June 27, 2011
Biohit Inc. has introduced a NEW eLINE Pipette with a range from 0.1 µl to 5 µl and Super Pipetting feature. • Facing problems in small volume pipetting? • Not getting all the liquid out of the tip? • Struggling with the cross-contamination problems? These problems usually occur in applications such as PCR and Microwell [...]
Water Street Healthcare Partners Acquires MarketLab, Inc.
June 27, 2011
CHICAGO - Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic private equity firm focused exclusively on health care, announced today that it has acquired MarketLab, Inc. Water Street's investment in MarketLab is the firm's fourth in the specialty healthcare distribution sector. The acquisition expands Water Street's current group of health care companies specializing in distribution, life sciences, [...]
Cellular Dynamics International Unlocks the Potential of Banked Blood Samples
June 27, 2011
MADISON, Wis. - Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced the online publication of an article in the journal Blood demonstrating for the first time a methodology for researchers to access the biology stored in repositories of banked blood samples through the creation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). According to the article, entitled “Human lymphoblastoid [...]
Introducing an Updated Selection of StableTemp Refrigerators and All-New Freezers from Cole-Parmer
June 27, 2011
Vernon Hills, IL - Cole-Parmer’s popular StableTemp® brand has released an updated selection of refrigerators and new freezers for scientific, medical, and pharmaceutical facilities. Each of the units offers functional features all their own, plus fully adjustable, epoxy-coated interior shelves and heavy-duty casters for easy movement. Factory-installed chart recorders are also available on select models. [...]
Implant Sciences Signs Testing Agreements for Quantum Sniffer QS-B220
June 27, 2011
WILMINGTON, MA - Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced it has signed agreements with key end-user sites in the United States, Asia, and South America to test its newly launched Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-B220 bench-top explosives and narcotics trace detector. The [...]
June 27, 2011
GENEVA - At the 4th Congress of European Microbiologists (Federation of European Microbiological Societies, or FEMS), Bruker announces the extension of its agreement with the private diagnostic laboratory Viollier AG (https://www.viollier.ch), one of the leading Swiss diagnostic laboratories, located in Basel. Viollier has used Bruker's MALDI Biotyper system for MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry-based microbial identification now [...]
Agilent Technologies Registers Cedar Creek Facility with FDA to Manufacture Diagnostic Products
June 27, 2011
SANTA CLARA Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its Cedar Creek, Texas, reagent manufacturing facility has been registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a medical device establishment. This registration is required for the manufacture of diagnostic products, which Agilent intends to develop. "Many of Agilent's proven research platforms [...]
DHR Completes Tender Offer for Beckman Coulter Shares Announces Subsequent Offering Period
June 24, 2011
Washington, D.C. - Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that Djanet Acquisition Corp., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, has successfully purchased all of the shares duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) common stock at $83.50 per share, [...]
New GWP® Verification for Increased Weighing Accuracy
June 24, 2011
Columbus, OH – METTLER TOLEDO has launched its newest service offering to improve manufacturing and lower quality control costs—GWP® Verification. GWP Verification virtually guarantees better weighing results, lowered equipment-testing expenses, and enhanced final product consistency through a systematic, expert assessment and benchmarking of balance performance. METTLER TOLEDO’s GWP Verification assesses the performance of weighing equipment [...]
OGT to develop tumour profiling assay to facilitate personalised cancer treatment
June 24, 2011
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today announced that it has received a funding award of £1.16 million from the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board. As part of the project, OGT will develop a tumour profiling assay based on targeted panel enrichment and next [...]
