Luminex Corporation Receives U.S. FDA Clearance for New, Front Line Respiratory Viral Panel Test
July 19, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX) announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel FAST (RVP FAST). This front line test has the potential to significantly change the way respiratory viral testing is performed and complements the company's existing respiratory [...]
nanoMR Announces $13 Million Series B Financing
July 19, 2011
Albuquerque, N.M. – nanoMR, Inc., today announced that the company has raised $13 million in equity financing. Excel Venture Management led the round, joined by Healthcare Ventures, and existing investors vSpring Capital, The Dow Chemical Company, and Sun Mountain Capital. Dr. Steven Gullans of Excel and Gus Lawlor of Healthcare Ventures will join the board. [...]
Optibrium Launches New Version of Free StarVue App
July 19, 2011
CAMBRIDGE, UK - Optibrium, a provider of software solutions for drug discovery, today launches a new version of StarVue, its innovative free desktop application that enables scientists to quickly and conveniently view sets of compound structures and related data. The latest version of StarVue can be downloaded free from Optibrium's on-line community at www.optibrium.com/starvue/. StarVue [...]
July 19, 2011
PLANEGG, Germany - Biomax Informatics today announced the expansion of its long-term licensing and services agreement with Royal DSM to include solutions for synthetic biology using Biomax’s BioXM™ Knowledge Management Environment. The BioXM system is a unique generic software platform for dynamic modeling, visualization and analysis of biological and biomedical networks. By enabling an agile [...]
Tube Refill Packs from Micronic Europe
July 19, 2011
Tube refill packs from Micronic Europe provide you with a fast, easy-to-use and economic solution to refill your storage racks with 2D coded, alphanumeric or plain storage tubes. Micronic tube refills are also environmentally friendly - customers can simply refill their current storage rack thereby reducing their non-renewable plastic waste. To use simply place the [...]
July 19, 2011
Marcy l'Etoile, France - bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announced that it has acquired ARGENE, a French company specialized in molecular diagnostics. This acquisition is bioMérieux’s tenth in the last five years. With over twenty years of experience in the field of virology diagnostics, ARGENE has 70 employees worldwide. [...]
BioTime Announces the Issuance of a Second U.S. Glycosan Hydrogel Patent
July 19, 2011
ALAMEDA, Calif. - BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTX) announced today the issuance of United States patent number 7,981,871 titled “Modified Macromolecules and Associated Methods of Synthesis and Use,” covering aspects of the composition of Glycosan hydrogels. The patent and related patent family members, assigned to the University of Utah, are licensed to BioTime’s subsidiary OrthoCyte [...]
Magellan Biosciences Sells TREK Microbiology Business to Thermo Fisher Scientific
July 18, 2011
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Magellan Biosciences, a global manufacturer of products designed to make diagnostic testing easier, more cost-effective, and less labor intensive, announced that it has sold its microbiology business, TREK Diagnostic Systems, to Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO). The sale will enable Magellan to focus all its resources on its LeadCare® and Dynex® businesses, both [...]
Hach Unveils New Website for Improved User Experience
July 18, 2011
LOVELAND, Colo. - 2011—Hach Company (www.hach.com) launched a new Hach.com site on July 17. One of the key missions of Hach is to make water testing as simple as possible, and now the same applies to its website. The website features a more powerful search, a clear and easy step-by-step checkout process for both products [...]
Corning Announces New Compact Centrifuge
July 18, 2011
CORNING, N.Y. - Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced the new Corning® LSE™ compact centrifuge for use in a variety of industrial and clinical applications, including sedimentation of urine and blood samples. The new model uses minimal benchtop space, offers variable speeds, and accommodates both 15 mL and 50 mL centrifuge tubes, blood tubes, and [...]
