AbD Serotec Licenses Seven Diagnostic HuCAL Antibodies to Proteomika to Monitor Biologics Therapies
May 16, 2011
MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) today announced that Proteomika S.L., subsidiary of Progenika Group, a Spanish biotechnology company specializing in biomarker discovery, has signed a commercial license agreement for seven diagnostic HuCAL-antibodies from MorphoSys's AbD Serotec Division. To generate these antibodies AbD Serotec applied MorphoSys's HuCAL GOLD and HuCAL PLATINUM antibody technologies. [...]
Implant Sciences Launches Bench-Top Explosives and Narcotics Trace Detector
May 16, 2011
WILMINGTON, MA - In a move to further accelerate revenue growth and market penetration, Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC) (PINKSHEETS: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced the launch of its new bench-top explosives and narcotics trace detector, the Quantum Sniffer(TM) QS-B220. Implant Sciences has already gained [...]
Beckman Coulter CYTO Workshops, Exhibit Detail Workflow Solutions
May 16, 2011
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. - Beckman Coulter, Inc. will have a prominent presence at this year’s CYTO 2011 conference (May 21-25 at the Baltimore Convention Center), hosting workshops and an exhibit featuring automated workflow solutions for research, cellular therapy, drug discovery and clinical applications. Multicolor analysis instruments, mouse and human CD markers, dyes, software and other [...]
PerkinElmer Acquires Labtronics Inc.
May 16, 2011
WALTHAM, Mass. - PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has acquired Labtronics Inc., an Ontario, Canada-based leader in providing procedures-based Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) solutions for laboratories performing routine analysis in multiple industries. The Labtronics acquisition follows the recent purchase of [...]
Fluidigm Introduces Fast 192.24 Dynamic Array IFC for Genotyping
May 16, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today introduced its 192.24 Dynamic Array™ IFC, designed to genotype 192 samples against 24 SNP assays in a single run, providing 4,608 data points in just one hour. The 192.24 integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) has immediate applicability in agricultural biotechnology and genome wide association studies. Fluidigm’s latest [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Implements and Extends LIMS Solution for Eastman Chemical Company
May 16, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Eastman Chemical Company, a large global manufacturer of chemicals, fibers and plastics, has expanded its deployment of Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS (laboratory information management system), which it has used since 2000 in its manufacturing quality control laboratories, to its Corporate [...]
May 16, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has presented the 2011 Manfred Donike Award for scientific excellence in sports-doping testing to Simon Beuck and Nicolas Leuenberger. Agilent sponsors this annual award to recognize distinguished scientific contributions in doping analysis. Award winners are scientists who exemplify the spirit and scientific leadership [...]
Amnis Introduces New FlowSight Imaging Flow Cytometer
May 13, 2011
SEATTLE, WA - Amnis Corporation, a manufacturer of advanced cell imaging systems, today announced the launch of the new FlowSight imaging flow cytometer. The FlowSight is a compact and affordable 12-channel flow cytometer with unrivalled fluorescence sensitivity and the breakthrough ability to produce imagery of every cell. The modular FlowSight can be upgraded in the [...]
Smiths Detection Buys Its Brazilian Distributor
May 13, 2011
Watford, UK - Smiths Detection has purchased its Brazilian distributor from EBCO Systems Limited to take direct control over sales of its advanced security and detection products in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. EBCO, based in Sao Paulo, has been the exclusive distributor for Smiths Detection in Brazil since 1994, selling and servicing a [...]
May 13, 2011
Needham Heights, MA - Polestar Technologies, a leading provider of sensor systems for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical (biopharma) industries and Harvard Bioscience, Inc. a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of tools for life science research and regenerative medicine, have formed a partnership to bring new biosensing technologies to the regenerative medicine and tissue engineering marketplace. [...]

