May 16, 2012
Ann Arbor, MI – Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a leader in the development and commercialization of sample-specific pre-analytical processes to improve the performance and capabilities of DNA and RNA analytical platforms for research and clinical testing, today announced the launch of the first product in its innovative ThruPLEXTM family of sample preparation kits designed and optimized [...]
Novel Storage Tube Provides Space Savings
May 16, 2012
Micronic Europe announces that it has secured exclusive worldwide rights to market Octygen - the first externally threaded, 2D coded, 0.50ml screw cap sample storage tube. At just 25.6mm tall and offering a massive 475 microlitres working volume - Octygen uses just 60% of the space typical 0.50ml 96-well screw cap tubes use to store [...]
New Monoclonal Antibodies to the Dengue Virus NS1
May 16, 2012
Dengue Virus is endemic in tropical countries world wide. It causes an insect-borne (mosquitoes) infection that manifests as Dengue Fever. However the infection can progress to more serious conditions including hemorrhagic fever. There are 4 serotypes of the virus and all are capable of causing disease. A non-structural glycoprotein (NS1) is produced during acute infection [...]
NanoString Initiates Second Clinical Validation Study for Breast Cancer Assay
May 16, 2012
SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced the initiation of the second clinical validation study of its PAM50-based breast cancer assay. The new study will evaluate samples from more than 1,000 patients enrolled in the Austrian Breast & Colorectal [...]
Roche and HYCOR Sign Global Distribution Agreement
May 16, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, -- HYCOR Biomedical, Inc., a leading manufacturer of diagnostic products, and Roche today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement of KOVA® urinalysis products. As part of the agreement, Roche will distribute KOVA urinalysis plastics and controls products with its urinalysis tests and platforms worldwide for the next five years. "Concurrent with our [...]
May 16, 2012
The Biodesign Institute® at Arizona State University has reached an agreement with HighRes Biosolutions to automate DNA sample preparation of Nucleic Acid Programmable Protein Arrays (NAPPA) using a flexible dual NanoCell™ laboratory automation system. The dual NanoCell system was selected by Dr. Joshua LaBaer, director of the Institute’s Virginia G. Piper Center For Personalized Diagnostics, [...]
May 16, 2012
SEATTLE, WA, – Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, a leading provider of next-generation sequencing assays for the adaptive immune system, announced today results from the first head-to-head comparison of high throughput sequencing (HTS) using immunoSEQ™ and traditional flow cytometry. The study, which was conducted in collaboration with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington [...]
May 16, 2012
Hamburg, Germany – Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, TecDAX) is proud to announce the addition of Agilent Technologies’ RapidFire Mass Spectrometry analysis capabilities to their High Throughput Screening facilities in Hamburg. RapidFire, a robust, in-line solid phase extraction technology enables ultrafast, direct analysis of native compounds for a wide variety of biochemical assays including [...]
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation Announces New Credit Facility
May 16, 2012
ST. LOUIS, - Sigma-Aldrich announced today that it has established a new $600 million revolving credit facility that will mature on May 10, 2017. The new facility replaces a $450 million revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature on December 11, 2012. The $600 million facility will provide back-up liquidity for the commercial paper [...]
May 16, 2012
Baird Capital Partners Europe (“Baird”), the UK-based lower middle market private equity investor, announced today that it is acquiring the Instrumentation Solutions business of e2v technologies plc (LSE: E2V LN), the technology engineering solutions designer, developer and manufacturer, in a transaction totalling £15m. The acquired business will be re-named ‘SGX Sensortech Limited’ (“SGX”). SGX designs [...]
