October 4, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS -- Roche announced plans today to expand its coagulation testing product line in North America beyond physician offices and outpatient clinics with the development of a full line of coagulation analyzers for hospital and reference laboratories. The new line is expected to be introduced in the U.S. and Canada in 2014, subject to regulatory [...]
Pacific Biosciences Appoints Michael J. Glynn as Chief Commercial Officer
October 4, 2011
MENLO PARK, Calif.--Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., provider of Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT®) sequencing products, today announced the appointment of Michael J. Glynn as Chief Commercial Officer. Michael Glynn has more than 40 years of experience in global commercial operations. Prior to joining Pacific Biosciences, Mr. Glynn served as Regional President, Japan - Asia [...]
Sequenom Introduces iPLEX® ADME PGx Panel on MassARRAY® System
October 4, 2011
SAN DIEGO -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced the launch of its iPLEX ADME PGx panel developed to genotype polymorphisms in genes associated with drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME). This Research Use Only (RUO) panel contains a set of pre-designed single nucleotide polymorphisms [...]
October 4, 2011
PLEASANTON, CA - Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron facility, has chosen Xradia's UltraXRM-S/L220c for use in its Cryo Transmission X-ray Microscope (Cryo-TXM) imaging initiatives. Diamond will initially implement the UltraXRM-S/L220c with a laboratory-based source while working with Xradia and leading scientists to refine and advance the workflow associated with high resolution 3D X-ray [...]
JPK Instruments launch the NanoWizard® 3 NanoOptics AFM System
October 4, 2011
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, continue to expand its family of high performance research systems with the announcement of the availability of the NanoWizard® 3 NanoOptics AFM system. Over the past decade, optical phenomena on the nanoscale have developed into an exciting area of [...]
October 4, 2011
Illumina, Inc. today announced it has entered into a wide-ranging collaborative research agreement with the Institute of Applied Genetics and the Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC). Illumina and UNTHSC will collaborate on several visionary projects in forensics using Illumina’s next-generation sequencing technologies. The goals [...]
Roche and Diagnostica Stago Terminate Partnership
October 4, 2011
ROTKREUZ, Switzerland and ASNIERES, France - Roche Professional Diagnostics and Diagnostica Stago announced today that the companies have decided to pursue separate paths in the business of Laboratory Coagulation in the territories where Roche distributed the Stago product range. The exclusive sales of Stago products by Roche will continue throughout the entire year of 2011. [...]
October 4, 2011
SAN DIEGO--Accelrys, Inc., a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, is pleased to announce that its annual European User Group Meeting (UGM) is being held from Oct. 11 to 13 at the Athenaeum Intercontinental Athens. The User Group Meeting offers attendees a unique forum for discussing industry trends and best practices with colleagues, [...]
NEWPORT CORPORATION COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF OPHIR OPTRONICS LTD.
October 4, 2011
Irvine, California –– Newport Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWP) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Ophir Optronics Ltd. (“Ophir”), a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation and three-dimensional non-contact measurement equipment, for $8.43 per share in cash. Robert J. Phillippy, Newport’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are delighted to have [...]
BioTime Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
October 4, 2011
ALAMEDA, Calif.-- BioTime, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, today announced the appointment of Peter Garcia to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Garcia, age 50, will lead the accounting, finance, and investor relations functions of the Company, will report directly to Michael D. West, [...]
