Nanosphere, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSPH), a leader in the development and commercialization of advanced molecular diagnostics systems, today announced that it entered into a marketing and distribution agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. for markets in Germany, Austria and France. Thermo Fisher, the world leader in serving science, has a broad portfolio of products for microbiological applications. [...]

SAN DIEGO,-- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, is pleased to announce that its annual North American User Group Meeting (UGM) is being held from May 7 to 9 at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston. The UGM offers attendees a unique forum for discussing industry trends [...]

CAMO Software is pleased to announce a partnership with Cosinus Computing BV. Based in The Netherlands, Cosinus Computing serves the entire Benelux region including Belgium and Luxembourg. Cosinus Computing are specialists in supporting and marketing software that is used for statistical and numerical analyses. They have worked extensively with research institutes, universities and the R&D [...]

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.,- Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) today announced it has entered into an agreement to sell certain assets of its blood collection, filtration and processing product lines to Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE:HAE) for approximately $550 million. Assets included in the transaction are Pall’s portfolio of blood collection, processing and filtration systems and equipment for transfusion medicine. [...]

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India,: Ocimum Biosolutions announced an expansion of the BioIT business in Malaysia through a joint venture with a Malaysian company. The new venture, known as Ocimum Biotech Asia sdn. bhd., started operations in April 2012. Malaysia is seen as a gateway for Ocimum products and services to address the ASEAN markets. Over [...]

Constance, Germany,– LifeCodexx AG today announced the successful completion of the clinical validation study of its noninvasive test method for the detection of fetal trisomy 21 from maternal blood using Next Generation sequencing. First results from the prospective blinded multi-center study demonstrate highest clinical accuracy for the planned commercial PraenaTest® test design based on Cell-Free [...]

RADNOR, PA, - VWR International, LLC, a global leader in distributing laboratory supplies and services, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire basan Germany GmbH, including its subsidiaries and operations in The Netherlands, France, Italy, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval in Germany. [...]

DNA2.0 today announced the availability of the company’s Bioinformatics Services, a range of custom computational solutions that can help quickly answer research questions and successfully move projects forward. This transparent, hourly fee-for-service enables researchers to enlist DNA2.0’s in-house expert capacity, eliminating the need for your own cumbersome bioinformatics infrastructure. DNA2.0 Bioinformatics Services consulting is ideal [...]

HAYWARD, CA - An interdisciplinary team of microbiologists, plant bioengineers and bioinformatics experts of the Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures in Braunschweig has developed an application-oriented software package for the analysis of Biolog high-throughput phenotypic data. The 'opm' (OmniLog Phenotype MicroArray) package, which is based on the free software [...]

Bereldange, Luxemburg, - Cellon SA, specializing in providing products and services to the vaccine production and bioprocessing industries, announced today the launch of PharmaTainer™ sterile single-use containers for storage, freezing, and manipulation of biological solutions. PharmaTainer products are a range of low particulate, single use bottles and carboys for the storage/transport of bulk vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, [...]