Smiths Detection Signs Collaboration And Licence Agreement With Global Diagnostic Company
March 24, 2010
Smiths Detection today announces its Diagnostics business has signed a collaboration and licence agreement with Novartis Diagnostics under which Novartis is granted exclusive rights to market Smiths Detection’s Bio-Seeq instrument and the associated LATE PCR DNA analysis technology in the area of infectious disease diagnostics. Under the agreement, Smiths Detection will leverage its expertise in [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Serum-Free Cell Culture Medium
March 24, 2010
High-Performance Medium for Insect Cell Culture is Animal-Derived Component Free MUNICH -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced Thermo Scientific HyClone SFM4Insect medium, an Animal-Derived Component Free (ADCF) and protein-free medium for insect cell cultures. The company will showcase the new HyClone® medium at Fisher Scientific booth 111 in [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Next-Generation Handheld Raman Spectrometers
March 24, 2010
FirstDefender RM and FirstDefender RMX from Ahura Scientific Offer Smaller and Lighter Design with Superior Speed, Advanced User Interface and Extensive Chemical Library MUNICH -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced its next-generation Raman platform from Ahura Scientific for safety and security applications. Designed for the rapid identification of unknown [...]
Eden Biodesign to Offer Millipore’s Proprietary Expression Technology as Part of Its Cell Line
March 24, 2010
Development Services and cGMP Manufacturing of Highly Productive Mammalian Cell Lines Collaboration Offers a Powerful Combination of cGMP Manufacturing and Ubiquitous Chromatin Opening Elements (UCOE®) Expression Technology LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--Eden Biodesign Ltd. and Millipore Corporation today announced a partnership that will provide biopharmaceutical companies with access to a powerful combination [...]
Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Announces the Receipt of Approximately $500,000
March 24, 2010
Second Tranche of a Private Placement SOUTH EASTON, Mass. -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO - News) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced that it has closed on the sale of approximately $500,000 of units in the second tranche of the Company's $2.5 million Series B private placement. Each unit was priced at $18.80 and consists [...]
Agendia Launches BluePrint(TM) Expanding Breast Cancer Product Offering
March 24, 2010
New Service to Provide Breast Cancer Molecular Subtyping HUNTINGTON BEACH, California and AMSTERDAM -- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, today announced that its breast cancer product offering, consisting of breast cancer recurrence test MammaPrint(R), and TargetPrint(TM), has been expanded with BluePrint (TM) to report important additional information on tumor subtypes. This new [...]
febit Launches Whole Genome Sequencing Service in Europe
March 24, 2010
febit expands its expertise and services in large-scale resequencing studies of genomic regions of interest by adding whole genome sequencing for a broad range of species with next-generation sequencers LEXINGTON, Mass. (USA), and HEIDELBERG, Germany, March 22, 2010 – febit today announced that the company now offers whole genome sequencing services in Europe for a [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New Single Quadrupole GC-MS with Removable Ion Source
March 24, 2010
MUNICH -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific ISQ single quadrupole gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) system with a unique, non-venting full-source removal capability. Featuring the new ExtractaBrite™ ion source, the ISQ™ system offers simplified operation and minimum downtime for uninterrupted productivity across routine GC-MS applications [...]
Life Technologies Gains IVD Mark for Real-Time PCR Instrument
March 24, 2010
7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument Meets European Requirements for In Vitro Diagnostic Use CARLSBAD, Calif.--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that its Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument is available as a platform suitable for in vitro diagnostics (IVD) use in Europe. Clinical laboratories from 22 countries and European institutions that [...]
March 24, 2010
FOSS made a turnover of EUR 172 million and a profit before tax of EUR 29 million. The introduction of groundbreaking analysis equipment for improvement of food quality has allowed the company to come through the global economic downturn in a stronger position. Turnover and profit In 2009, FOSS A/S recorded a turnover of EUR [...]
