New 96-Channel Handheld Electronic Pipette
March 22, 2011
The INTEGRA VIAFLO 96 is a new 96-channel electronic pipette that enables fast, precise and easy simultaneous transfer of 96 samples. The VIAFLO 96 has been designed to be used just like a standard handheld pipette. Therefore, no special skills or training are required to operate it. The VIAFLO 96 features the company's popular Touch [...]
Danaher Extends Cash Tender Offer for Beckman Coulter
March 22, 2011
Washington, D.C. - Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) for $83.50 per share in cash ("the Offer") has been extended and will now expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of April 27, [...]
March 22, 2011
BILLERICA, Mass. - EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Germany, today announced plans to expand its industrial microbiological testing portfolio. This follows Merck KGaA‘s announcement it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the microbiology business of Germany-based Biotest AG. The acquisition will strengthen EMD Millipore’s Biomonitoring business, further enhancing [...]
Merck Acquires Microbiology Business of Biotest AG
March 22, 2011
Darmstadt, Germany - Merck KGaA announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the microbiology business of Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany. This business comprises heipha Dr. Müller GmbH, located in Eppelheim, Germany, as well as the Hycon business located in Dreieich, the subsidiaries in France, Japan and in the USA as [...]
UCB to Implement Corporate-Wide Biologics Registration System Based on Genedata Biologics
March 22, 2011
Basel, Switzerland - Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced a major research informatics collaboration with UCB, the global biopharmaceutical company. Based on the Genedata Biologics® software solution, the first-in-class biologics data analysis and management platform, the collaboration aims to implement a corporate-wide biological registration [...]
March 22, 2011
Santa Clara, CA - Finesse, LLC, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life science process applications, has announced the official launch of three new core modules for advanced control in its fourth generation TruBio DV software. These modules are targeted at giving bioprocessing specialists the ability to utilize process data to create novel [...]
Personal Evaporator for HPLC Sample Preparation
March 22, 2011
The MiniVap™ Blowdown Evaporator from Porvair Sciences takes just minutes to remove volatile organic solvents from your HPLC fractions collected in 24- or 96-well microplates. Compact in design the affordably priced MiniVap™ is simple to install, operate and maintain. Installation just requires connection to a gas supply and standard mains socket. Safety of operation is [...]
Transgenomic Expands Cold-PCR License
March 22, 2011
OMAHA, Neb. - Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) today announced the completion of an expanded license with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, for the COLD-PCR (CO-amplification at Lower Denaturing temperature PCR) technology. Previously, Transgenomic had licensed exclusive rights to COLD-PCR for Sanger Sequencing and mitochondrial DNA analysis. The new license expands the technology covered to [...]
Agilent Technologies’ NMR Spectrometers Chosen by University of Toronto Department of Chemistry
March 22, 2011
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a $4.3 million dollar contract with the University of Toronto's department of chemistry to equip its new 4,000-square-foot laboratory with multiple nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers. These include 500-, 600- and 700-MHz NMR systems equipped with multiple probes and automated sample changers. "These new [...]
Accelrys and Oxford Nanopore Enter Software Partnership for DNA Sequencing Data Analysis
March 22, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. Under the terms of the partnership, Accelrys and Oxford Nanopore will develop software to enable complex, real-time analyses of experimental data produced by the Oxford Nanopore single [...]
