bruker today announced the award of a contract for an additional 40 systems from the Improved Point Detection System – Lifecycle Replacement (IPDS-LR) program through the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) for use by the United States Navy. The overall effort is being managed by the Joint [...]
CFDRC Developing Cell-based Microchip to Study Drug Interactions with the Blood-Brain Barrier
June 21, 2012
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.- CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC) has been awarded a $1.3M grant from the National Institutes of Health to further develop their novel in vitro Blood-Brain Barrier model. Building upon CFDRC’s patented and commercially available SynVivo platform, SynVivo-BBB is a cell-based microchip which allows co-culture of endothelial cells under physiological flow with neuronal and glial [...]
June 21, 2012
Munich, Germany, — Definiens®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced the release of Definiens Image Miner™ 2. The new product provides researchers in the life sciences with deeper insights into underlying biology by integrating image with data analysis. Image Miner 2 makes the wealth of [...]
LEWA uses a globally exclusive license to HPLC technology from Bayer Technology Services
June 21, 2012
Bayer Technology Services (BTS) is a well-known supplier of industrial chromatography products and services in the area of process technologies for the Bayer Group and for external customers. BTS as the technology company of Bayer has built up extensive know-how over decades in both preparative High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (batch HPLC), and continuous chromatography (SMB [...]
Hach Launches LDO Probe, Model 2
June 21, 2012
Loveland, Colo. – Hach Company (www.hach.com) is harnessing the power of “no” when it comes to dissolved oxygen (DO) testing. The company is releasing the newest model of its LDO® Probe which aims to eliminate industry traditions by making testing more efficient. Hach is saying “no” to calibration, membrane replacement, and drift while maintaining reliability [...]
June 21, 2012
WETZLAR, Germany and CORRALES, N.M., -- Leica Microsystems, world-leading provider of Total Digital Pathology solutions, and Indica Labs, developing excellence in image analysis for Digital Pathology, today announce the integration of Indica Labs' advanced image analysis algorithm portfolio into Leica Microsystems digital pathology solution. Users of the Leica Microsystems Tissue IA product can now source [...]
Eppendorf Licenses Technology for Thermal Cyclers to Peqlab
June 21, 2012
HAMBURG, Germany, -- Eppendorf AG has licensed patents covering gradient technology for thermal cyclers to Peqlab Biotechnologie GmbH, including US patent Nos. 6,767,512 and 7,074,367. Eppendorf utilizes the technology in its Eppendorf Mastercycler(R) pro gradient and Mastercycler nexus gradient models. Eppendorf AG, based in Hamburg, Germany, develops, produces and distributes instruments and consumables for the [...]

