AUSTIN -- BaySpec, Inc., a leading supplier of UV/VIS/NIR and Raman spectral engines, and Rigaku Corporation, the world leader in analytical spectroscopic instrumentation, have signed an exclusive sales distribution agreement covering BaySpec's FirstGuardTM and XantusTM series Handheld Raman devices, covering North America, Japan and Asia-Pacific markets. Specifically designed to overcome difficult to measure "real-world" samples, [...]

SAN DIEGO, CA - MicroConstants, Inc., a bioanalytical and pharmacokinetic-specialty Contract Research Organization (CRO) in San Diego, California, announces today that it has successfully completed the installation and qualification of a new Xevo® TQ-S tandem mass spectrometer from Waters Corporation. The unparalleled speed, sensitivity and accuracy of this new LC/MS/MS system will allow MicroConstants to [...]

North Billerica, MA - Seahorse Bioscience, Inc., the leader in the design and development of instruments for assessing cellular bioenergetics, has announced In Vitro Technologies Pty Ltd as the new distributor of Seahorse XF Analyzers and consumables in Australia and New Zealand. Seahorse Extracellular Flux Analyzers provide the first and only kinetic method to measure [...]

Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, announces the acquisition of the Water Technology Division of Wagtech International Limited on 1 March 2011 for cash consideration of £3.0 million. The acquisition, which is earnings enhancing, has been funded from Halma’s existing cash and debt facilities. The acquired business will be merged with Palintest [...]

PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Avantor™ Performance Materials Holdings S.A. has completed its acquisition of RFCL Limited from ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited. Avantor, previously known as Mallinckrodt Baker, and its subsidiaries manufacture and market high-performance chemistries and materials around the world under two well-known and respected brand names, J.T.Baker® and Macron™ Chemicals (formerly Mallinckrodt® Chemicals). [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has acquired BIOCIUS Life Sciences, Inc., developer of the unique RapidFire(tm) high-throughput mass spectrometry drug-screening platform for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical markets. Financial details were not disclosed. BIOCIUS' RapidFire drug-screening technology has successfully screened millions of compounds, providing results 10 to 100 times [...]

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The Olympus VS110-Fluorescence (VS110-FL) virtual slide microscope scanning system is now available in the U.S. Based on award-winning technology, the new VS110-FL offers unparalleled flexibility for both fluorescence and brightfield applications, with high-performance optics that can capture images at various magnifications and depths within the specimen. Virtual microscopy generates high-resolution images [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif. - GenMark Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:GNMK) announced today that it has dismissed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California pending since November 2010 that requested declaratory relief that it does not infringe three U.S. patents on microfluidic technology allegedly owned by Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. The suit sought Declaratory Relief that GenMark does [...]

WALTHAM, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in China within the Suzhou Science and Technology Town - part of the company's strategy to aggressively expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The new facility, scheduled for completion in early [...]

Loveland, Colorado, USA. - Hach Company (www.hach.com) announced the acquisition of Accurate Detection and Accurate Measurement (Accurate), distributors of analytical and detection instrumentation including Hach water quality analytics in Australia and New Zealand. This move gives Accurate’s customers direct access to Hach’s innovative water quality products and extensive service support. Hach has more than sixty [...]