GENALYTE, INC. COMPLETES $12 MILLION SERIES B FINANCING TO COMMERCIALIZE ITS MAVERICKTM NEXT-GENERATION MULTIPLEXING PLATFORM

SAN DIEGO, CA — Genalyte, Inc., a life sciences company developing and commercializing innovative next-generation multiplexing technology, today announced completion of an $11.8 million Series B financing. New investors Redmile Group and Claremont Creek Ventures and private investors from Genalyte’s Series A round participated in the Series B financing. Genalyte intends to use the new [...]

Abbott’s PLEX-ID Molecular System and Tests for Broad Microbial Identification Obtain CE Marking

Wiesbaden, Germany — Abbott announced today it has obtained CE Marking (Conformité Européene) in the European Union to market its rapid, high-throughput PLEX-ID™ instrument, along with three assays for use on the system: PLEX-ID Viral IC Spectrum, PLEX-ID BAC Spectrum BC and PLEX-ID Flu. PLEX-ID, which is based on molecular diagnostic technologies, addresses a significant [...]

Roche Receives FDA Approval for cobas p 630 Pre-analytical Solution for Automated Molecular Testing Platform

PLEASANTON, Calif.,- Roche announced today the FDA approval of a new pre-analytical instrument that provides an integrated primary tube handling solution for its widely adopted automated molecular testing platform. The cobas p 630 Instrument, being introduced with new AMPLILINK 3.3 series software, unites primary tube handling with fully automated sample preparation, amplification and detection for [...]

FDA Detectives use Stomacher® 400 circulator for sample preparation in cantaloupe Listeriosis scare

Worthing, UK – Seward, the manufacturer and developer of the patented Stomacher® Paddle Blender range, highlights the use of the Stomacher® 400 Circulator in the elimination of soil and fruit as possible sources in a recent fatal cantaloupe melon Listeriosis scare. At the height of the scare the outbreak detectives of the FDA were mystified [...]

Almac and Affymetrix Announce a Global Distribution Agreement for Almac’s Xcel™ Array

Almac today announced that it has signed an exclusive global distribution deal with Affymetrix, Inc. enabling them to directly sell Almac’s proprietary Xcel™ array for biomarker discovery, development and delivery worldwide. Almac’s Xcel™ array is a high density transcriptome-based microarray that has been optimised for the discovery and development of biomarkers from formalin fixed paraffin [...]

GenMark Enters into License Agreement with PerkinElmer for Microfluidics Patent Portfolio

CARLSBAD, Calif.-- GenMark Diagnostics, Inc., announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with PerkinElmer, granting GenMark a non-exclusive license under PerkinElmer's microfluidics patent portfolio. "Completing this agreement strengthens GenMark's patent portfolio and provides us with maximum flexibility as we expand our menu of high-value multiplex molecular tests and develop new innovative platforms [...]

Charm Sciences Announces ROSA® FAST5 Family of 5 Minute Quantitative Mycotoxin Test Kits

Charm Sciences, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Charm® ROSA FAST5 family of quantitative mycotoxin tests will be launched at the Pet Food Forum held April 2-4, 2012 in Schaumburg, Illinois. These 5 minute mycotoxin tests deliver quantitative detection that is rapid and accurate in feed and grain for aflatoxin, DON and fumonisin. Mycotoxins [...]

Affymetrix Announces a Global Distribution Agreement With Almac to Distribute Its Proprietary Xcel™ Array for Translational Research Applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Almac Group Ltd., an established company that provides an extensive range of pharmaceutical services. In this agreement, Affymetrix has exclusive rights to distribute Almac’s Xcel™ array for research use in biomarker discovery for multiple disease areas, including cancer. The [...]

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Acquires Blue Ocean Biomedical

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has acquired Blue Ocean Biomedical, LLC, a Pembroke Pines, Florida-based manufacturer of automated flow cytometry systems and reagents. The transaction provides Beckman Coulter Life Sciences with low complexity analyzers that integrate automated sample preparation and directly address emerging flow cytometry market trends. Driving growth through internal product development and through acquisition [...]

Emerging Regenerative Medicine Firm in Czech Republic Chooses CellBase CT To Improve Reproducibility and Affordability of their Autologous Cell Therapies

TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications, is pleased to announce it is installing a system to automate the ex-vivo expansion of autologous cell therapies (CellBase CT™) at Czech-based firm PrimeCell, one of Central and Eastern Europe’s largest regenerative medicine companies. The CellBase CT system at [...]

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