Fugro Enters Into an Exclusive Agreement with Carl Zeiss to Jointly Develop and Distribute RoqSCAN
April 1, 2011
Fugro Robertson today announced that it has signed an exclusive, world-wide development and distribution agreement with Carl Zeiss to develop and distribute RoqSCAN™. RoqSCAN is a real time, state-of-the-art, fully portable, quantitative and automated rock properties and mineralogical analyser that has been jointly developed by Fugro Robertson and Carl Zeiss for use at the conventional [...]
Scientific Industries Adds Two New Products to Its Benchtop Laboratory Products Line
April 1, 2011
BOHEMIA, N.Y. - Scientific Industries Inc. (OTCQB:SCND), a leader in the design and production of shakers and vortex mixers, including the world-renowned Vortex-Genie®, announced the launching of the Vortex-Genie Pulse, uniquely designed to offer true variable pulse mixing, and the Digital QuadMag Genie™, a digital four-place magnetic stirrer designed for general purpose laboratory applications. Both [...]
VWR International, LLC Acquires Trenka Industriebedarf Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. in Austria
April 1, 2011
VIENNA, Austria - VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply and distribution company, has agreed to acquire the safety products distribution business of Trenka Industriebedarf Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H., subject to customary closing conditions. The parties anticipate completion of the transaction on or around May 1, 2011. "Trenka's product portfolio allows VWR to offer a broader [...]
April 1, 2011
Tokyo, Japan - Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd. (Head office in Taito-ku, Tokyo, called as Eiken) and OptiGene Limited (Head office in Horsham, United Kingdom, called as OptiGene, Director?Mr. Michael Andreou) has signed a License Agreement to enter into the licensing of Eiken’s own innovative gene amplification technology (LAMP method) on March 31. OptiGene’s extensive knowledge [...]
Cambio celebrates 25 years of excellence and looks to Next Generation
March 31, 2011
Achieving 25 years at the forefront of Molecular Biology is a significant milestone for Cambio, a leading supplier of reagents and consumables for research. The company’s constant focus on the future continues with the addition of new products designed for Next Generation DNA and RNA sequencing. One of Cambio’s main suppliers is EPICENTRE® Biotechnologies, founded [...]
Abbott Introduces Hepatitis B Sequencing Test in Europe
March 31, 2011
Wiesbaden, Germany — Abbott Molecular announced today that it has received CE Marking (Conformité Européene) to market the Abbott HBV Sequencing test in the European Union. This molecular diagnostic test, developed to identify genomic sequences of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and help physicians monitor HBV infections, guide treatment decisions, and predict or discover drug [...]
Advanced Cell Diagnostics and Definiens Partner to Develop Tool for Quantitative Biomarker Analysis
March 31, 2011
Hayward, CA / Munich, Germany - Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD), a technological leader in molecular pathology, and Definiens, a leading provider for biomedical image and data analysis, announce today a strategic partnership to develop image analysis applications that will enable researchers to accurately quantify specific RNA molecules within individual cells in routine clinical specimen. The [...]
March 31, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass. - American Science and Engineering, Inc. (“AS&E”) (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today that it has received a $3.8 million order for cargo and parcel X-ray inspection systems from an unnamed government agency to screen parcels, cargo, and vehicles for explosive threats and contraband. “This existing [...]
Pall Corporation Adds New Pilot-Scale Chromatography Products to Portfolio
March 31, 2011
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, introduces two new chromatography products, the PKP Chromatography systems and Resolute® FM columns. These products enable users in the biotech, vaccine, and plasma markets to more easily transition from bench scale to pilot scale or small manufacturing scale. The [...]
Clontech Laboratories, Inc. Releases the SMARTer™ Ultra Low RNA Kit for Illumina® Sequencing
March 31, 2011
Mountain View, CA - Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the launch of its SMARTer Ultra Low RNA Kit for Illumina Sequencing, which was developed in collaboration with Illumina, Inc. This kit uses a modified version of Clontech’s patented SMART™ (Switching Mechanism at 5’ End of RNA Template) technology [...]
