Affymetrix Achieves First FDA Clearance of Microarray-Based Gene Profiling Reagents
May 9, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the addition of new gene expression reagents as accessories to its GeneChip® Microarray Instrument System for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use, making Affymetrix the first in the industry to provide a comprehensive microarray-based clinical toolkit for diagnostic [...]
Molecular Devices to Distribute FCS Express 4 Image Cytometry Software
May 9, 2011
De Novo Software™, a leading provider of flow and image cytometry data analysis solutions, and Molecular Devices, a provider of premiere bioresearch and drug discovery systems, announced today a licensing agreement enabling Molecular Devices to distribute De Novo Software's flagship product, FCS Express 4 Software. This supports full compatibility with the ImageXpress Velos® Cytometer (formerly [...]
Shimadzu’s Nexera UHPLC Achieves 4×4 Solvent Delivery with New Low-Pressure Gradient Unit
May 9, 2011
COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu has integrated an optional low-pressure gradient (LPGE) unit to its Nexera ultra high-performance liquid chromatograph, allowing users to switch automatically between four mobile phases with respective solvent delivery units. By adding the LPGE unit, a 130 MPa high-pressure resistant gradient system can be configured with a single solvent delivery unit, which [...]
Illumina Reduces Price of Whole Human Genome Sequencing Through Illumina Genome Network
May 9, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it is significantly reducing the price for sequencing whole human genomes through the Illumina Genome Network (IGN). The new list price for the service is $5,000 per genome for projects of ten samples or more, and $4,000 for projects of fifty samples or more. IGN is [...]
SAW Instruments Launches the sam®5 GREEN Acoustic Biosensor and Reaches Into the US Market
May 9, 2011
Boston, MA – SAW Instruments GmbH, today announced the launch of the sam®5 GREEN acoustic biosensor, and the availability of its family of sam®5 acoustic biosensors in the US market. Founded on SAW’s proprietary Surface Acoustic Wave technology, sam®5 offers precise, real-time, label-free measurement of biomolecular interactions. Building on the success of the existing sam®5 [...]
caprotec bioanalytics Increases Series B Financing in Second Closing to EUR 5 Million
May 9, 2011
BERLIN and BURLINGTON, Mass. - caprotec bioanalytics GmbH, a privately held biopharmaceutical company offering the proprietary Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry (CCMS) platform technology for the analysis of small molecule – protein interactions, today announced a second closing of EUR 1 million ($1.4 M) to its Series B financing, increasing total equity for the round to [...]
Akonni and Seegene Enter into Licensing Agreement
May 9, 2011
FREDERICK, MD. and SEOUL, KOREA - Akonni Biosystems and Seegene Inc. today announced that they have entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement to develop both point-of-care and ultra-high throughput diagnostic screening assays capable of simultaneously detecting, from a single patient sample, a wide variety of infectious pathogens known to cause respiratory disease. The agreement brings [...]
May 9, 2011
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced the availability of assays and primers optimized for the company’s integrated fluidic circuit technology. Fluidigm Assays and Target-specific Primers will provide customers with significantly lower costs than today’s standard solutions, at volumes appropriate for microfluidics, and flexible chemistries so that customers can easily create highly [...]
May 8, 2011
HILDEN, Germany and GERMANTOWN, Maryland - QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a milestone with the delivery of more than 75 million digene HPV tests worldwide - the gold standard in screening women for human papillomavirus, which is the primary cause of cervical cancer - since the first U.S. regulatory approval [...]
May 8, 2011
Sterling, Virginia - Food Technology Corporation (FTC) is launching its new texture analyzer, the TMS-Touch, at the Institute of Food Technologists Exhibition (IFT) at New Orleans Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana this June. (Booth #3835) The TMS-Touch allows fast and easy texture evaluation to reduce off spec production costs and product waste. Since [...]

