Charm Sciences Announces ROSA® FAST5 Family of 5 Minute Quantitative Mycotoxin Test Kits
March 29, 2012
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 [...]
March 29, 2012
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
March 29, 2012
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 [...]
March 29, 2012
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 [...]
Illumina Advises Stockholders to Defer Taking Any Action in Response to Roche’s Increased Offer
March 29, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, today recommended that its stockholders take no action at this time in response to Roche’s announcement that it is now offering to acquire Illumina for $51.00 per share [...]
Courtagen Introduces Genomic Profiling Services in their Newly Licensed CLIA Lab
March 29, 2012
WOBURN, Mass -- Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., a privately held life sciences company that provides innovative proteomic and genomic products and services to the life sciences industry, today announced the introduction of their first genetic tests using next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, propriety bioinformatics platform and highly annotated, analytic capabilities to diagnose mitochondrial disease in [...]
SeraCare’s SeraCon™ Vitamin D Depleted Diluent
March 29, 2012
Milford, Mass., – SeraCare Life Sciences (Nasdaq: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, announced the launch of SeraCon™ Vitamin D Depleted Diluent, the newest offering in the company’s line of SeraCon processed human plasma products. SeraCon™ Vitamin D [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Next-Generation Single-Use Bioreactor
March 29, 2012
LOGAN, Utah-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific HyPerforma Single-Use Bioreactor TK (S.U.B. TK), an integrated system that combines the company’s proven single-use bioreactor technology with a robust controller platform that enhances functionality and greatly reduces setup times before each production run. The new HyPerforma S.U.B. [...]
Roche increases offer price for Illumina shares to US$ 51.00 per share
March 29, 2012
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that it has increased its offer price for all outstanding publicly-held shares of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) to US$ 51.00 per share in cash. All other terms and conditions of the tender offer remain unchanged. Severin Schwan, Chief Executive Officer of Roche, said: “Based on our discussions [...]
Integromics launches RealTime StatMiner 4.3 on TIBCO Spotfire
March 29, 2012
Integromics®, a market leader in IT solutions provisions for life sciences in the field of genomics and proteomics, announces the launch of its latest tool for qPCR analysis, RealTime StatMiner® 4.3 on TIBCO® Spotfire®. The new version allows users to upload and analyze data from a large range of qPCR vendors, including Applied Biosystems (Life [...]

