PerkinElmer Expands Screening Services to Detect Lysosomal Storage Disorders in Newborns
October 27, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass.--PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, announced today that its newborn screening laboratory service, PerkinElmer Genetics, has launched a new panel to screen for six Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs) as an addition to its current newborn testing and diagnostics portfolio. The LSD Screening [...]
October 27, 2011
Digisens launches NITRO® its new module to create reconstructions using a very limited number of projections. This new module will enable DIGISENS to provide the medical and research fields with a means of reducing radiation doses from factor 6 to 8 both for scanners and electron microscopes. Combined with its DigiXCT and DigiECT software, this [...]
Changes in Management of Biotage AB
October 26, 2011
Erika Söderberg Johnson has been appointed as the new CFO and Business Controller of Biotage AB (STO:BIOTA). She will start her assignment on 1 January 2012. Erika has been the CFO of Karo Bio AB since 2007. Mats-Olof Wallin, the present CFO of Biotage, is leaving the company at his own request and he remains [...]
Quantachrome Instruments Embarks on $500,000+ Expansion and Renovation/Upgrade of Its Facilities
October 26, 2011
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 [...]
Quintiles Agrees to Acquire Premier GLP Bioanalytics Laboratory
October 26, 2011
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 [...]
CSL Ltd. Licenses KineMatik’s Electronic Laboratory Notebook Solution
October 26, 2011
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 [...]
Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. Chooses Integrated Hamilton System for Compound Management
October 26, 2011
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 [...]
October 26, 2011
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 [...]
Firefly BioWorks, Inc. Announces the Closing of a $2M Financing for Expanded Commercial Development
October 26, 2011
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 [...]
October 26, 2011
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, [...]
