December 5, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--The Premier healthcare alliance today announced a new agreement for specialty distribution-research has been awarded to VWR International, LLC, a global laboratory supply and distribution company with worldwide sales in excess of $3.6 billion in 2010. This is a new contract category for Premier which was established for research facilities. It includes items that [...]
December 5, 2011
NDIANAPOLIS, Roche announced today that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with ChanTest Corporation, a leading ion channel screening provider, to perform cardiac safety testing of potential drug compounds using Roche's xCELLigence System RTCA Cardio Instrument and iCell® Cardiomyocytes, human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived cardiomyocytes provided by Cellular Dynamics International (CDI). Over the [...]
UCSF, GE Healthcare Team Up On Pioneering Cord Blood Project
December 5, 2011
San Francisco, CA and Chalfont St Giles, UK, UCSF and the Cell Technologies business of GE Healthcare Life Sciences have begun a unique collaboration aimed at overcoming the lack of blood-forming stem cells available to patients suffering from life-threatening diseases such as lymphoma, myeloma, leukemia or sickle cell anemia. The goal of the $840,000, three-year [...]
The Axio Zoom.V16 Zoom Microscope from Carl Zeiss
December 5, 2011
With the Axio Zoom.V16, Carl Zeiss is defining a new instrument class in microscopy. For the first time, zoom microscopes are now combining typical benefits of stereomicroscopes such as zoom optics and long working distances with the higher resolutions of traditional light microscopes. In comparable image fields, the Axio Zoom.V16 offers a 2.5 times higher [...]
December 4, 2011
San Diego, CA, - Pipette.com is excited to announce the attainment of ISO 9001:2008 certification and ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 accreditation on top of existing ISO 17025:2005 Accreditation. The ISO 17025 and ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 accreditations were issued by A2LA. The ISO 9001 accreditation was issued by QAS International. Pipette.com is an FDA Registered calibration facility. The addition [...]
Great Point Partners I Portfolio Company, Mediatech Inc., is Acquired by Corning Incorporated
December 2, 2011
Greenwich, CT, Great Point Partners today announced that Great Point Partners I portfolio company, Mediatech, Inc., was acquired by Corning Incorporated in an all-cash transaction. Mediatech is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corning and will be integrated into Corning’s Life Science segment. Mediatech develops, manufactures and sells a broad range of high quality cell culture [...]
Corning Announces New and Improved 384-Well Clear Bottom Microplates
December 2, 2011
CORNING, N.Y., Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced an upgrade to its existing line of Corning® 384-well clear bottom microplates. The new 384-well clear bottom microplates are the latest example of Corning’s ongoing 384-well microplate upgrade project. The new microplates are dimensionally identical to the recently upgraded-solid colored microplates, allowing for easy transition into existing [...]
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Announces Investigation of Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
December 2, 2011
NEW YORK, Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential securities fraud at Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (“PacBio” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PACB - News). The investigation focuses on whether the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by failing to disclose that: (1) contrary to the Company’s [...]
December 2, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass., Millipore Corporation, the Life Science business of Merck KGaA of Germany, that operates as EMD Millipore in the U.S. and Canada, today announced that all its remaining outstanding 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026 (the "Notes") were redeemed on December 1, 2011, at one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding principle amount of [...]
Cofactor Genomics Develops World’s First Bos taurus Exome Capture Product
December 1, 2011
ST. LOUIS, Cofactor Genomics, a leading biotechnology company, announced today it will release a product to allow researchers to selectively enrich, sequence, analyze and detect variants in coding and regulatory regions of the Bovine (cow) genome. The creation of a Bos taurus exome capture product will provide sequence-verified SNP’s, insertions, and deletions, without any prior [...]
