AB SCIEX Achieves ISO 13485 Certification for Manufacturing of LC/MS Systems
February 27, 2012
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced that it has achieved ISO 13485 certification for its quality management system. ISO 13485 is an international standard that requires a manufacturer to demonstrate a comprehensive and compliant quality management system suitable for the design and manufacturing of medical devices. [...]
February 27, 2012
ITHACA, NY – Advion, Inc. a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, continues its global introduction of the new expression, a Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS), by naming Inkarp Instruments Pvt Ltd as its distributor in India. The expression is a fume hood-designed single quadrupole mass spectrometer specific for chemists to speed up and to [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Laser-Based N2O Analyzer
February 27, 2012
FRANKLIN, Mass – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific IRIS 4600 Mid-IR Laser-Based Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Analyzer. The IRIS 4600 Mid-IR Laser-Based N2O Analyzer uses a laser module developed by the recently acquired NovaWave Technologies, Inc, and combines it with proven Thermo Scientific air quality [...]
Roche extends tender offer for Illumina
February 27, 2012
Roche announced today that it has extended its cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Illumina, Inc., at a price of $44.50 per share, to 6:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 23, 2012. The tender offer was previously scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end [...]
Custom Assay Design Service for High-Sample Throughput Amplicon Resequencing
February 27, 2012
Fluidigm Corporation unveiled a new custom assay design service for high-sample throughput amplicon resequencing on Illumina platforms at the recent Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting. The Access Array™ Target-Specific Primers, when used with the Fluidigm Access Array System, allow for fast, simple, and inexpensive preparation of up to 480 amplicons per sample [...]
Medicyte now with online shop for upcyte® hepatocytes and innovative cell products
February 27, 2012
Heidelberg/Germany - The biotechnology company Medicyte is now offering its customers innovative cells and culture media for cell-based research at its online shop www.medicyte.com. After many years of intensive development especially focused on hepatocytes, Medicyte is now bringing its innovative consumables on to the market. In its newly-established online shop at the improved company website, [...]
Nanostart holding Lumiphore announces European launch of diagnostic tests
February 27, 2012
Frankfurt / Richmond, Calif. – Nanostart holding Lumiphore announced the European launch of three diagnostic tests by its partner ThermoFisher Scientific Clinical Diagnostics using Lumiphore’s time-resolved fluorescent reporter technology. ThermoFisher Clinical Diagnostics has launched three CE-marked in vitro diagnostic tests in countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), consisting of the 27 Member States of [...]
EMD Millipore Opens First Lab Water Production Site in China
February 27, 2012
Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today inaugurated its lab water production site in Shanghai. The facility will manufacture the Ming Che™ product line of tailor-made lab water purification systems and consumables targeted to meet the demands of the Chinese market, and will be sold exclusively in [...]
New resource opens the door for enzyme research
February 27, 2012
Hinxton - The EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute has launched the Enzyme Portal, a new resource for people who are interested in the biology of enzymes and proteins with enzymatic activity. Enzymes catalyse the myriad reactions that take place in living organisms, allowing chemical changes to occur that would otherwise need conditions that are incompatible with life. [...]
Repligen Launches New Products in OPUS™ Line of Pre-Packed Chromatography Columns
February 27, 2012
WALTHAM, MA – Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN) today announced the launch of its new larger-scale OPUS™ brand chromatography columns used in the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. The OPUS™ (Open Platform User Specified) line extension is being introduced in response to rising market demand for disposable technologies in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Such technologies are revolutionizing biomanufacturing by enabling increased [...]

