Henry Schein Acquires Alpha Scientific
April 14, 2011
MELVILLE, N.Y. - Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the largest provider of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, today announced it has strengthened its presence in the State of California with the acquisition of Alpha Scientific, Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Henry Schein expects this transaction to be neutral [...]
Hach’s New Ion Selective Electrode Probes Broaden Electrochemistry Portfolio
April 14, 2011
Loveland, Colo. - Hach Company (www.hach.com) expands the HQd electrochemistry portfolio with four new IntelliCAL™ probes to measure ammonium, chloride, fluoride, and nitrate. Designed specifically for water applications, these smart Hach probes minimize user errors and set-up time by automatically recognizing the testing parameter, calibration history, and method settings. “These new InteliCAL™ probes bring simplicity [...]
UV Clear Bottomed Microplates Available from Porvair Sciences Ltd
April 14, 2011
The Krystal UV range of high specification, quartz-bottomed microplates are designed for scientists using assay chemistries which require excitation or detection in the far UV spectral region. Precision engineered and assembled - Krystal UV plates provide consistently low background and excellent photometric accuracy down to 220nm. Manufactured from ultra-pure grade black polystyrene - the plates [...]
GE Healthcare Acquires Assets of Steady State Imaging
April 14, 2011
WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN - GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) today announced it has acquired the assets of Steady State Imaging (SSI), a Minneapolis based company that develops novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. The terms of agreement were not disclosed. Through this acquisition, GE Healthcare’s Magnetic Resonance Imaging business expands its [...]
Monsanto and Atlas Venture Enter Alliance to Invest in Innovative Life Sciences Companies
April 14, 2011
ST. LOUIS and CAMBRIDGE, MASS - Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Atlas Venture, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Cambridge, Mass., today announced an agreement to enter a multi-year collaboration to explore investment opportunities in early-stage life sciences technology companies. Under the agreement, Monsanto will work with Atlas to identify strategic investments in a [...]
April 14, 2011
Wetzlar / Munich, Germany - Leica Microsystems, a leading global designer and producer of precision optical systems, and Definiens, the leading Health Image Intelligence™ company, today announced a co-marketing agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Definiens and Leica will cooperatively market their complementary products and host joint workshops and educational events. Customers will benefit [...]
Successful Pilot Study for Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnostic Test to Determine Trisomy 21
April 14, 2011
Constance, Germany - At the moment, the only reliable way of diagnosing chromosomal irregularities during pregnancy is to use invasive prenatal methods. This causes miscarriage in about one per cent of these risky surgical procedures. Scientists from the Center for Prenatal Diagnosis and Human Genetics, Kudamm-199, in Berlin have been working with scientists from GATC [...]
April 13, 2011
South Easton, MA - Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”) today announced that it has received gross proceeds of $825,720 from the sale of 55,048 units to 10 accredited investors, including the Company’s CEO and President, in the first tranche of the Company’s $6.0 million Series C private placement. Each unit was [...]
Dotmatics Provides Its Web-Based Structure Drawing Tool, Elemental, to ChemSpider
April 13, 2011
Bishops Stortford, United Kingdom - Dotmatics Limited is pleased to announce that it will provide its web-based structure drawing tool, Elemental, to the leading chemistry community website ChemSpider. Elemental provides a zero install drawing tool that lets users draw simple chemical structures or complex structure queries directly within a webpage. Antony Williams, Vice President of [...]
April 13, 2011
ST. LOUIS - Tripos®, a leading provider of drug discovery informatics products and services, today announced the release and general availability of Discovery 360 (D360) Version 5.5. This newest release expands on the established and robust data access and analysis capabilities of previous D360 versions, providing significant new automation, communication and data visualization capabilities to [...]
