Biolin Scientific Acquires Sophion Bioscience
July 6, 2011
Ratos's subsidiary Biolin Scientific has signed an agreement to acquire all the shares in the Danish company Sophion Bioscience A/S. The seller is NeuroSearch A/S and a number of venture capital companies. The purchase price (Enterprise Value) amounts to approximately DKK 145m with an additional DKK 10m which relates to sales milestones in 2011/12. Ratos [...]
July 6, 2011
Phillipsburg, New Jersey – Avantor™ Performance Materials and SACHEM, Inc. have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to provide advanced, customized selective etch chemical solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The companies will work together to focus on specialty surface preparation and removal chemistries for thin-film wafer stacks. The agreement combines Avantor’s experience in [...]
Promega Protocols & Applications App Now Available for Android Devices
July 6, 2011
MADISON, WISCONSIN - The popular Promega Protocols and Applications App is now available for Android devices. The Promega App, containing protocols, reference information and molecular biology calculators, is now available for Android. With this release, the popular Promega App is now available on both Apple and Android devices. The App provides reference information and tools [...]
EdeniQ and IKA® Works Announce Global Partnership for Biomass Milling Technology
July 6, 2011
VISALIA, Calif. - EdeniQ, Inc. and IKA® Works, Inc., a Delaware corporation and subsidiary of the German firm IKA® Werke GmbH Co. KG announced today their mutually exclusive global agreement for the supply of biomass mixing and milling technology for the biofuels and biochemical markets and for ongoing development of biomass milling process technologies. After [...]
Metabolons Vitamin D Deficiency Test Now Available for Patient Analysis
July 6, 2011
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Metabolon, Inc., the leader in metabolomics, biomarker discovery and biochemical analysis, announced today that it is now offering a tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) test for detection of Vitamin D deficiency. The test is being run in Metabolon’s high-complexity CLIA registered laboratory in Research Triangle Park, NC. This test is available [...]
July 6, 2011
RAMSEY, N.J. - Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and shape, announces the availability of version 2.10 of SpectraMagic NX Color Quality Control Software. SpectraMagic NX is designed for the easy inspection and quality control of color from incoming raw materials to process production through [...]
New Genedata Biologics Advances Open Innovation in Biopharmaceutical Research
July 6, 2011
Basel, Switzerland - Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced the release of Genedata Biologics™ 1.5, the latest version of its enterprise solution for biologics R&D. The new Genedata Biologics provides support for cross-departmental and external data exchange as well as technology transfers among research [...]
Sophion Becomes Member of Biolin Scientific Group of Companies
July 6, 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark - Sophion Bioscience A/S signed an agreement to join Biolin Scientific, a Swedish materials science company. Sophion Bioscience, a global leader in the automated patch clamp field, represents an extension for Biolin into the life science space. Biolin Scientific develops, manufactures and markets analytical instruments for research, development, quality control and clinical diagnostics. [...]
Biolin Scientific Acquires Sophion Bioscience A/S
July 6, 2011
Biolin Scientific entered into an agreement to acquire Sophion Bioscience A/S. Sophion is a leading developer and supplier of instrumentation and consumables which enable rapid, high throughput automated patch clamping (APC) analysis for the functional characterization of living cells. Patch clamping is the only direct method of investigating the function and characteristics of ion channels, [...]
ITT Expands Capabilities to Better Serve the Asia-Pacific Region
July 5, 2011
ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT), a world leader in the transport, testing and treatment of water and wastewater, today announced plans for continued growth of its business in the Asia-Pacific region through increased focus on bringing its innovative products and expanding its presence in key markets in the region. As part of these plans, ITT will [...]

