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wholly owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, has successfully purchased all of the shares duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) common stock at $83.50 per share, [...]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 [...]
Wyatt Technology MALS Fulfils Latest European Pharmacopoeia Standard for HES Characterization
June 24, 2011
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA - Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular characterization, announces that its Multi-Angle Light Scattering (MALS) instruments represent the latest European Pharmacopoeia (EP) requirements for hydroxyethyl starch (HES) characterization. The European Pharmacopoeia is a single reference work developed by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM). [...]
AOAC Approves Method used by CEM Sprint Protein Analyzer
June 24, 2011
MATTHEWS, N.C. - CEM Corporation, a leading global provider of laboratory instrumentation, is pleased to announce that AOAC International, a non-profit scientific association, has approved Official Method 2011.04, a protein-tagging and colorimetric technique for the determination of protein content in raw and processed meat and meat products of beef, pork, and poultry. "We are very [...]
Shell Selects Endress+Hauser as a Supplier for Field Instrumentation and Associated Services
June 24, 2011
Endress+Hauser will supply the global energy company Shell with process measurement instruments, engineering and associated services. Both companies have signed an Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) with an initial term of five years. Shell selected Endress+Hauser for the global provisioning of instruments and technologies for flow, level, pressure and temperature measurements and for liquid analysis. The [...]
June 24, 2011
Milford, Mass. – SeraCare Life Sciences (Nasdaq: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, today announced it has received CE marking for its ACCURUN® 644 Control for Cystic Fibrosis Testing, now available in Europe. After serving as a highly [...]
Consultancy Company Systemplan Joins the Endress+Hauser Group
June 23, 2011
Measurement engineering specialist, Endress+Hauser, will in future be well placed to offer its customers even better support in issues relating to energy efficiency. As of 1 July 2011, the Endress+Hauser Group will take over a majority share of the German consultancy company Systemplan. Headquartered in Durmersheim near Karlsruhe, Systemplan brings a wealth of experience in [...]
MSMB Capital Management Proposes Acquisition of SeraCare for $4.25 Per Share
June 23, 2011
NEW YORK - MSMB Capital Management, a fund specializing in long-term strategic investments in healthcare and biotechnology businesses, today announced that it has made a proposal to the Board of Directors of SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRLS) to acquire all the outstanding common stock of SeraCare for $4.25 per share or an aggregate of [...]
