SAN FRANCISCO - Health Evolution Partners, a manager of healthcare investment funds, announced today that its portfolio company, CambridgeSoft, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by PerkinElmer, Inc (NYSE:PKI). CambridgeSoft is a leading developer of discovery, collaboration and research management software for the pharmaceutical industry. Health Evolution Partners Growth Fund invested in [...]

TUCSON, Ariz. - HTG, Inc., provider of molecular technology solutions, today announced it has officially changed its name to HTG Molecular Diagnostics. The company, formerly known as High Throughput Genomics or HTG, made the change to convey the company’s strategic vision and direction in providing molecular testing capabilities for clinical researchers, pharmaceutical clinical development and [...]

FREMONT, Calif. - VeriTainer Corporation, the world leader in crane mounted scanning technology, is introducing the VeriSpreader® VeriRAD. The VeriRAD technology is a low cost, scalable solution designed to seamlessly address radiation scanning at terminals worldwide. Based on VeriTainer's patented crane mounted scanning technology, this industry driven solution will provide perimeter radiation protection for ports. [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. - RAE Systems Inc. (NYSE Amex: RAE) today introduced DoseRAE 2, a compact and lightweight electronic radiation dosimeter with patented dual-sensor technology and accreditation from a recognized radiation testing facility. The direct-reading instrument provides a combination of personal radiation-dosage monitoring and accurate, real-time dose-rate detecting – all in a single, credit-card-size meter. [...]

WALTHAM, MA – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CambridgeSoft Corporation, and has completed the purchase of ArtusLabs, Inc. These acquisitions will enhance the Company’s focus on knowledge management in laboratory settings [...]

COLUMBIA, Md. - Dr. Victor Levenson, a radiation oncologist at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and his scientific team have recently selected Labmatrix™ to manage their biobanking and biomarker research activities at this top-ranking U.S. medical research institution. Labmatrix is a web-accessible collaborative scientific database software developed by BioFortis, Inc. Dr. Levenson and his team [...]

WATERTOWN, Mass. - Dynasil Corporation (NASDAQ GM:DYSL), announced today that its research division, Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (RMD), also of Watertown, was granted additional U.S. patent claims for advances in a detector material capable of responding independently to both neutron and gamma radiation. This advancement is of critical national importance because the most commonly available [...]

SP Scientific has launched the HistoChill™ - a new low temperature, mechanically refrigerated bath for the rapid freezing of tissue samples in Histology and Pathology Labs as well as other disciplines. Operating down to -80°C, without the need for hazardous and costly expendable refrigerants, the compact tabletop HistoChill freezes tissues in just seconds increasing your [...]

PENZBERG, Germany - To date, more than 125 peer-reviewed studies using Roche’s (SWX:RO)(SWX:ROG)(Pink Sheets:RHHBY) xCELLigence System have been published, spanning a diverse group of applications, including cell invasion and migration of cancer cells (1), receptor activity assays (2), compound induced cytotoxicity (3), antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (4), virus-mediated cytopathogenicity (5) and others (6). The fields of [...]

Finesse, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life science process applications, has announced the official launch of the VirtualTransmitter core module for interfacing to TruFluor® pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) single-use sensors. TruBio® DV continues to be powered by a DeltaV Controller from Emerson Process Management, and VirtualTransmitter is [...]