Boynton Beach, FL -- Quantachrome current facilities in south Florida house manufacturing, laboratory services, training facilities and administrative offices. This half million dollar expansion / renovation of facilities includes a new engineering/development center, expansion and renovation of laboratory space, expansion of customer training facilities, expansion of its service/repair department, a new two-level warehouse, and renovation [...]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. –– To provide a more comprehensive and efficient global solution for its laboratory customers, Quintiles today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Advion BioServices, a premier U.S.-based bioanalytical laboratory providing Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) testing and other services. Under the agreement, Quintiles will acquire Advion BioServices [...]

KineMatik, a global leader in R&D collaboration and knowledge management tools, today announced that CSL Ltd. has implemented its Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) solution at its Research and Development Department at the CSL Biotherapies, Broadmeadows site. KineMatik’s ELN product incorporates the latest document management solutions and offers extensive functionality to record, manage and retrieve laboratory [...]

Hopkinton, Mass. – Hamilton Storage Technologies and Robotics have delivered and successfully installed an integrated compound management system at Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.’s Research and Development Centre in Laval, Quebec. Over 140 scientists are involved in developing new antiviral therapeutic agents at this facility. The Hamilton system provides seamless integration of compound library storage with [...]

Biohit Oyj and Sartorius Lab Holding GmbH have concluded an agreement for the sale of Biohit’s liquid handling business to Sartorius. As a result, Biohit will change its financial guidance. The liquid handling business develops, manufactures, and markets laboratory equipment and accessories for the pharmaceutical, food, and other industries. Biohit's products are also used in [...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Firefly BioWorks, Inc., a developer of instrument-independent multiplexed assays, announced today the closing of a $2M private placement offering. Proceeds from this financing will be used to execute the company's commercial strategy, by launching an early access program with leading academic and industrial partners. "We are very pleased that our offering was so well [...]

Goettingen – Sartorius, a leading international process and laboratory technology provider, today signed an agreement to acquire the liquid handling business of the Finnish laboratory supplier Biohit Oyj. With its liquid handling segment, Biohit is one of the global market leaders for mechanical and electronic pipettes, as well as for the associated consumables. The segment, [...]

Eugene, OR - Microtech Instruments, Inc., is pleased to announce that it received a US patent for high efficiency QS2 THz sources combined with frequency multipliers. As a promotion of this technology, Microtech will offer a 20% discount to all QS2 based products until December 31, 2011. QS2 systems are now available with a bolometer [...]

KENT, Ohio--Each year, food-borne pathogens cause an estimated 48 million illnesses (affecting one in six people), 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Variant E. coli strains in ground beef and lettuce, Salmonella in turkey and chicken, and Listeria in cantaloupe and romaine lettuce have sparked widespread recalls [...]

The Hiden QIC-series gas analyser range is boosted by the introduction of the QIC Biostream system specifically configured for real-time, continuous multi-stream analysis of both headspace and dissolved species evolving from and within varied bio reaction processes. All gaseous species with molecular weights below 300 amu can be measured. Systems are available with a choice [...]