March 28, 2012
PRINCETON, N.J. & GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Meso Scale Discovery today announced they have entered an agreement to develop diagnostic assays that will measure cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for use in Alzheimer’s disease research. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will develop these assays based on the Meso Scale Discovery® [...]
RainDance Technologies Powers Autism Screening Panel Launched by Greenwood Genetic Center
March 28, 2012
LEXINGTON, Mass. AND CHARLOTTE, N.C.,– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, today announced that Greenwood Genetic Center has commercially launched its Syndromic Autism 62-Gene Panel which was built for use on RainDance’s picodroplet-based targeted sequencing platform. The panel sequences 62 individual autosomal and X-linked genes that represent the most common single gene etiologies associated [...]
March 28, 2012
Stockholm, Sweden - March 28, 2012 - LingVitae, Plarion Ltd and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have today announced engagement into a collaborative development program aiming at utilising the new Discipher system for bringing DNA-based testing and diagnostics to point-of-care settings. “Our aim with the Discipher is to democratise molecular and cellular analysis, putting low-cost [...]
IDBS Delivers Platform to Accelerate Personalized Cancer Care at King’s Health Partners
March 28, 2012
London, UK, and Boston,- IDBS, a global provider of innovative data management, analytics and modeling solutions, today announced that King’s Health Partners has deployed the Oncology Research Information System (ORIS). The ground-breaking platform is the first of its kind in production and consolidates translational medicine data from multiple sites into one system. ORIS will help [...]
Tecan publishes 2011 Annual Report and notice of its Annual General Meeting
March 28, 2012
Männedorf, Switzerland, - The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today announced the publication of its 2011 Annual Report in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.tecan.com. Tecan already published its 2011 financial results in a press release and at the Press Briefing on Annual Results and Analysts' Conference held on March [...]
Innovaro Announces Completion of Licensing Agreement between Inven2 and Oxford Gene Technology
March 28, 2012
Tampa, FL – Innovaro, Inc (NYSE Amex: INV), The Innovation Solutions Company, is pleased to announce that its client Inven2, the technology transfer office at Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) for 12 highly promising colorectal cancer tissue biomarkers through Innovaro’s Pharmalicensing [...]
March 28, 2012
Madison, WI -- Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) today announced an expansion of its existing distribution agreement with iPS Academia Japan, Inc. to include iCell® Neurons and iCell Endothelial Cells. The original distribution agreement, announced on June 8, 2011, covered the distribution of CDI’s iCell Cardiomyocytes, the first commercially available product based on induced pluripotent [...]
NSG Precision Cells Releases Unique Didymium Glass Wavelength Calibration Filter
March 27, 2012
Farmingdale, NY- NSG Precision Cells is proud to announce their latest wavelength calibration standards for spectrophotometers. The new WAV-7 Didymium Glass Calibration Standard is a unique stand-alone product on the market that never needs replaced or re-calibrated due to material aging. This innovative filter supports wavelength calibration precision of spectrophotometers in not just the ultra-violet [...]
NEW ALLIANCE LINKS GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTRE AND INDUSTRY LEADER
March 27, 2012
The agreement enables close collaboration between a research centre whose principal mission is the study of the genome and how it translates into characteristics that distinguish each individual, and an industry leader whose technology and products accelerate genetic analysis research and applications, paving the way for molecular medicine and ultimately transforming healthcare. “This is the [...]
TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Adds New Integrated Biology Capabilities to Bioinformatics Suite
March 27, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif.,- Agilent Technologies Inc. today released GeneSpring 12.0, a major expansion of its popular bioinformatics software designed to enable a new level of medical science breakthroughs. With the new release, GeneSpring users can now analyze next-generation sequencing data and conduct joint analysis at the pathway level across multiple "omics" platforms in a familiar [...]

